Dear Monday, Sun? Check! Warmth? Uh, Monday? I think we need to talk. Love, Kevin (12 April 2021)
Category: Writing
National Poetry Writing Month 2021, Day 12: A logical extrapolation
My Day 12 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which involves writing a poem using at least one word/idea/concept each from Lempriere’s Classical Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. I chose ‘Lusitania’ from the former and ‘completist’ from the latter. The completist view is always that of ‘just one more’ but ‘just one more’ [...]
National Poetry Writing Month 2021, Day 11: The never-ending cycle
My Day 11 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which involves writing a poem consisting of a pair of letters—one to yourself or another person, and the reply you get back. A few words to help you in the years ahead: You are never going to be prepared for all the things that [...]
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday, Ah, much better. Love, Kevin (11 April 2021)
National Poetry Writing Month 2021, Day 10: Survey
My Day 10 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which involves following the instructions to poet Hoa Nguyen’s ‘Junk Drawer Song’. I did follow all the steps, but chose to include all three of them in my finished poem. The song I chose as my focus for the first part is David Sylvian’s [...]
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday, Your disguise is perfect. I thought you were Sunday. Love, Kevin (10 April 2021)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday, The process of elimination continues. Love, Kevin (9 April 2021)
National Poetry Writing Month 2021, Day 9: Remote control to-do list
My Day 9 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write an unusual person or character’s to-do list. 1 Slip down between the cushions so that Kevin has to remove every blanket, pillow, and cushion to find me. 2 For one microsecond, enlarge the voice command button so it fills my [...]
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday, As much as I enjoy napping, I’d like to stay awake after I wake up. Love,Kevin (8 April 2021)
National Poetry Writing Month 2021, Day 8: The mouse
My Day 8 poem is my response to the NaPoWriMo.net prompt, which is to write ‘a poem in the form of a monologue delivered by someone who is dead.’ When I lived in a semi-rural area for a few years, we occasionally had to remove a mouse or two from the house (the cats could [...]