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On waters travelled within (a poem)

2016/12/14

Inspired by the Pussy Riot video ‘Organs’, the Ruby Throat video ‘Barebaiting’, and a photo or two on Tumblr. Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged blanket, blood, blood type, December 2016, drain, ekphrastic, flowers, location, poem, poetry, song, uncertainty, water, woman. Bookmark the permalink.

Alphabet Poem #6

2016/11/06

The F poem.

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged 6 lines, alphabet poem, F, foreboding, November 2016, poem, poetry, uncertainty, unease. Bookmark the permalink.

Life as the architect of my own undoing (a poem)

2016/06/06

I’m in the middle of an editing job, so I was running short of inspiration today. Here is today’s lone poem to emerge from my pen:

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged difficulty, June 2016, looking back, looking forward, poem, poetry, rimas dissolutas, time, uncertainty. Bookmark the permalink.

Somewhere along the line (or A poem in which I exhaust the metaphor of life as a train trip)

2016/06/04

Up late after hearing about the death of Muhammad Ali and watching old clips on YouTube.

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged anticipation, car, cliché, June 2016, line, metaphor, passengers, poem, poetry, rimas dissolutas, signs, stops, train, trip, uncertainty. Bookmark the permalink.

About the unwritten letter (a poem)

2016/05/20

I almost didn’t get to writing anything yesterday…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged apologies, chances, corrections, erasures, May 2016, pages, poem, poetry, regrets, traps, uncertainty, verbless poem. Bookmark the permalink.

57Mbps (and nothing on) (a poem)

2016/05/05

This ended up being not a very productive day in any sense of the word…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged devices, May 2016, poem, poetry, pundits, punters, ratings, uncertainty, verbless poem, worry. Bookmark the permalink.

The politics of division (A poem)

2016/03/12

A small break from the pantoum. I did write one yesterday, but I like this short poem better…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged chase, confusion, disarray, division, fighting, March 2016, observation, pessimism, poem, poetry, running, uncertainty. Bookmark the permalink.

In the moment (A poem)

2015/10/20

Not a great weekend for writing. This is what I was left with on Sunday…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged imagining, lingering, moment, October 2015, poem, poetry, sting, uncertainty. 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.

Interstitial poem (a poem)

2015/06/28

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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