Kendall Defoe

Joined February 2018

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Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...

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We Sold Our Souls for RRSPs!
Rock and roll! Yeah, man!! We were all gonna rock hard!!! The bill's due when...? Damn... *(Note on the term RRSP: this is the Canadian Registered Retirement Savings Plan, something that we pay into for our future retirement; and we hope that we can still rock...)
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
Belabor Day
What do you think of a history? Several years of work on projects; My papers and signed contracts. * What do you think of a day like this?
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
The Ringer
The Ringer… She really was one, y’know? The meaning of that word has changed a lot, but nothing else has. Just glad that I can talk to you about this and that you wanna know what the big deal was all about. I’m just glad that someone is going to remember one of my best friends.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Fiction
Top Storyville!
Okay, this was inspired by another writer, Cendrine Marrouat, who created a page where people who admired her work could find links to all the other stories published on Vocal, including her Top Stories.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Critique
Ten Writers I Can No Longer Read
One of the things I have learned after many years of reading and writing is that you are allowed to dismiss what you once loved; you are allowed to give up on writers who no longer speak to you and have set up a barrier in your mind to enjoyment of their work. I do not mean that I care that deeply about their political, racial, psychological or emotional issues (the list of acceptable writers would be incredibly short if I dismissed the ones who did not reach such high standards). I am simply concerned with what is on the page and how it makes me react, as Vladimir Nabokov once stated, “between the shoulder blades” (where you really do feel the work).
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in BookClub
Waterman
“Always buy a new pen when you start a new job, Martin.” His mother’s voice was lingering in his thoughts as he walked down the street. He had been very lucky that Hally’s Stationers was still open at that time. Weekends had them closing earlier than usual and he almost forgot this as he stepped inside and heard the bell ring just behind him.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Horror
Sound and Situation
Joke: if a mime falls down walking in a forest, would they make a noise? Sound or Silence? * Thank you for reading!
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
Week II: Electric Boogaloo
Split class with victim (I mean, fellow teacher...ha...); we just have to try... I certainly hope so... * Thank you for reading!
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
Shoot the Piano Player
The comedy touches tragedy. The tragedy touches comedy. A man with a past finds it will not leave him alone, even when love, gangsters, prostitutes, and musical talent give him a chance.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
Danny's Big Day
*This is a list of all the things that I am going to have to do this week and I want to make sure that I have this as a copy on the fridge. My brother is going to have to read this one day and I hope he can do this when he is my age.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Fiction
Oppenheimer: A Haiku
Note: this is my honest response, in brief, over seeing one of the best films of the year... Crowded in hard seats... Rush of story and image.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
A Glosa for You
I was doing a little cleaning up this weekend when I found that I had some old files that I had not read or even thought of for many years. One of those files was a glosa, a poetic form where each stanza ends with a line taken from another poem or song. I kept to some of the standard rule - eg. ten-line stanzas - and then strayed beautifully to tell a story.
By Kendall Defoe 3 years ago in Beat