Tag Archives: nostalgia

Poetry Reading

Posted on June 12, 2011 by k2king

The lines he wrote were scratched in ink, some smears along the margins.  Folded words he penned to her with loops of L’s and O’s in Bic he borrowed.  Rhyming words with silly pleas to never leave him, figures sketched … Continue reading →

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Driving With a Friend

Posted on April 24, 2011 by k2king

While you are driving a car, please look at the road.  Oh, the purple loosestrife is blooming now–– there, in the ditch. You are missing the blackbird on the barbwire fence.  See the male bluebird on the box? He has … Continue reading →

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Recycling

Posted on April 17, 2011 by k2king

My father used empty tin cans, stacked one on the other, starting with coffee and ending with tomato paste, for target practice with his pellet gun, pumped exactly six times before each shot.  Ping–– one, two, three, four, five, six, … Continue reading →

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