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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

metaphor

Somewhere along the line (or A poem in which I exhaust the metaphor of life as a train trip)

2016/06/04

Up late after hearing about the death of Muhammad Ali and watching old clips on YouTube.

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged anticipation, car, cliché, June 2016, line, metaphor, passengers, poem, poetry, rimas dissolutas, signs, stops, train, trip, uncertainty. Bookmark the permalink.

Islands are bodies of land surrounded on all sides by water (a poem)

2015/06/15 — 2 Comments

Yes, I have been watching Lost again…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged definition, islands, June 2015, metaphor, modern life, poem, poetry, then vs now. Bookmark the permalink.

Soon all will become clear (a poem)

2015/06/06

Yesterday was kind of a bust. Plans fell apart, and I never got around to doing anything besides backing up my computer…
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This entry was posted in Writing and tagged adjustment, flaws, June 2015, metaphor, poem, poetry, reflective surfaces, rust. Bookmark the permalink.

The big book (a poem)

2015/06/01

Yeah, I accidentally stepped on the book this morning. Time to locate some duct tape…
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This entry was posted in Writing and tagged book, cover, damage, interior, June 2015, metaphor, poem, poetry, skin, weapons (figurative). Bookmark the permalink.

Climb up (a poem)

2015/05/31

A small moment of contemplation…
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This entry was posted in Writing and tagged grip, ladder, May 2015, metaphor, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Vignettes (a poem)

2015/03/16

A series of vignettes on this early morning…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bitter, candle, cards, city, coffee cup, eight of diamonds, evening star, ghost, identity, light, loss, March 2015, meaning, metaphor, morning, pen, poem, poet, poetry, Polaroids, prayer, short poems, taste, vignettes. Bookmark the permalink.

Homewood, 2014 (a poem)

2014/12/28

Another day, another video. Sigh…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged #blacklivesmatter, 2014, metaphor, pack mentality, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.
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