Dear Friday,
Hello, Friday. How about a break for once?
Love,
Kevin
(1 December 2017)
December 2017
Dance only with me (a poem)
After yesterday’s extra poem, I have decided my December challenge will be to start from lines appearing somewhere else. This poem was inspired by a line from a song (‘Dance Only With Me’) used in the second episode of the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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Everett Poetry Night—December 7!
Cheese and crackers—the day is almost here! On Thursday, December 7, I will be the featured poet for Everett Poetry Night at Café Zippy in, well, Everett. The festivities begin at 6:30 with Tanner Deraitus playing some music, followed by open mic at 7—then it’s my turn around 8. (Yes, my car is unlikely to be fixed by then—but I will get there one way or another!)
More info on the official Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/160797991319394/
If you’re in the Seattle-Everett area, come on down!
(1 December 2017)
My contributions to the culture, 2017
As we head into the final month of this dumpster fire of a year—all feast or famine, with bouts of depression, more car problems, having to rebuild my website, and general disgust with the state of the world—I need to step back for a moment and reflect on the things I was able to accomplish.
Here we go:
A few recommended poetry books this December
Here is a list of some books of poetry that I have enjoyed, and thus recommend. (I know I have missed a couple, so I will amend as necessary.) Most of the books on this list I purchased this year.
Falling in Love with Picking Myself up—Talicha Johnson (self-published)
Crybaby—Caitlyn Siehl (Words Dance Publishing)
Not Aloud—Christopher J. Jarmick (MoonPath Press)
Tempest of Stars—Jean Cocteau, translated by Jeremy Reed (Enitharmon)
Holy Robots—Vasilina Orlova (Gutenberg Printing Press Independent Group)
The Purple Wash—Minnie A. Collins (self-published)
I could not find any links about this book, but I do know you can get copies from Third Place Books’ Seward Park store in South Seattle.
A Lesser Love—E. J. Koh (Pleiades Press)
Maintaining Survival—Haley Hendrick (self-published)
All the Odes—Pablo Neruda, edited by Ilan Stavans (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
The Book of David: A Coming of Age Tale—Lola E. Peters (self-published)
Make Yourself Happy—Eleni Sikelianos (Coffee House Press)
(1 December 2017—updated 26 December)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 