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I couldn’t bear to be special (A poem)

2016/02/26 — Leave a comment

A work in progress, with the title nicked from a Prefab Sprout song.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged expression, February 2016, feelings, identity, poem, poetry, purpose, recognition. Bookmark the permalink.

The modern sense of audacity (A poem)

2016/02/08 — Leave a comment

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.

A rhyming poem (A poem)

2016/01/31 — Leave a comment

Didn’t come up with much today. Oh well…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged expression, January 2016, poem, poetry, rhyming, talking, timing, words. Bookmark the permalink.

The futility of words (A poem)

2015/12/16 — Leave a comment

Sometimes I write in the morning…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged December 2015, emotion, expression, feelings, language, poem, poetry, sound, words. Bookmark the permalink.

I need a new vocabulary (a poem)

2015/07/26 — Leave a comment

Starting out earlier than usual this morning…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged constraints, expression, frustration, July 2015, need for change, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Lucy, February 2015 (photo)

2015/02/20 — Leave a comment

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lennbob/16408956138/

(16 February 2015—posted February 20)

This entry was posted in Photography and tagged cat, expression, Lucy, photo, upside-down. Bookmark the permalink.

A Japanese image (a poem)

2015/02/20 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a photograph by Hisatomi Tadahiko… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged description, ekphrastic, expression, features, photograph, poem, poetry, shadow. Bookmark the permalink.

You (a poem)

2014/11/30 — Leave a comment

Another HoneLife poetry exercise, this one on the theme of thankfulness…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breathing, expression, eyes, HoneLife, peaceful, poem, poetry, prompt, sadness, safe, smile, sparkle, tenderness, thankful, warmth, you. Bookmark the permalink.

self-portrait from three years ago (a poem)

2014/10/15 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a photograph from three years ago (and an English subtitle from a Japanese drama I was watching on Hulu).

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This entry was posted in Life, Writing and tagged description, expression, lines, photograph, poem, poetry, self-portrait, shadows. Bookmark the permalink.
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