my jar
of old keys
forgotten passwords

 

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Issue 20.1 | 10 August 2020

9 Responses

  1. Alan Summers Says:
    August 10th, 2020 at 8:41 am

    .

    my jar
    of old keys
    forgotten passwords

    —DAN CURTIS

    Ah, I remember having bunches of keys, whether for a car, or a huge bunch of fifty keys I had to carry around each day, on foot! :-)

    I love the dynamic between "old keys" and "forgotten passwords" as it gets my imagination having great choices of making different connections. Love it! :-)

    *

    library café–
    we swap lost key stories
    as my coffee cools

    Alan Summers
    Publication credits: Presence 32 (2007); Tinywords.com (2007); The O’Keefe Brief, O’Keefe Library at SAU, St Ambrose University, Iowa, U.S.A. (2007)

    *

    summer room
    a locker key glistens
    with its secrets

    Alan Summers
    HAIKU DIALOGUE – ink ed. kjmunro (The Haiku Foundation July 2018)

  2. Dan Curtis Says:
    August 12th, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    Thank you, Alan, for your generous praise! I'm glad this is working for you. Loved your memory of carrying around fifty keys.
    ~ Dan

  3. David Gross Says:
    August 10th, 2020 at 10:24 am

    Good poem Dan. I still use a skeleton key for the old house I live in and forget a password weekly.

  4. Dan Curtis Says:
    August 12th, 2020 at 4:30 pm

    Thanks, David! Pleased that this works for you. I know the feeling about lost passwords!

    ~ Dan

  5. Bruce Feingold Says:
    August 10th, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    Totally fun and spot on!

  6. Dan Curtis Says:
    August 12th, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    Thanks, Bruce! Very much appreciate your comments

    ~ Dan.

  7. Lesley Says:
    August 10th, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    just wonderful, Dan!

  8. Dan Curtis Says:
    August 12th, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    Thank you, Leslie! Glad you like this.

    ~ Dan

  9. seaviewwarrenpoint Says:
    August 14th, 2020 at 9:15 am

    Hahahaha I lose keys and forget passwords on a regular basis. Nice one, Dan!

    marion

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