Skip to content

Ordinary Average Thoughts

  • Home
  • Books
    • Wishes sometimes have consequences
    • The Lilac Years
    • 8: Eight-word Poems
    • This Is Not the Book That Will Save Your Life
    • …but for the thoughts running through my mind
    • This Is Fifty-three
    • Coffee Stains
    • Refusal to Remain Invisible
    • Quiet on the Outside…
    • The Imperfect Document
    • Journalism
    • Separation Anxiety
  • Music
  • About
  • Contact

Confounding expectations since 1963

Tag: sand

Buried (a poem)

2016/10/06 Kevin J. O'Conner

An ekphrastic poem, written in shadorma form, inspired by the film adaptation of Woman in the Dunes. Oh, but for the curve of her hip and the sand in her hair I would be a free man now It comes pouring down (6 October 2016)

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged curve, ekphrastic poem, hair, hip, October 2016, People, poem, poetry, sand, shadorma

The logo in the corner (A poem)

2015/10/11 Kevin J. O'Conner

‘The other day, I was in a record shop. Looking through the LPs, I found the Queen catalog reissues. On one of them, the Virgin Records logo was in the upper right corner. But, on closer inspection, the famous logo that was supposedly scrawled on a napkin had been ‘cleaned up’: the basic shape was there; [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged afar, changes, grains, hourglass, inevitable, letterforms, logo, October 2015, poem, poetry, sand, shape, shifts, up close

Grounds (a poem)

2015/06/222015/08/08 Kevin J. O'Conner

Ah, coffee! Tasty and inspiring… The residue collects at the bottom of the cup becoming the grit in my last swallow like accidentally drinking sand from the beach drink after the spill I rinse and I rinse but I still feel the crunch between my teeth and I wonder how to rid myself of the [...]

Posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, WritingTagged absence, coffee, crunch, cup, drink, grit, June 2015, poem, poetry, residue, sand, stain, touch

Search for specific posts

Social

  • View kevinjoconner’s profile on Facebook
  • View kevinjoconner’s profile on Twitter
  • View kevinjoconner’s profile on Instagram
  • View kevinjoconner’s profile on Tumblr
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Ordinary Average Thoughts
    • Join 1,122 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Ordinary Average Thoughts
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar