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Taking Notice
a poem Still air surrounds the morningAs the smell of coffee greets meWatching dark clouds nearA strange twilight of early morningWelcoming storms and rainMother Nature playing her partI watch it here, patientThey do little to stop lifeMuch less even give it pauseToo many distractionsWho can even see the oddnessThe way the early sun risesAgainst dark…
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Opposite Motives
a poem I strive to know howTo push steps forwardEven while progress movesDirectionless to my desires Shall I give up here and nowChanging my aim towardAnother thing in safer grovesTo beat this feeling stuck in mires Sanity welcomes both in towWork and laziness in simple awardBenefits found both behoovesYet truly only one inspires Photo and…
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Disconnected
an essay Life surrounds us, continually moving through space and time as we sit in front of narrow windows displaying pixelated fantasies to our already beleaguered senses. I think about this myself as my fingers once again obey what feels like automated motions, swiping along on the phone to move onto another image, another video,…
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An Old Friend
a poem Stupidity holds its placeMy mind its breeding groundI cannot help but let itAn old friend it has becomeThe kind who enters freelyGreeting your motherBefore finding youNo invitation ever neededThe say “hello” almost foolishlyAs they feel a part of youA sibling who lives thereGrowing older as you stay in touchMaybe follow jobs or schoolAlways…
Jeremy C Kester
converting caffeine into words
Jeremy C Kester 