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Dear Sunday…

2017/12/17 — Leave a comment

Dear Sunday,

Ah, a quiet, uneventful day…

Love,
Kevin

(17 December 2017)

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Musings on modern poetry and the hidden strength of words (a poem)

2017/12/16 — Leave a comment

Inspired in part by this video, which I am guessing is from the early 1990s, based on the physical appearance of the participants…
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This entry was posted in Life, Poetry, Writing and tagged December 2017, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Saturday…

2017/12/16 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

What’s with all the little noises I’m hearing?

Love,
Kevin

(16 December 2017)

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My thoughts are a checkerboard of indecisive moves (a poem)

2017/12/15 — Leave a comment

Taking a longer poem I wrote last month and giving it a severe editing…
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This entry was posted in Life, Poetry, Writing and tagged December 2017, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Friday…

2017/12/15 — Leave a comment

Dear Friday,

Sometimes answers are not forthcoming.

Love,
Kevin

(15 December 2017)

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A poem with three stanzas that may or may not be connected, and all mention swimming (someday I’ll come up with a decent title for it) (a poem)

2017/12/14 — Leave a comment

Bonus round! Inspired by lines I heard at a reading tonight, and a line from a song I heard at a concert 25 years ago, combined with coincidences with my own writing.
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Dear Thursday…

2017/12/14 — Leave a comment

Dear Thursday,

It seems as though you just got here, and already half the day is gone…

Love,
Kevin

(14 December 2017)

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Establishing shot (a poem)

2017/12/14 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a line and scene from Titanic.
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Flat Santas (a poem)

2017/12/13 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the sight of not-yet-inflated lawn Santas in Shoreline, and ‘Hanna Hanna’ and ‘The Soul Awakening’ by China Crisis.
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Dear Wednesday…

2017/12/13 — Leave a comment

Dear Wednesday,

Holy crap! That’s not my calendar, is it?

Love,
Kevin

(13 December 2017)

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