Dear Saturday,
I want a cookie.
Love,
Kevin
(18 May 2019)
Bookstore Poem #126. Revolutions are in/convenient
This is a repost. Admittedly, it’s not very poem-like, but…
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park. Despite the title [and refrain], this ended up being a general rumination on war and violence. Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #608: Alabama song
A two-fer today. I’m sure this isn’t as clever as I thought it was when I wrote it—but the news is the news, and this pretty much was the news this week…
Bookstore Poem #604
Responding to something I saw online. Not sure why I thought of a driving metaphor…
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Round One complete. We’ll see next week if I’m still in contention.
Love,
Kevin
(17 May 2019)
Repost: An open letter to the Puritans (a poem)
Upon learning that my state has an anti-abortion bill in committee that not only bans abortion from the moment of conception but also declares the state exempt from federal laws and federal court rulings, it’s time to repost this. (I have replicated my subsequent edits, so this version matches the one included in my newest collection of poems.) [Update 5/17/19: I received a reply from my state senator; the bill never received a hearing in committee, and is dead, since the 2019 legislative session has been adjourned.]
Misdirections (a poem)
I wrote this earlier this evening while at a poetry reading…
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
‘This town needs an enema!’ —The Joker
Love,
Kevin
(16 May 2019)
Haze of the last of the day (a poem)
Putting out fires in my dreams now, apparently…
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
It’s not even 10 yet, and I’ve already been to the store and started the crock pot.
Love,
Kevin
(15 May 2019)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 