Rae Fairchild (MRB)
Bio
I love to write; putting pen to paper fills my heart and calms my soul!
Rae Fairchild is my pen name. (Because why not? Pseudonyms are cool!)
I do publish elsewhere under my real name, Mary Rae Butler. (Fairchild, an old family surname.)
Stories (70/0)
Hail Mary, our Holy Queen
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for September 2022. However, I felt it needed work and this it was never submitted. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (September 2022 – Bonnie Riedinger’s “Take Heart”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Sep.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
The Emotional Well
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for September 2022. However, I felt it needed work and this it was never submitted. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (September 2022 – Bonnie Riedinger’s “Take Heart”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Sep.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Born Anew
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for August 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (August 2022 – Enne Tess’s “Worm”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Aug.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Upside Down and Inside Out
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for August 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (August 2022 – Enne Tess’s “Worm”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Aug.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Woman Expose´'d
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for July 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (Jaundré van Breda’s “Blueprint of a Dream”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Jul.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Tropical Storm
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for September 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (September 2022 – Bonnie Riedinger’s “Take Heart”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Sep.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
The Eternal Dance
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for October 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (October 2022 – René Bohnen’s “Ballet Above the Bay”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Oct.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Forsaken
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for November 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (November 2022 – Joshua Eric Williams’ “Humid”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Nov.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Waiting For the Next Storm
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for November 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (November 2022 – Joshua Eric Williams’ “Humid”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Nov.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets
Places I Can Only Go in Pictures and in Memories
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for December 2022 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (December 2022 – J. Stormer’s “Unsatisfied Externals”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC22Dec2.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a year ago in Poets