Here I use the prompt provided by poet (and bookstore owner) Chris Jarmick on his blog, POETRYisEVERYTHING.
‘Use at least 3 of the 135 phrases Shakespeare takes credit for making famous in a poem.’
Going out on a Sunday (a poem)
A bizarre little dream from last night.
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday,
So long, March. It was real.
Love,
Kevin
(31 March 2019)
National Poetry Writing Month 2019, early-bird poem
For this early-bird poem, I followed the napowrimo.net prompt—sort of. Instead of a self-portrait as a historical or mythical figure, I made myself the figure in a photograph I took in January 2009 of a man standing in a graveyard.
It’s a book that you can pre-order
Links to Wishes sometimes have consequences are beginning to appear!
To find an independent bookstore near you, here’s the IndieBound link:
https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=wishes+sometimes+have+consequences
Powell’s:
Hardcover: https://www.powells.com/book/-9780998878157
Amazon:
Hardcover: https://smile.amazon.com/Wishes-Sometimes-Consequences-Kevin-OConner/dp/0998878154/
Paperback: https://smile.amazon.com/Wishes-Sometimes-Consequences-Kevin-OConner/dp/0998878162/
Barnes & Noble has both versions discounted:
Hardcover: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1130793094?ean=9780998878157
Paperback: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1130793094?ean=9780998878164
(30 March 2019)
New spring afternoon (a poem)
Warm enough to sit out on the deck this afternoon.
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
Well, that was strange. All that, and then ‘oh well’? Hmmm…
Love,
Kevin
(30 March 2019)
Lunar complications (a poem)
Somehow, despite an unexpectedly hectic day, I found the wherewithal to turn a rather ordinary poem of lunar imagery into something…well, less ordinary, anyway.
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Why is it that I don’t like the ocean, but do like ocean sounds?
Love,
Kevin
(29 March 2019)
Bookstore Poem #540
Went to Third Place for the first time in a week…
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