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The inescapable self wrought revenge (a poem)

2016/08/22 — Leave a comment

Earlier today, I read an article about what divorced people do with their wedding rings. This isn’t strictly about that, but the poem I wrote after the poem I wrote about that.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, poem, poetry, post-mortem, reflection, review, The Inescapable Self. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Monday…

2016/08/22 — Leave a comment

Dear Monday,

I both want to understand and could not care less about the obsession with sports…

Love,
Kevin

(22 August 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged August 2016, Dear Monday, love notes to the days of the week. Bookmark the permalink.

Sordid state of affairs (a poem)

2016/08/21 — Leave a comment

Earlier today, I combined a couple of poems while preparing to submit work to a journal; I finished this poem in similar fashion.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, back and forth, chaos, circumstances, frustration, poem, poetry, political climate. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Sunday…

2016/08/21 — Leave a comment

Dear Sunday,

One down, one more to go…

Love,
Kevin

(21 August 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged August 2016, Dear Sunday, love notes to the days of the week. Bookmark the permalink.

Summer 1978 (a poem)

2016/08/20 — Leave a comment

Listening to Steely Dan’s Aja…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged 'But Seriously, August 2016, Excitable Boy, Fleetwood Mac, Folks…', Hasten Down the Wind, Jerry Brown, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, nostalgia, poem, poetry, Rumours, Steely Dan, summer 1978, Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London. Bookmark the permalink.

If you put the two together (a poem)

2016/08/20 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the hour glass and the dancer, by MiYoung Margolis, both currently hanging at VALA Art Center in Redmond…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, combination, ekphrastic, images, imagined diptych, impressions, MiYoung Margolis, paintings, poem, poetry, the dancer, the hour glass. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Saturday…

2016/08/20 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

Another hot one shaping up, I see. Well, all right…

Love,
Kevin

(20 August 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged August 2016, Dear Saturday, letters to the days of the week, year 3. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Friday…

2016/08/19 — Leave a comment

Dear Friday,

When you die in the matrix, you die in the real world. So when someone is about to kill me in the dream I’m having, I wake up.

Love,
Kevin

(19 August 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged August 2016, Dear Friday, letters to the days of the week, year 3. Bookmark the permalink.

What if you could play Merzbow on guitar? (a poem)

2016/08/18 — Leave a comment

This weird thought came to me during the open mic last night…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged acoustic guitar, August 2016, Merzbow, musing, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Thursday…

2016/08/18 — Leave a comment

Dear Thursday,

Whatever good things life may bring, there’s always cat vomit to clean up somewhere…

Love,
Kevin

(18 August 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged August 2016, Dear Thursday, letters to the days of the week, year 3. Bookmark the permalink.

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