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A bad-poetry flashback, c. 1980

2017/09/29 — Leave a comment

To give you some idea of how far I have come, here are a couple of bad poems I contributed to my high school’s yearbook my senior year. The theme of that year’s book was ‘Records of the Past’—because no one had ever thought of that one before, right? Read at your peril…
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Dear Friday…

2017/09/29 — Leave a comment

Dear Friday,

Rain? Nobody told me about this…

Love,
Kevin

(29 September 2017)

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D(e)focus (a poem)

2017/09/28 — 3 Comments

Bonus round…
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This entry was posted in Life, Poetry, Writing and tagged avoiding 'I', poem, poetry, September 2017. Bookmark the permalink.

An accounting (a poem)

2017/09/28 — Leave a comment

Happy National Poetry Day!
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Dear Thursday…

2017/09/28 — Leave a comment

Dear Thursday,

When the day starts off with a trip to the grocery store to get that one ingredient you forgot to buy last night…

Love,
Kevin

(28 September 2017)

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Don’t talk to me about love (a poem)

2017/09/27 — Leave a comment

The new TV season has started, and already somebody said it—so…
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This entry was posted in Life, Poetry, Writing and tagged avoiding 'I', poem, poetry, September 2017. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Wednesday…

2017/09/27 — Leave a comment

Dear Wednesday,

Early to bed, early to rise—because the cat is not subtle about demanding dinner at 2:30 in the morning…

Love,
Kevin

(27 September 2017)

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V. O. (a poem)

2017/09/26 — Leave a comment

When someone you follow turns out to have multiple social media accounts…
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Dear Tuesday…

2017/09/26 — Leave a comment

Dear Tuesday,

Happy Olivia Newton-John’s birthday!

Love,
Kevin

(26 September 2017)

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Life is tough (a poem)

2017/09/25 — 1 Comment

Not so sure about this one, but this is what I’ve got…
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