Dear Monday, Best thing about Hulu: non-holiday Twilight Zone marathons. Love, Kevin (31 October 2016)
Tag: October 2016
Hallowe’en 2016 (a poem)
The final shadorma of the month. Eight days left ’til election day After that— we all hope— our long national nightmare will come to an end and the ghosts and deplorables will go back to their dens never bother us again Well, one can dream, right? (31 October 2016)
Upon seeing artists in person for the first time after having spent time with their work (a poem)
A shadorma. Not a one— not a single one— not a one looks the way I expected What did I expect? (30 October 2016)
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday, Why am I always losing my favorite pens? Love, Kevin (30 October 2016)
The plight of the insomniac (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Peter Juvonen’s painting, Mexican Hat Dance. It’s an impossible-to-navigate party of shark’s teeth and demon tails a jigsaw puzzle of sixes but for the couple snogging at the edge of the room behind a screen that’s too short to do its job That path straight out of Joe Versus the Volcano [...]
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday, Catch-up sleep sometimes takes a while, apparently… Love, Kevin (29 October 2016)
Sensed, not seen (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Peter Knox’s painting, Erolla. White The crowd gather Amidst the chaos they become invisible What you can’t see you can feel they are there You may detect an outline or two if you step to one side They will let you see when they want you to see Red The paths [...]
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday, Ah, a night of (mostly) sleep! Love, Kevin (28 October 2016)
Anagram, undiscovered (a poem)
A shadorma. I am an anagram for some- thing better something that has yet to reveal itself as a part of me I ought to be grateful that there is a chance that something I could maybe be proud of could be part of me Assuming that rearranging a few letters could trick the universe into [...]
Dear Thursday…
Dear Thursday, It’s a post-insomnia coffee and waffles kind of morning… Love, Kevin (27 October 2016)
