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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

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The dark horse runs unnoticed at night (A poem)

2016/01/13

This bit of mysteriousness emerged from somewhere…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged changes, desires, forgetting, January 2016, place, poem, poetry, resolution, scene, secrets, silence, surrender, trappings. Bookmark the permalink.

Never mind—they’re gone (A poem)

2015/12/03

Note to self: put it on paper before you forget…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged December 2015, forgetting, line, memory, poem, poetry, words. Bookmark the permalink.

Lost poems and closely held secrets (A poem)

2015/11/01

Off to a decent start this morning, thanks in part to the extra hour…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged forgetting, meaning, November 2015, poem, poems, poetry, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

Before I settle down to work (a poem)

2015/09/18

Tired this morning after spending an hour and a half in horrible Seattle traffic last night. I found myself turning to ordinary details…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bleach, cooking, fish and chips, forgetting, Friday, habit, odor, poem, poetry, rice, sausage, September 2015, smell, soup pot, vinegar. Bookmark the permalink.

Erasure (a poem)

2015/07/03

A stray thought turned into a poem…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged absence, erasure, forgetting, poem, poetry, space. Bookmark the permalink.

Daylight Saving Time (a poem)

2015/03/08

It’s that time again… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged Daylight Saving Time, dream, forgetting, March 2015, memory, one hour, poem, poetry, spring ahead. Bookmark the permalink.
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