Brought on by articles in the New York Times and Washington Post…
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Writing
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
Ugh. Headache.
Love,
Kevin
(2 May 2020)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
At least you’ve got the sun going for you.
Love,
Kevin
(1 May 2020)
Pruning (a poem)
We return you now to our regularly scheduled programming…
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Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
So busy today I almost forgot what day it is.
Love,
Kevin
(30 April 2020)
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 30
I went with an alternate prompt for Day 30: ‘Make a found poem from some of the lines you wrote in your NaPoWriMo poems. Use at least 8 different poems and write a poem at least 10 lines long.’ Each line of this poem comes from earlier poems. Continue reading
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
I’ve had naptime and it’s barely afternoon. Okay!
Love,
Kevin
(29 April 2020)
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 29
I took a contrarian approach to the napowrimo.net prompt for Day 29: ‘write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet.’ Continue reading
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday,
I’m sensing some ambivalence.
Love,
Kevin
(28 April 2020)
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 28
I took kind of a sideways approach to the napowrimo.net prompt for Day 28: ‘Describe a bedroom from your past in a series of descriptive paragraphs or a poem.’ I didn’t really give a description, or limit myself to a single bedroom… Continue reading