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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

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Woods (a poem)

2016/07/11

Watching a Japanese drama on Netflix…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bridge, evening, hill, July 2016, overheard phrase, owls, poem, poetry, scene, stream, trees, woods. Bookmark the permalink.

On a Saturday morning in 2016 (a poem)

2016/06/04

A warm, sunny day in Seattle today. So, naturally (?), I turn to introspection…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breeze, driving, June 2016, Laura Nyro, lingering thoughts, memories, morning, poem, poetry, regrets, rimas dissolutas, road, Stoned Soul Picnic, sunny day, trees, what if…. Bookmark the permalink.

This afternoon (a poem)

2016/05/09

A vignette of sorts written at the library…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged air conditioner, bee, green, hum, May 2016, murmurs, poem, poetry, quiet zone, sea, sunlight, trees, verbless poem, voice, warmth, water, window sill. Bookmark the permalink.

After the equinox (A poem)

2015/10/13

Up too early—a bit chilly this morning…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged air, autumn, blankets, cold, leaves, October 2015, poem, poetry, rain, soil, trees, Windows. Bookmark the permalink.

Autumn festival (a poem)

2015/09/20

I hate nature poems—so of course I end up writing one (or something resembling one)…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged anticipation, autumn, commotion, energy, grounds, lawns, leaves, poem, poetry, September 2015, squirrels, trees, treetops. Bookmark the permalink.

The course of a quiet afternoon in the life of a solitary poet in search of the perfect poem (a poem)

2015/03/05

Self-explanatory… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bells, birds, cats, creek, March, March 2015, paper, pen, poem, poetry, setting, shadows, sunlight, temperature, trees, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

hazy afternoon in the dreamland forest (a photo)

2014/12/28

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lennbob/15944588408/

This would probably be more impressive in color, but I do like some of the textures…

(28 December 2014)

This entry was posted in Photography and tagged 600, black-and-white, Impossible, light, photograph, polaroid, SX-70, trees, water-filled object placed in front of the lens. Bookmark the permalink.

There’s no such thing as Christmas (a poem)

2014/12/25

A slightly bitter meditation on modern Xmas. I actually don’t mind Xmas—under the right conditions…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged Christmas, fantasy, ham, poem, poetry, romance, trees. Bookmark the permalink.

Weird dream stuff (December 2014)

2014/12/17 — 1 Comment

I had a very strange dream last night/this morning… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life and tagged cars, dirt, disaster, dream, driveways, earth, explosion, house, houses, leaves, lumber, trees. Bookmark the permalink.

Saturday in dreamland (a poem)

2014/08/23

No prompt today, just a word that popped into my head…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Writing and tagged breeze, cat, contemplation, creek, crows, poetry, shadows, sun, trees, vignette. Bookmark the permalink.

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