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Tag: January 2017

That’s an awfully lonely way to go (a poem)

2017/01/31 Kevin J. O'Conner

I saw a poster on a trash can while driving home from the library, but didn’t start on this poem until a few hours later.… I thought it said THE END. Made sense; we’re close enough. Pop art is full of funny surprises. I closed my mind’s eye and kept on driving; though in no [...]

Posted in Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged January 2017, mistake in perception, poem, poetry

Dear Tuesday…

2017/01/31 Kevin J. O'Conner

Dear Tuesday, Can we, you know, put him back in the Matrix already? Love, Kevin (31 January 2017)

Posted in Life, Musings, WritingTagged Dear Tuesday, January 2017, letters to the days of the week, year 4

Resistance Song of the Day

2017/01/312017/01/19 Kevin J. O'Conner

https://youtu.be/7aRNUsmfeck

Posted in MusicTagged conscience, Gil Scott-Heron, January 2017, music, resistance, song

This is not the book that will save your life (a poem)

2017/01/302017/01/30 Kevin J. O'Conner

Written late this afternoon at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park… I’ve seen you here before I know you You spend hours here wandering between the racks taking book after book off the shelves then putting them back You are not looking for entertainment You are not in search of fantasy You don’t need information [...]

Posted in Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged January 2017, poem, poetry

Dear Monday…

2017/01/30 Kevin J. O'Conner

Dear Monday, I voted for the other one. Love, Kevin (30 January 2017)

Posted in Life, Musings, WritingTagged Dear Monday, January 2017, love notes to the days of the week, year 4

Resistance Song of the Day

2017/01/302017/01/19 Kevin J. O'Conner

https://youtu.be/cIzsh-rhZXM

Posted in MusicTagged conscience, January 2017, Little Steven, music, resistance, song

‘This is not who we are’ (a poem)

2017/01/29 Kevin J. O'Conner

A brief rimas dissolutas, slightly modified… I hate to break it to you but this is who we’ve been for a long, long time If you go by what we do or the parameters of the scene you’ll see it’s all part of the rhyme You may argue that it’s not true but I know [...]

Posted in Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged January 2017, poem, poetry, rimas dissolutas

Dear Sunday…

2017/01/29 Kevin J. O'Conner

Dear Sunday, Well, that deadline isn’t going to meet itself… Love, Kevin (29 January 2017)

Posted in Life, Musings, WritingTagged Dear Sunday, January 2017, love notes to the days of the week, year 4

Resistance Song of the Day

2017/01/292017/01/19 Kevin J. O'Conner

https://youtu.be/dCp9a2UFnR0

Posted in MusicTagged conscience, January 2017, Julian Cope, music, resistance, song

The Bad Place (a poem)

2017/01/282017/01/28 Kevin J. O'Conner

A situation comedy + the news x me = this poem… The story of her telling failed to take into consideration the gravity of the moment (which actually didn’t exist except that I overthink everything so I must be projecting my own indecisiveness onto her) When the smoke cleared the fire monster was storming up [...]

Posted in Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged January 2017, poem, poetry

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