Dear Wednesday,
Sun! I may have to get out for that walk today.
Love,
Kevin
(8 April 2020)
Musings
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 8
The napowrimo.net prompt for day 8 is to use the line from someone else’s poem as the seed for a new poem. I chose the line ‘your pocket is full of rain’, from the label of the cassette in the featured image above, by Katie Jane Garside. Continue reading
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday,
Feels like the days are starting to speed up a bit. Just don’t go too fast, okay?
Love,
Kevin
(7 April 2020)
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 7
The napowrimo.net prompt for day 7 is to write a poem based on a news article. Since 90% of the news these days is about the same thing, I chose to approach it from a different angle.
Dear Monday…
Dear Monday,
O, sunny day!
Love,
Kevin
(6 April 2020)
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 6
The napowrimo.net prompt for day 6 is to write an ekphrastic poem based on Hieronymous Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. I went with the wolf-like creature playing the drum…
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 5
The napowrimo.net prompt for day 5 is to use Jim Simmerman’s Twenty Little Poetry Projects prompt to write a poem. I didn’t use all twenty, but otherwise didn’t do too badly. I was partly inspired by the coffin photo from an article in The Stranger, which got me—again—on the subject of covid-19…
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday,
Is it tea time yet?
Love,
Kevin
(5 April 2020)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
It’s quiet in here.
Love,
Kevin
(4 April 2020)
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 4
Having used my Day 3 poem as an opportunity to vent, I can get back to my normal angsty poems. The napowrimo.net prompt for day 4 is to write a poem based on an image from a dream. Woof. (Note: I don’t know who did the painting in the featured image above, but it’s hanging on the wall of the bedroom in my mother’s house.)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 