KjM
@kevinjmackey.bsky.social
Transplanted Irishman in love with the music of language - Midwest, US
Those Days
And then those days
- not all, but some
when the sky shifts
and memories - of before - come
- to the fore
when colors drain from a bright sunny world
taking away the steady sand
...from underfoot
and you stand
frozen in uncertainty
shopping for one
And then those days
- not all, but some
when the sky shifts
and memories - of before - come
- to the fore
when colors drain from a bright sunny world
taking away the steady sand
...from underfoot
and you stand
frozen in uncertainty
shopping for one
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Those Days
And then those days
- not all, but some
when the sky shifts
and memories - of before - come
- to the fore
when colors drain from a bright sunny world
taking away the steady sand
...from underfoot
and you stand
frozen in uncertainty
shopping for one
And then those days
- not all, but some
when the sky shifts
and memories - of before - come
- to the fore
when colors drain from a bright sunny world
taking away the steady sand
...from underfoot
and you stand
frozen in uncertainty
shopping for one
Pleased more than I can possibly say (though that's never stopped me before 😊) that one of my poems has been accepted for the Kansas City Bards Against Hunger anthology! www.bardsagainsthunger.com/bards-agains... Some kind of launch event is in the works, they say.
Bards Against Hunger Kansas City
Bards Against Hunger started in 2013 and operates readings and anthologies in over a dozen US states. Are you a poet from the greater Kansas City area? (Each side?) Are you interested in your...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pleased more than I can possibly say (though that's never stopped me before 😊) that one of my poems has been accepted for the Kansas City Bards Against Hunger anthology! www.bardsagainsthunger.com/bards-agains... Some kind of launch event is in the works, they say.
Given the day that's in it, as they say ..
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Given the day that's in it, as they say ..
Reposted by KjM
thoughts, swept away—
in a waterfall's thundering verve
a cauldron of swirling froth
i inhale, pausing
reflect on the tranquil currents
meandering around rocks
settling in a tranquil sun-dappled pool
distillation of experiences,
we know the work, the art of stillness
silver breath rising —
in a waterfall's thundering verve
a cauldron of swirling froth
i inhale, pausing
reflect on the tranquil currents
meandering around rocks
settling in a tranquil sun-dappled pool
distillation of experiences,
we know the work, the art of stillness
silver breath rising —
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
thoughts, swept away—
in a waterfall's thundering verve
a cauldron of swirling froth
i inhale, pausing
reflect on the tranquil currents
meandering around rocks
settling in a tranquil sun-dappled pool
distillation of experiences,
we know the work, the art of stillness
silver breath rising —
in a waterfall's thundering verve
a cauldron of swirling froth
i inhale, pausing
reflect on the tranquil currents
meandering around rocks
settling in a tranquil sun-dappled pool
distillation of experiences,
we know the work, the art of stillness
silver breath rising —
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
