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Confounding expectations since 1963

Tag: look

The look in her eyes (a poem)

2016/05/28 Kevin J. O'Conner

This one is strange to me, because I do not remember writing it. A sleeper on a different schedule the same old face in my mirror The look in her eyes far, far away A step or two in the opposite direction my eyes closed for too long Red, red lights a crack in the [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged eyes, look, May 2016, mirror, poem, poetry, reflection, sleeper, surprise, verbless poem

Errant glances (A poem)

2015/12/08 Kevin J. O'Conner

Not much opportunity to write yesterday, so this is what I’ve got… Does the look mean the same thing if you’re not aware you’re doing it? It doesn’t matter how I feel if that’s not what you had in mind That’s the kind of mistake I would make as though my filter’s badly askew But [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged awareness, confusion, December 2015, feelings, look, mistakes, mixed signals, poem, poetry

NaPoWriMo 2015, Day 24: That moment (a poem)

2015/04/24 Kevin J. O'Conner2 Comments

Today’s Writer’s Digest April PAD Challenge prompt is to write a ‘moment poem’… When I looked at you I knew that you understood what I was feeling (25 April 2015)

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged 2015 April PAD Challenge, April 2015, haiku, look, moment, NaPoWriMo 2015, poem, poetry, understanding, Writer's Digest

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