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Confounding expectations since 1963

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The gravity of this moment (a poem)

2016/05/04

My only complaint so far about these verbless poems is that they’re too heavy. Fortunately, there are still 27 days left in the month…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged expectations, May 2016, misconceptions, perseverance, poem, poetry, verbless poem, weight. Bookmark the permalink.

National Poetry Writing Month, Day #24

2016/04/24

Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a ‘mix-and-match’ poem, mixing ‘fancy’ and ‘non-fancy’ words. Not as big a stretch as some of the previous prompts, but…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged April 2016, disappointment, expectations, fancy, identity, mix-and-match, NaPoWriMo 2016, perspective, poem, poetry, prompt, proof, solitude, un-fancy. Bookmark the permalink.

From this side of the wall (A poem)

2015/10/15

An odd way to start the day. Oh, well…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged defeat, expectations, October 2015, perspective, poem, poetry, safety. Bookmark the permalink.

Uncharted (a poem)

2015/01/24

I thought this might be about one thing, but now I’m not so sure it isn’t about something else…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged expectations, January 2015, poem, poet, poetry, seas, waters, words. Bookmark the permalink.
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