Karla Bennion
KARLA BENNION is a student in the clinical psychology program at BYU and works as an intern at the Utah State Hospital. She is married to writer John Bennion, and they have four children.
The Hero Woman
Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 4
When the days drag on like TV reruns,
The Hero Woman conies.
She walks in with long strides from the hips.
She keeps her eyes on the horizon.
Losing Lucy
Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 4
Just as we were meeting, she
Slid quick away—too far—
And I, surprised at sudden loss,
Ran leaping after her.
The Mistake of the Psycholinguists
Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 2
They say people nominalize too much.
We tell ourselves, “I am in pain,”
instead of simply, “I hurt.”
“Pain is not a prison you’re locked in,” they say.
“You hurt because you choose to hurt,
and you can choose to not hurt.”