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My complicated relationship with poetry, continued

2016/08/30 — Leave a comment

In February 2015, I wrote a post called My complicated relationship with poetry.  After re-reading it, I figured it was time for an update…
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There’s always another Kevin (A poem)

2016/03/13 — Leave a comment

Back to exploring the pantoum…
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My complicated relationship with poetry

2015/02/15 — Leave a comment

I may edit this later. For now, I am posting it as is, even though I have written about some these things before. In the words of Robert Fripp, it is ‘better to be present with a bad note than absent from a good note.’ Continue reading

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A random item from the past

2014/12/26 — Leave a comment

Found this printout from March 2000 while sorting through some stuff the other day…
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What’s in a Name?

2013/11/07 — 3 Comments

Today’s writing prompt: If you had to switch your first name, what name would you choose and why?

On many of those occasions when I wished I were somebody else—anybody else—that included having a different name. Continue reading

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