Sometimes I return to the old stories, in hopes that I might tell them better… I remember feeling that way every time I heard that song swimming in a hazy sea and everything was breaking down That hungry feeling travelled with me from train to train and storm to storm Unexpected complications fell me at [...]
Tag: November 2015
’Tis the season (self-promotion)
Self-promotion time! Now that the year-end gift-giving season is underway, consider one or more of my humble offerings for your friends, your loved ones—or yourself. More details about availability can be found on the individual book pages on my site (www.kevinjoconner.com), but here are some quick shopping links: Amazon (paperback & Kindle) [...]
The following is intended only for mature audiences (A poem)
For this one, I used the November 29th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, which is to take the first thing anybody says to you (or, if you don't see anybody, the first thing you hear on radio, TV, etc.), and use it as the first line of a poem. I [...]
Dear Monday…
Dear Monday, Well, here we are again… Love, Kevin (30 November 2015)
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday, How did I get up so early today? Right—cats… Love, Kevin (29 November 2015)
The chair and I (A poem)
Self-explanatory… The empty chair has a function in fact, it has several: practical metaphorical hypothetical symbolic I don’t know that the chair and I are all that different The chair has its place I have mine The chair doesn’t know what its place is Neither do I (27 November 2015—posted November 28)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday, If it’s possible, I think I slept too long… Love, Kevin (28 November 2015)
Happy Thanksgiving (A poem)
True story… Damn, it’s cold this morning! That’s what I get for leaving the window open last night I pile on the blankets turn up the heat let the cat settle in at my feet (26 November 2015—posted November 27)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday, Awake and rested. Love, Kevin (27 November 2015)
Closed-caption poem (A poem)
With a few small changes here and there, taken from closed-captioning… Man speaks indistinctly Camera clicks Man whispers Breathing deeply Ceiling banging Sighs Rattling Sighs Rattling continues Sighs Knife clatters Woman Man Metal clangs Sighs Metal clatters Electronic music plays Tires squeal Loud music plays on car stereo Gears grind Metal creaks Grunts Camera shutter [...]
