I wrote this poem last month after watching Selma, but it is something I have been thinking for quite some time—especially when I stop to consider that many of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s that most of us view as mere history took place within my lifetime…
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May 2015
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday,
It is about time for a lull in the action, isn’t it?
Love,
Kevin
(31 May 2015)
Climb up (a poem)
A small moment of contemplation…
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I am a stranger here (a poem)
Off to a better start today…
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The numbers (a poem)
Yesterday was one of those days where I was largely unsatisfied with my writing. I thought this poem, written while watching Lost, turned out okay, though…
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Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
The cavalry has arrived.
Love,
Kevin
(30 May 2015)
Pondering the downward phase of the curve (pt. 1) (a poem)
Yesterday was kind of an odd one…
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Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
Well, this is a nice bit of calm. You’re not planning something, I hope…
Love,
Kevin
(29 May 2015)
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday,
You’re just playing with me today, aren’t you?
Love,
Kevin
(28 May 2015)
Cortege (a poem)
Today’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano is to write in a different way than usual, whether that be in a different form or style, using different imagery or words, etc. The poem I wrote just before this one probably achieves that goal more successfully—but I like this one better. It was inspired by a couple of Jon Hassell pieces (Last Night the Moon Came and Amsterdam Blue (Cortege)) I was listening to on Pandora…
Ordinary Average Thoughts 