The September 24th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, involves writing a poem about the sky that has nothing to do with the weather. I couldn’t avoid that entirely, but… Continue reading
Life
Done (a poem)
The September 22nd prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, involves selecting a word, then using it as the title and/or first word of each line of the poem, making it at least ten lines long, if possible. Continue reading
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
So this is the kind of Wednesday Paul Weller wrote about…
Love,
Kevin
(24 September 2014)
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday,
The new Leonard Cohen album and a new batch of soup. That is all.
Love,
Kevin
(23 September 2014)
Dear Monday…
Dear Monday,
Decisions, decisions, decisions…
Love,
Kevin
(22 September 2014)
I don’t get it (a poem)
Though I made a conscious decision several months ago to stop following the news (especially television news), obviously I still hear about things.
A few weeks ago, I resolved to write something about my utter confusion and disbelief when it comes to the many ways we as human beings mistreat…well…just about everything, especially where violence is involved. I’ve been finding that it’s not such an easy task—in fact, it’s all too easy to come off as pedantic, patronizing, and/or holier than thou. I’ve also found that there’s just so much that could be addressed that things could become very unwieldy very quickly. So, these are just a small few of the questions that sometimes go through my head…
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My lifeline to you (a poem)
The September 20th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to write a short poem about a favorite item, using Donald Hall’s ‘The Things’ as inspiration. I chose to approach the subject a different way, focusing on the catalog of emotions that is my ever-changing music collection. Continue reading
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday,
Ideas are still forming. Perhaps they need a bit more prodding…
Love,
Kevin
(21 September 2014)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
It’s a fine day to spend waiting on hold…
Love,
Kevin
(20 September 2014)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
What an odd little day…
Love,
Kevin
(19 September 2014)