Category: Writing

Hour twelve, from the image prompt: Ultimately it is the center around which everything revolves slowing quickening sometimes skipping or stuttering but always relentless— from start to finish We may fall out of step or go astray but we always come back Because the drum is everything 17:47, 25 June 2022 The original post is [...]

Hour eleven poem, based on the image prompt: Limbs entwined for all to see— a happy tree Photo by Deborah Dalton 16:13, 25 June 2022 The original post is at https://thepoetrymarathon.com/kevinjoconner/2022-poetry-marathon-hour-11 Don’t forget to check out the other poems! Wishes sometimes have consequences is available—order now from your favorite local bookstore! IndieBound search: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=wishes+sometimes+have+consequences If they [...]

Hour ten poem, based on the image prompt: I don’t have to open my eyes It’s enough that we breathe the same air see the same sky stand on the same ground I see you I feel you I know you I believe in you Whatever else happens now this moment is perfect Photo by rajat [...]

Hour nine poem, based on the prompt: Whatever happened to Tang? Do they still make Tang? Supposedly it was what the astronauts drank I believed it at the time and wondered if they felt cheated because they didn’t have grape Tang yet when they went to the moon I used to mix the orange and [...]