Dear Monday, Well, you look like Monday. But are you? Love, Kevin (31 August 2015)
Tag: August 2015
Refusal to Remain Invisible: Part Three now on Wattpad
I have just posted Part Three of my next poetry collection, Refusal to Remain Invisible, to Wattpad. https://www.wattpad.com/163172035-refusal-to-remain-invisible-three. (A little late this time, but there was a power outage in the area yesterday and today.) With my last collection, I did the Wattpad thing after I had already finished the book. This time, I am posting to Wattpad [...]
Triangle series #3 (a photo)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lennbob/20397962873/ (30 August 2015)
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday, Are we back? I think we’re back. Love, Kevin (30 August 2015)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday, I know this is late—but you did bring the storm with you, you know. I didn’t have much choice. Love, Kevin (30 August 2015)
At the Couth Buzzard on Sunday morning after the storm (a poem)
After my late morning cup of coffee… The tables sit empty except for this guy in one corner (that would be me) writing in an oversized sketchbook with a purple pen Sunlight peeks in through a couple of open windows (it’s in my eyes, but that’s okay) A box fan in an open doorway keeps [...]
22 hours and counting…
We had a rare August windstorm in the Seattle area yesterday. The lights went out in my neighborhood around 1 or 1:30. Despite the daylight, the winds no doubt hampered the efforts of crews to restore electricity. When I got home from an early evening out and about, the lights were still out. It wasn’t [...]
‘The children are our future’ (a poem)
Thinking a bit this morning about that well-worn phrase of songwriters and politicians alike… We are their past We are promises unfulfilled We are promises broken We are the lies we tell each other to explain our feelings away to deny the reality we have created to convince those who see it that they don’t [...]
Where would you like to go? (a poem)
One of several new poems from today. Wait there No—please come closer Could we meet halfway? I want to run to you but I’m not sure I have the strength to make it that far If you would meet me in the middle we could go whichever way we want without having to be tied [...]
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday, Good of you to bring the rain back. It’s been a while. Love, Kevin (28 August 2015)