Written at BookTree during a poetry reading featuring Joanne Clarkson and Heidi Seaborn. Inspired by poems by both of them, in combination with the cover of Susan Abulhawa’s The Blue Between Sky and Water, which was on the shelf behind them as they were reading. Continue reading
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Bookstore Poem #81. 81-82-83-84
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park. Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #71. Who will be there for my revival?
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park. Continue reading
Waiting Room Poem #7. Waiting room poem
Another one from the waiting room…
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The casual listener’s guide to audio cues (a poem)
No chance to get out today… Continue reading
Bookstore Poem #64. Such is the calling
At Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park. A response to a tweet by the current Speaker of the House:
Published! (vedfest link)
My poem ‘vedfest’ has been published by The CDC Poetry Project. You can read it at:
https://cdcpoetry.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/vedfest-kevin-j-oconner/
Submission guidelines: https://cdcpoetry.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/
(14 January 2018)
Bookstore Poem #58. Absolutes
At the Columbia City branch of Seattle Public Library…
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Bookstore Poem #56. A few words about words
At the Green Lake branch of Seattle Public Library…
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Bookstore Poem #50. Water pressure
Started while at the University Book Store, finished at Third Place…
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Ordinary Average Thoughts 