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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

December 2016

The last night of the year (a poem)

2016/12/31 — 1 Comment

My last poem of 2016…

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The things that make me remember (a poem)

2016/12/31

A jumble of memories and present moments in this one…

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Dear Saturday…

2016/12/31

Dear Saturday,

There is coffee in my future…

Love,
Kevin

(31 December 2016)

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Ill-fitting disguise (a poem)

2016/12/30

I just started watching this Japanese series, Fujiko, on Hulu. A couple of moments got me going on this…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged danger, December 2016, distress, poem, poetry, thoughts, trouble. Bookmark the permalink.

Pen vs Shadow (a poem)

2016/12/30

A brief poem from last night.

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Dear Friday…

2016/12/30

Dear Friday,

Even in my dreams, I get pre-empted…

Love,
Kevin

(30 December 2016)

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The optics of dimension (a poem)

2016/12/29

Inspired by an offhand remark by George Michael in a television interview.

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Dear Thursday…

2016/12/29

Dear Thursday,

Just a couple more days until this intestinal flu of a year is over!

Love,
Kevin

(29 December 2016)

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A small experiment

2016/12/28

Yesterday, I tried something a little different. I started out writing a prose poem, but wasn’t satisfied with it—so I took what I had written and adapted it to more of a free-verse form. First, the prose poem:

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Dear Wednesday…

2016/12/28

Dear Wednesday,

RIP, coffeemaker.

Love,
Kevin

(28 December 2016)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged Dear Wednesday, December 2016, letters to the days of the week, year 4. Bookmark the permalink.

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