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The unexamined life (a poem)

2016/09/11 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a variety of social media posts and memes.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged consequences, interpretation vs truth, poem, poetry, reflection, September 2016, surface, unknowable. Bookmark the permalink.

An index of metals (a poem)

2016/09/09 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the Fripp & Eno piece, included on their album Evening Star.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged alchemy, An Index of Metals, Brian Eno, cobalt, ekphrastic poem, evening star, feedback, gold, heat, Jefferson, mercury, nickel, poetry, Robert Fripp, scraping, September 2016, soundstage, summer, vibrato. Bookmark the permalink.

Easter eggs in autumn (a poem)

2016/09/07 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the Shiina Ringo DVDs 賣笑エクスタシー [Baishou Ecstasy] and Electric Mole.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged autumn, budokan, cat ears, cat's eyes, chances, clue, code, disguise, ekphrastic, Electric Mole, 賣笑エクスタシー, girl, guitar, kimono, lock, poem, poetry, September 2016, time, 椎名 林檎. Bookmark the permalink.

Tumbling (a poem)

2016/09/05 — 2 Comments

Inspired by Tumblr feeds.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged autumn, ekphrastic, feeds, images, impressions, poem, poetry, September 2016, Tumblr. Bookmark the permalink.

The endless life (a poem)

2016/09/03 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the movie The Age of Adeline.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged avoidance, change, ekphrastic, loneliness, poem, poetry, regret, secrets, September 2016, stasis, The Age of Adeline. Bookmark the permalink.

But I’m looking for answers… (a poem)

2016/09/02 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the cover of Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged ekphrastic, eyes, letters, poem, poetry, September 2016, stare. Bookmark the permalink.

The dancer (a poem)

2016/09/01 — Leave a comment

Looks like September will be ekphrastic poem month. This poem was inspired by a painting by Lu De’an.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged basement, blood, dancer, ekphrastic, poem, poetry, scene, September 2016. Bookmark the permalink.

RMB (a poem)

2016/09/01 — Leave a comment

An open-mic poem.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, Brother Theodore, piano, poem, poetry, song. Bookmark the permalink.

My complicated relationship with poetry, continued

2016/08/30 — Leave a comment

In February 2015, I wrote a post called My complicated relationship with poetry.  After re-reading it, I figured it was time for an update…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, biography, history, Kevin, life, me, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Only bones remain (a poem)

2016/08/29 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a photograph by Yang Xiaobin:
http://ekphrasticassimilations.org/yang-xiaobin-1/
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged August 2016, ekphrastic poem, photograph, poem, poetry, Yang Xiaobin. Bookmark the permalink.

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