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Ordinary Average Thoughts

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View from the second row (A poem)

2016/03/19 — Leave a comment

A pantoum written after an evening out and about, with a little bit of people-watching…
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A poem from 1992

2015/08/07 — 5 Comments

I did not write anything yesterday; today is still up for grabs. Meanwhile, I re-discovered a couple (okay, four) poems I wrote in 1992, while I was still living in Tokyo. This particular poem would appear to be concerned with the subway.

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These walls

2013/05/18 — Leave a comment

In the morning
I am here
Sounds of life rush in
through open windows
I am reminded
there’s more to life
outside these walls

I cannot see them
They have no shape,
no form,
no mass,
but they exist
I feel their presence
I’ve built these walls

(5 May 2013)

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50 Things About Me (a partial list)

2013/03/16 — 2 Comments

Today is my 50th birthday. To mark the occasion, here’s a list of fifty things about me, in the order that they came to mind. (Except for spelling/punctuation/grammar, I have made no attempt to edit any of the items.)

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Ordinary? Says Who?

2012/03/09 — 1 Comment

A random thought just occurred to me.
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This entry was posted in Life, Work and tagged art, lessons, life, observations, work. Bookmark the permalink.
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