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Remember, you asked for this (a poem)

2017/12/19 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a phrase from a rejection letter. (Me? Bitter? Naw…)
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Viz. an authoritative definition of chemistry (a poem)

2017/12/18 — Leave a comment

I lifted a couple of lines from one of my own poems for today’s entry. (Yes, an hypothesis is intentional.)
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It’s a little complicated (a poem)

2017/12/17 — 1 Comment

Inspired by Future Man; the first line of part 3 comes from the name of an old-age home.
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Musings on modern poetry and the hidden strength of words (a poem)

2017/12/16 — Leave a comment

Inspired in part by this video, which I am guessing is from the early 1990s, based on the physical appearance of the participants…
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My thoughts are a checkerboard of indecisive moves (a poem)

2017/12/15 — Leave a comment

Taking a longer poem I wrote last month and giving it a severe editing…
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A poem with three stanzas that may or may not be connected, and all mention swimming (someday I’ll come up with a decent title for it) (a poem)

2017/12/14 — Leave a comment

Bonus round! Inspired by lines I heard at a reading tonight, and a line from a song I heard at a concert 25 years ago, combined with coincidences with my own writing.
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Establishing shot (a poem)

2017/12/14 — Leave a comment

Inspired by a line and scene from Titanic.
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Flat Santas (a poem)

2017/12/13 — Leave a comment

Inspired by the sight of not-yet-inflated lawn Santas in Shoreline, and ‘Hanna Hanna’ and ‘The Soul Awakening’ by China Crisis.
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The orange of goodbye has to come from somewhere (a poem)

2017/12/12 — 1 Comment

Based on a poem by S. R. Mason, particularly the title…
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When the air clears (a poem)

2017/12/11 — Leave a comment

Starting from a line from today’s ‘love notes’ entry…
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