I did manage to squeak out one poem last night before admitting I needed to sleep… Continue reading
Poetry
Update: The Imperfect Document
In lieu of today’s poem—which I haven’t written, and may or may not get to between now and bedtime—an announcement: Continue reading
The lingering embrace of Hope (a poem)
Never losing hope…
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Morning at 33-1/3 RPM (a poem)
Written while listening to a Jackie Gleason box set I picked up at a thrift store for 99 cents… Continue reading
The unspoken part of a conversation about not wanting to be alone (a poem)
Presented without comment (for once)… Continue reading
[appropriated peanut butter advertising slogan here] (a poem)
The February 21st prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to write a poem about something that makes you angry. Well, I don’t feel a whole lot of anger these days, so I went with the merely annoying. It’s kind of a silly poem, but I figure I’m allowed once in a while…
‘The sweetest melody is an unheard refrain’ (a poem)
Since I was put out of commission yesterday by Sneezefest 2015, I am posting a second poem today. This one is inspired by a line from the ABC song ‘Poison Arrow’… Continue reading
A Japanese image (a poem)
Inspired by a photograph by Hisatomi Tadahiko… Continue reading
Questions about storytime (a poem)
Wrote this during one of the many folk songs people played at open mic earlier…
The cat and the fireplace (a poem)
The February 18th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to write a poem based on grey. Since I was not in a frame of mind to ‘[strike] a dismal, dreary tone’, I turned instead for inspiration to memories of a cat we once had who would sometimes nap in the fireplace…
Ordinary Average Thoughts 