…especially with both the government and the news media putting out mixed messages at every turn.
(1 March 2020)
Politics
Published! (vedfest link)
My poem ‘vedfest’ has been published by The CDC Poetry Project. You can read it at:
https://cdcpoetry.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/vedfest-kevin-j-oconner/
Submission guidelines: https://cdcpoetry.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/
(14 January 2018)
My take on #blacklivesmatter
As I am a middle-aged white guy, you may choose to take this with the proverbial grain of salt—but I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and wanted to add my perspective. So… Continue reading
Election Day Redux: State of the Union
Re-posting this poem from April 2013 (but with the edits I later made for Journalism) for Election Day. The original post can be found here.
National Poetry Writing Month: Day #20 (April 20, 2013)
Today’s prompt: write a poem using at least five of the following words:
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Living in Fantasy-land?
It seems to me that our elected officials don’t have a firm grasp on reality. They all seem to be under the impression that the average American (whoever that is) is more sensible when it comes to money and budgeting than our government is.
I want some of whatever they’re smoking.
Ordinary Average Thoughts 