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On Your Impending 30th High School Reunion

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A playful critique of how schooling deeply influences and intertwines with every aspect of our identity—possibly reaching as far as our cellular makeup!

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged education, high school reunion, school, school of hard knocks, stardust, the school of life

Office Hour Reverie Inspired by a Recent Trip to Cairo, Egypt

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A flash fiction piece inspired by a recent journey to Cairo, Egypt, written as part of a writers' club assignment.

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged Egypt, flash fiction, museum catalog, Office hour, prose

You, Me, and the Universe ~ Dancing in Circles

November 26, 2024December 27, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A poem about another birthday and the cycles of and in life.

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged birthdays, dreams, Free Verse Structure, Intimate Hopes, orbits, Unfulfilled Wishes, used bookstores, You, zoetrope

While My Voice Mail Gently Weeps

August 26, 2024August 27, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A post about voice mail messages.

Posted in Blog, Poem, WritingsTagged cell phones, loneliness, robocalls, scam calls, the modern condition, unrequited longing, voice mail

Personal Profile Statement

July 23, 2024August 3, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A short writing experiment while on summer break.

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged CV, Genre subversion, Personal Profile Statement, Resume

Four Prose Poems

May 9, 2024May 14, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

Four prose poems for a writing assignment. The topic is a one-word prompt: "meet"

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged Bootes Void, Catullus, deadpan, factoid, postcard, prose poem, surreal, to-do list

Life along the Mississippi 

April 24, 2024May 9, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

Another writing assignment for my writers group.

Posted in Blog, Poem, WritingsTagged Mississippi, Poem, writing group

14 Affirmations

April 4, 2024April 16, 2024 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

Joined a writing group here in Doha. After passing their initiation, I was admitted into the group. Here is my first writing as a member.

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged Affirmations, Pseudosonnet, WS

Abu Dhabi Getaway

January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 Conan Kmiecik1 Comment

Writing and photos from my short visit to Abu Dhabi.

Posted in Blog, Photos, Travel, WritingsTagged Abu Dhabi, Craft Brewery, Grand Mosque, Presidential Palace, Qasr Al Watan, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Poemanteau of a Minovial Misunderrassment

December 26, 2023December 27, 2023 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

An anecdote of a recent misunderbarrassment.

Posted in Blog, Poem, WritingsTagged Bromance, Dinner Party, Misunderstanding, Portmanteau

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