Author: Kevin J. O'Conner

The pun was good enough for the Sex Pistols… I’m not giving you what you want. More of the same won’t make anyone happy. When something wants to change, it will change. Conversely, change will always get what it wants. — Anthologies of distance leave me feeling distant unsatisfied Sure, it’s pretty but shouldn’t I [...]

A foggy memory from not so long ago. I knocked on your door ’round 8:30, I think I need a hug, I said You answered but your door remained closed (13 November 2019)     Wishes sometimes have consequences—order now from your favorite local bookstore! IndieBound search: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=wishes+sometimes+have+consequences If they can’t get it for you, [...]

Inspired by the blog of a long-time friend. Maybe I am being haunted Maybe the translation is what I’m missing because I’m looking too closely at the words instead of at what they’re saying — A hot sandwich and iced tea would be the perfect start to the day (but substitute a coffee Frappuccino for [...]

This poem is completely factual (my father is on the far right, Nixon on the far left of the featured photo). My dad was taller than Nixon lived longer, too— but he never went to China (11 November 2019)     Wishes sometimes have consequences—order now from your favorite local bookstore! IndieBound search: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=wishes+sometimes+have+consequences If [...]

I set this up as a draft, then forgot to click on ‘Publish’… 1 I shouldn’t break I shouldn’t break but I’ve been thinking I’ve been thinking If I could bend like that I wouldn’t be broken 2 I don’t break I don’t break so easily But I practise drowning every day 3 I’m not [...]