Yesterday was one of those days where I was largely unsatisfied with my writing. I thought this poem, written while watching Lost, turned out okay, though… I don’t fear the numbers In fact, I see all too clearly what they are enough to make me want to turn away in search of solace But I’ve no one [...]
Tag: uncertainty
Q&A (a poem)
Up way too late last night… I’m staying up later than I have to as though I can’t go to sleep until I find some kind of answer I suspect the answers cannot be found if I don’t know which questions to ask and I don’t know which questions to ask (There are always so [...]
Running on empty (a poem)
The January 14th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to write a poem that consists of one run-on sentence—commas okay, but no colons or semi-colons. I hate run-on sentences, but I figured I'd give this one a shot. I ended up, more or less, with a prose poem. I don’t like [...]
National Poetry Writing Month: Day 22 (April 22, 2013)
Ignoring today's prompt; writing a pastoral poem doesn't interest me. The shadow of the chair in the morning sun, like a lion about to strike. The warmth and the distraction remind me I have things to do. Sounds come in from off the streets outside; the roar of the traffic ebbs and flows. The skies [...]
Ordinary Average Thoughts 