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August 2016

Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Eight: My stupid obsessions

2016/08/13 — Leave a comment

Eighth poem of the day. The prompt for the hour was to write a pantoum… Continue reading

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Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Seven: Two pennies in the jar

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Seventh poem of the day. Continue reading

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Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Six: Sidetracked

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Sixth poem of the day. Continue reading

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Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Five: The last time I went there

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Fifth poem of the day. Continue reading

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Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Four: The dream is always the same

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Fourth poem of the day. Continue reading

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Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Three: The disposable nature of pop music

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Third poem of the day. Continue reading

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Dear Saturday…

2016/08/13 — 4 Comments

Dear Saturday,

I don’t know why I should have worried. Because cats…

Love,
Kevin

(13 August 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged August 2016, Dear Saturday, letters to the days of the week, year 3. Bookmark the permalink.

Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Two: Georgia

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Second poem of the day. Continue reading

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Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour One: The doors on the right will open

2016/08/13 — Leave a comment

Off to a good start. I wrote my first poem of the day while watching a YouTube video of a trip on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line, as viewed from the cockpit. Continue reading

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ART 53, day 51

2016/08/12 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-three, day 51

I have ordered printed proofs of the Just the Words, Man edition of the book. I was going to wait for some $ to come in, but this is the inexpensive version, so I decided not to. The expected delivery date is August 22.

(12 August 2016)

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