My Day 29 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to imagine a scene through a window. I look at windowsall day long They show me other lives other worlds other stories other joys other sorrows other horrors other choicesother ways of being thinking doing having learning loving hating living dying killing [...]
My Day 28 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem that poses a series of questions. QuestionsQuestionsQuestions People want to knowif I have any questions Why do I always have to have questions?What if I understood the first time?What if I want to think about what I’ve just [...]
My Day 27 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem inspired by an entry from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. I chose several entries, and managed to address them all. The name of the entry referenced appears at the beginning of each section of the poem. agnosthesiaThe view from [...]
My Day 26 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a parody. When it comes to song parodiesI’m no Michael Scott or Weird Al—no “Beers in Heaven”, “My Bologna”, or “Another One Rides the Bus” My most famous parodycomes from the early 1970s— Sunshine on my shouldersgives me sunburnSunshine in [...]
Dear Monday, So is there a pre-shadow shadow phase or what? Love, Kevin (26 April 2021)
A small experiment. Apart from the stanza to which strikethrough text has been applied, I have not yet edited this poem. Pretend she is in your living roomreading a bookor sketching something from her imagination Ask her if she’ll visitthe next time she dreams Ask her if she’s readthe poem that wrote itself Say nothingtake [...]
Dear Sunday, Ah, the ceremonial filling of the pill organizer! Love, Kevin (25 April 2021)
My Day 25 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write a poem about a particular occasion. Up late againwatching the showsI missed these last couple of daysbecause I forgot they were on this week (Fran Lebowitz is talking about air) It’s not coldthough the day was coolerbut the heating pad [...]
Dear Saturday, I’ve got to start paying closer attention: When did Odo become a changeling again? Love, Kevin (24 April 2021)
My Day 24 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to find an article about an animal, then replace the name of the animal with something else, and use the resulting text as the basis for a poem. I opted for biting satire; I used this Guardian article about leeches. Is it [...]
