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Dear Thursday…

2016/12/29 — Leave a comment

Dear Thursday,

Just a couple more days until this intestinal flu of a year is over!

Love,
Kevin

(29 December 2016)

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A small experiment

2016/12/28 — Leave a comment

Yesterday, I tried something a little different. I started out writing a prose poem, but wasn’t satisfied with it—so I took what I had written and adapted it to more of a free-verse form. First, the prose poem:

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Dear Wednesday…

2016/12/28 — Leave a comment

Dear Wednesday,

RIP, coffeemaker.

Love,
Kevin

(28 December 2016)

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168.7 (a poem)

2016/12/27 — 1 Comment

By chance, I happened upon a prompt that directed me to turn to page 168 of a book, then use all of the words appearing in the seventh line of text on the page. The book I happened to grab was Fight Club…

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Dear Tuesday…

2016/12/27 — Leave a comment

Dear Tuesday,

Shall we?

Love,
Kevin

(27 December 2016)

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Dear Monday…

2016/12/26 — Leave a comment

Dear Monday,

Thanks for giving us a break today. After Sunday, we need it.

Love,
Kevin

(26 December 2016)

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There is no syntax to silence (a poem)

2016/12/25 — Leave a comment

Title courtesy of Vasilina Orlova.

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Dear Sunday…

2016/12/25 — Leave a comment

Dear Sunday,

So this is Sunday…

Love,
Kevin

(25 December 2016)

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The emptiest Xmas ever (a poem)

2016/12/24 — Leave a comment

Trying to figure out my total lack of interest in Xmas this year…

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Dear Saturday…

2016/12/24 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

I balanced out my night of extra sleep with a night of not enough sleep. Maybe that’s why you feel like Saturday, but not-Saturday…

Love,
Kevin

(24 December 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged Dear Saturday, December 2016, letters to the days of the week, year 4. Bookmark the permalink.

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