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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

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Stars and ladybugs (a poem)

2015/07/07 — Leave a comment

Written about a photograph of a woman participating in (I think) the Fremont Summer Solstice parade…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged impressions, July 2015, light, masque (mask), Parade, poem, poetry, radiance, walking, woman. Bookmark the permalink.

Quiet on the Outside… Now Available

2015/07/06 — Leave a comment

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My latest collection of poems, Quiet on the Outside Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Quiet on the Inside, is now available online. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Books and tagged Amazon, availability, Barnes & Noble, book, e-book, iTunes, news, paperback, poetry, Quiet on the Outside…, Smashwords. Bookmark the permalink.

Dream spaces (a poem)

2015/07/05 — Leave a comment

Written while listening to Meditations on the Inescapable Self this morning…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged dreamlike, elements, images, July 2015, materials, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Pop will eat itself (a poem)

2015/07/04 — Leave a comment

Nothing to do with the band, although I am listening to The Pop Will Eat Itself Cure for Sanity right now…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged imagination, monster, perspective, poem, poetry, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine. Bookmark the permalink.

Erasure (a poem)

2015/07/03 — Leave a comment

A stray thought turned into a poem…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged absence, erasure, forgetting, poem, poetry, space. Bookmark the permalink.

Ninety degrees (a poem)

2015/07/03 — Leave a comment

A bit of random musing/free association…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged associations, cliché, geometry, heat, ninety degrees, poem, poetry, spectrum. Bookmark the permalink.

Color scheme: green (a poem)

2015/07/02 — Leave a comment

This poem resulted from an exercise in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged 1970's 7-Up reference, calm, chlorophyll, color scheme, cool, exercise, foliage, grasses, green, Julia Cameron, poem, poetry, refreshing, The Artist's Way. Bookmark the permalink.

I didn’t feel like writing yesterday (a poem)

2015/07/01 — 1 Comment

I have not been in a writing mood these last few days. In fact, I wrote nothing at all on Monday. So, on Tuesday, I wrote about not writing…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged desperation, frustration, heat, June 2015, not writing, perseverance, poem, poetry, uncertainty, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

Quiet fog (a poem)

2015/06/29 — Leave a comment

Another day of slim pickings—I got to writing too late in the day…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged fog, June 2015, poem, poetry, quiet, scene, solitude, thoughts. Bookmark the permalink.

Interstitial poem (a poem)

2015/06/28 — Leave a comment

Slim pickings yesterday. Between the heat and general frustration with the course of the day, I wrote much less than usual…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged indecision, June 2015, mystery, poem, poetry, thoughts, uncertainty, unknown, worry. Bookmark the permalink.

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