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Ordinary Average Thoughts

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Lucy the cat (a poem)

2016/03/22 — Leave a comment

A bit of silliness, as an interlude…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged cat, funny, interlude, Lucy, March 2016, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Broken teeth and second-degree burns (A poem)

2016/03/22 — Leave a comment

A pantoum inspired by physical sensations and the occasional mind-body struggle.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged cold, concentration, conflicting impulses, hot, March 2016, pantoum, poem, poetry, sensation, stomach, struggle, teeth. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Tuesday…

2016/03/22 — Leave a comment

Dear Tuesday,

Okay, it’s Spring—what happened to the sunshine?

Love,
Kevin

(22 March 2016)

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

Dear Monday…

2016/03/21 — Leave a comment

Dear Monday,

Ah, so much to do…

Love,
Kevin

(21 March 2016)

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

Whirlwind tour (A poem)

2016/03/21 — Leave a comment

Back to the pantoum again. (Note that, although there is an actual word, carbonnade, that refers to Flemish beef stew, carbonade in this poem is a made-up word.)
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged balloon, breathing, close, crowding, feeling, fifty percent, follow, March 2016, pantoum, poem, poetry, temptation, tension. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Sunday…

2016/03/20 — Leave a comment

Dear Sunday,

Cheer up! It’s the first day of spring…

Love,
Kevin

(20 March 2016)

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

Passage (A poem)

2016/03/20 — Leave a comment

Another small break from the pantoum, because I just spent some time constructing a couple of new poems from the first lines of some of my previous poems…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged assemblage, copy-and-paste, cut-and-paste, first lines, hunger, March 2016, mosaic, passage, poem, poetry, sadness, time. Bookmark the permalink.

The words (A poem)

2016/03/19 — Leave a comment

A small break from the pantoum, because I think this one says it better…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged drama, humor, March 2016, meaning, poem, poetry, power, questions, weight, words. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Saturday…

2016/03/19 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

Is it really you? You feel very Sunday-like so far…

Love,
Kevin

(19 March 2016)

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

View from the second row (A poem)

2016/03/19 — Leave a comment

A pantoum written after an evening out and about, with a little bit of people-watching…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged appearance, dress, March 2016, observations, pantoum, poem, poetry, woman. Bookmark the permalink.

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