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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

January 2017

Bruises and blood and dreams of defeat (a poem)

2017/01/07 — Leave a comment

Too much time spent at the computer today to come up with anything beyond this verbless poem, in which I attempt to capture something of the last dream I had before waking up this morning…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged chase, dream, January 2017, poem, poetry, verbless. Bookmark the permalink.

Catching up with e-books

2017/01/07 — Leave a comment

I have been busy today, creating and uploading e-book versions of both ‘Dear Tuesday…’ and ‘Dear Wednesday…’ to Smashwords and Amazon. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Announcements, Books and tagged announcement, Dear Tuesday, Dear Wednesday, e-books, January 2017, Kindle, Smashwords. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Saturday…

2017/01/07 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

Somebody should really come up with a defragmenter for sleep. I’d use it.

Love,
Kevin

(7 January 2017)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged Dear Saturday, January 2017, letters to the days of the week, year 4. Bookmark the permalink.

Three stanzas about my hat (a poem)

2017/01/06 — 3 Comments

Bonus round! For some reason, the phrase ‘I’ve got a hat’ popped into my head. I decided to challenge myself to make that the subject of a poem, resulting in this…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged handmade, hat, Irish, January 2017, meaning, poem, poetry, style. Bookmark the permalink.

I am the dreamer (a poem)

2017/01/06 — Leave a comment

A short poem inspired by a line from an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged dreams, January 2017, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Friday…

2017/01/06 — Leave a comment

Dear Friday,

I’ll be looking for frost on my windshield this morning—so I can test out that mixture I read about a couple of days ago…

Love,
Kevin

(6 January 2017)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged Dear Friday, January 2017, letters to the days of the week, year 4. Bookmark the permalink.

On the other side, past the line (a poem)

2017/01/05 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the background photo I used for the cover of …but for the thoughts running through my mind. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged ekphrastic, impressions, January 2017, photograph, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Thursday…

2017/01/05 — Leave a comment

Dear Thursday,

Night: the new morning…

Love,
Kevin

(5 January 2017)

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Illusional (a poem)

2017/01/04 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a photograph by @helenina on ello. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged @helenina, close-up, ekphrastic, ello, face, illusions, impressions, January 2017, photograph, poem, poetry, reverie. Bookmark the permalink.

Dear Wednesday…

2017/01/04 — Leave a comment

Dear Wednesday,

I see you’re determined to do things differently this time.

Love,
Kevin

(4 January 2017)

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged Dear Wednesday, January 2017, letters to the days of the week, year 4. Bookmark the permalink.

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