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Reading Whitman on the Eve of a Fragile Ceasefire

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A Whitmanesque meditation on crisis from a life made in the Gulf.

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged ceasefire, Covid-19, crisis, digital communication, displacement, empathy, everyday life, Expat life, freedom, geopolitics, global interconnectedness, government alerts, Gulf region, home and belonging, human connection, Mortality, pandemic, Qatar, resilience, social media, surveillance, Uncertainty, Walt Whitman, war and conflict, witness

Satisfaction Survey

March 24, 2026 Conan KmiecikLeave a comment

A routine satisfaction survey spirals into an existential dialogue.

Posted in Blog, WritingsTagged absurdism, dark humor, endophasia, existentialism, identity, introspection, meaning of life, metafiction, philosophical dialogue, reflective writing, time and memory, Uncertainty

On the Train – IR 1735 | Car 2 | Seat 44 | București Nord → Sighișoara

April 11, 2025July 25, 2025 Conan Kmiecik1 Comment

Entry #5 in the poetry sequence, In Your Own Air: A Travelogue from Eid

Posted in Blog, In Your Own Air, WritingsTagged Bucharest to Sighișoara, Faith in the Journey, Letting Go, Narrative Travel Poem, Observational Writing, Prose Poetry, Romania by Train, Ticket QR Code, Train Station Dawn, Travel Reflections, Uncertainty, Wrong Seat

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