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poetry
The apprentice’s predilection for surrealistic fiction and Earl Grey (a poem)
Following the January 3rd prompt from Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano: three stanzas—the first including an unusual color; the second, an bizarre book title; and the third, a scientific fact. I found sinoper on Mental Floss, made up the book title, and alluded to a scientific fact without actually stating one. The poem is written in shadorma form.
You can gently touch the sock monkeys (a poem)
Inspired by a photograph I took of a sign next to a piece of art at VALA last month…
Open the door (a poem)
My first poem of 2017…
The last night of the year (a poem)
My last poem of 2016…
The things that make me remember (a poem)
A jumble of memories and present moments in this one…
Ill-fitting disguise (a poem)
I just started watching this Japanese series, Fujiko, on Hulu. A couple of moments got me going on this…
Pen vs Shadow (a poem)
A brief poem from last night.
The optics of dimension (a poem)
Inspired by an offhand remark by George Michael in a television interview.
A small experiment
Yesterday, I tried something a little different. I started out writing a prose poem, but wasn’t satisfied with it—so I took what I had written and adapted it to more of a free-verse form. First, the prose poem:
Ordinary Average Thoughts 