Sometimes instruments go out of key…
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(I don’t have a title for this one yet) (a poem)
One of the advantages of going early at an open mic is that there is plenty of time to be inspired by everything that is going on… Continue reading
Last call (a poem)
Yesterday’s poem is a re-write of a poem I wrote last weekend… Continue reading
What would you do? (a poem)
This week’s HoneLife poetry exercise is to write a short poem that starts with ‘What would you do if…’ Continue reading
Somewhere faraway (a poem)
Yesterday morning, I arrived early for an appointment. For my in-car listening that morning, I had chosen a mixtape I made in 1987 (the CD player in my car stopped working back in February). One of the songs on the tape, included as an instrumental interlude, was ‘Somewhere Faraway’, from Melon’s 1987 album Deep Cut. (Club-goers may remember Melon from dance track ‘Hardcore Hawaiian’.) Seeing that title on the j-card started me thinking, and I began to write…
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National Poetry Writing Month: Day #6 (April 6, 2014)
Today’s prompt: I didn’t like today’s prompt, so I went in search of another one. I decided to go with the sixth prompt listed in Kelli Russell Agodon’s 30 Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month: Write a poem in two sections about two completely different things. Have the title link both items in a surprising way.
Ordinary Average Thoughts 