Bonus round—an unusually long poem, written on my typewriter as I was listening to Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
Writing
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
Can’t we just skip to the good part?
Love,
Kevin
(28 April 2018)
National Poetry Writing Month 2018, Day 28
The Napowrimo.net prompt for Day 28 is to ‘draft a prose poem in the form/style of a postcard.’
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Why do I get so sleepy after I wake up?
Love,
Kevin
(27 April 2018)
National Poetry Writing Month 2018, Day 27
The Napowrimo.net prompt for Day 27 is to pick a tarot card and write a poem about ‘the images or ideas that are associated with it’. My poem is inspired by the Two of Cups, and partly influenced by side 1 of David Sylvian’s Brilliant Trees album.
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
Is it possible to binge-watch a single movie?
Love,
Kevin
(26 April 2018)
National Poetry Writing Month 2018, Day 26
The Napowrimo.net prompt for Day 26 is to write a poem that engages the five senses.
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
How time flies when you’re panicking about life…
Love,
Kevin
(25 April 2018)
National Poetry Writing Month 2018, Day 25
The Napowrimo.net prompt for Day 25 is to write a warning label for yourself.
Bookstore Poem #229. …and the horses they rode in on
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