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The endless life (a poem)

2016/09/03

Inspired by the movie The Age of Adeline.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged avoidance, change, ekphrastic, loneliness, poem, poetry, regret, secrets, September 2016, stasis, The Age of Adeline. Bookmark the permalink.

Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Nine: The real problem, as I see it

2016/08/13

Ninth poem of the day. Got myself stuck—until I decided to write a haiku, which forced me to focus. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, change, failure, haiku, hour nine, Kevin J. O'Conner, Poetry Marathon, problem, success, thoughts vs mindset. Bookmark the permalink.

Pleasantville (a poem)

2016/05/03 — 3 Comments

Continuing my verbless journey through May…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged blues, change, color, conflict, confusion, description, fear, fire, flux, imagination, jazz, knowledge, lessons, light, May 2016, Pleasantville, poem, poetry, resistance, resolution, symbolism, tree, verbless poem, youth. Bookmark the permalink.

The modern sense of audacity (A poem)

2016/02/08

Inspired by the title of an NPR story about Maurice White (R.I.P.)…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged audacity, change, commonplace, expression, February 2016, goal, poem, poetry, positivity, selfish, use, word. Bookmark the permalink.

After those moments when throwing caution to the wind turns out to be a bad idea (a poem)

2016/01/25

Monday-morning quarterbacking is sometimes necessary…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged aftermath, change, choice, January 2016, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

The dream is over (A poem)

2015/12/31

Contemplating things that have and have not changed…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged Beatles, blood, change, changes, childhood memory, constants, December 2015, distant dream, dream, endings, fantasy, future, hate, history, human, lists, memories, persistent, poem, poetry, Rolling Stones, trouble spots. Bookmark the permalink.

The third day of rain (a poem)

2015/09/01

Giving in to the autumnal cast of the last few days…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged autumn, change, contemplation, melancholy, mood, nostalgia, poem, poetry, seasons, September 2015, summer. Bookmark the permalink.

Whatever (a poem)

2015/06/24

Yesterday was one of those days where I couldn’t get anything to work…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged appearances, change, frustration, June 2015, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

An observation (a poem)

2015/06/18

I wrote this poem last month after watching Selma, but it is something I have been thinking for quite some time—especially when I stop to consider that many of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s that most of us view as mere history took place within my lifetime…
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This entry was posted in Poetry, Writing and tagged change, consequences, history, May 2015, poem, poetry, then and now. Bookmark the permalink.

Does the Tunnel of Love exist anymore? (a poem)

2015/05/25

I was watching an episode of Get Smart yesterday, in which 86 and 99 are going through a Tunnel of Love in a KAOS-operated amusement park…
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This entry was posted in Writing and tagged boats, building, carnival, change, closeness, connection, May 2015, poem, poetry, Tunnel of Love, water. Bookmark the permalink.

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