Written earlier this evening during a poetry reading. Hanging lonely from the duct-taped air conditioner performing a curlicue in the doorway before terminating in a pair of prongs two feet above the threshold (31 May 2019) Wishes sometimes have consequences is available—order now from your favorite local bookstore! IndieBound search: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=wishes+sometimes+have+consequences If they can’t get [...]
Tag: May 2019
Elusion (a poem)
Written Thursday evening during a poetry reading. I think about words before they’re spoken I’m struck by a feeling of confinement now that they have been removed from consideration still part of my vocabulary but consigned to the penalty box until people have forgotten the last time they appeared I think about phrases I could [...]
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday, You’ll give me a break, won’t you? Love, Kevin (31 May 2019)
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday, Decided to be difficult, I see. Fine. Love, Kevin (30 May 2019)
Scrivener break
At last I got around to purchasing Scrivener! I’ve been using Word for my poetry for the last five years, but it becomes more and more unwieldy as I write more. On top of that, Word 2016 doesn’t play nice with my Word 2011 files, so I have to keep using 2011 for everything to [...]
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday, Ah, a brief reprieve! Love, Kevin (29 May 2019)
New music: Tu retyjo
Why I didn’t write anything yesterday, pt. 2: (29 May 2019)
New sounds: Kuturo Mpodr
Why I didn’t write anything yesterday: (29 May 2019)
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday, Less than a month until summer—try to liven up a bit, okay? Love, Kevin (28 May 2019)
Discomfort is ongoing (a poem)
Wrote this early this morning before going back to sleep. Enjoy your turn pretending to dive The water’s shallow only if you’re seventeen feet tall What the swamp carries may latch on to your skin (27 May 2019) Wishes sometimes have consequences is available—order now from your favorite local bookstore! IndieBound search: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=wishes+sometimes+have+consequences If they [...]