A short while ago, I overheard an author saying that kids ‘don’t have those inner critical voices’, that they don’t compare their drawings to others and judge themselves. Not so, say I… Continue reading
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Bookstore Poem #243
A longer poem slashed down to its core—which happened to be its final stanza: Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #240. The girl with the camera
While I was at Third Place Books this afternoon, a teenage girl asked me if she could take a couple of pictures of me for a class assignment. Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #229. …and the horses they rode in on
Yeah, so I didn’t get the job I was hoping for (the interview went so well!), and I needed to vent… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #219. 88 and counting
Doing some editing work at the Mountlake Terrace library. Partly inspired by a poem by S. R. Mason… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #218. This is outside
A mid-afternoon lunch at Third Place Commons this afternoon, followed by a little bit of time in Third Place Books… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #204. Advanced pareidolia
More time at Third Place Books… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #200. A morning ride
Spent some time this afternoon at Third Place Books… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #192. So you think we’re lucky, do you?
Written today at BookTree in Kirkland during a workshop about persona poems… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #180
Redmond library. Not actually how my morning went, but a correct reflection of how sleepy I felt until, oh, mid-afternoon… Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 