Friday, December 19, 2014

Broken Hearts & Auto Parts

Special greetings, Toads! Today we are following Kevn Kinney on a tour of the American South.




Kevn Kinney is a songwriter and troubadour hailing from Atlanta, Georgia (by way of Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he grew up). He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Drivin N Cryin. Kevn Kinney writes poignant story-songs about life and love, often sharing the stage with a cast of other musician characters you might know.

It’s worth listening to this version of "Broken Hearts and Auto Parts" all the way through, as Kevn gets a truly classic story in at the end. This song is the title track from his 2002 album; the studio version is great, as it (and the whole record) features harmony vocals from Sarah Lee Guthrie. But I love this capture of Kevn’s live performance.

Toads, your challenge is to look back over the past twelve months and write a poem completing this sentence: “It’s [blank] and [blank] this year.” You don’t have to use that line in your poem, but please channel its spirit and bring on a story(-ies). Write about heartbreak, automobiles, expensive dates, advice from your father, or whatever else comes to mind as you reflect on this year that is coming to a close. As always, please link up something new for this prompt, and I look forward to reading!

As Kevn says: "When in doubt, just be yourself."

 

8 comments:

Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene) said...

i believe this to be the years trials and strife of our world, in a metaphirical way.

Kerry O'Connor said...

Great advice! I once tried to be someone else but it didn't stick.
;-)

brudberg said...

Ha. I'm still trying to figure out who am I am.. :-)

Hannah said...

What a great challenge, Marian and thank you for the introduction to Kevn!

Unknown said...

This is a welcoming and wonderful challenge Marian. I accept! :) And hope that you all enjoy it.

I usually don't do things like this till New Year's Eve, but what the heck. :)

Marian said...

hi pals, i'm totally preoccupied today but will be around later to read your lovely offerings. glad to see so many of you here in a flippin' busy time! xo

Susie Clevenger said...

I could have written a novel about this year, but I kept it more Reader's Digest.

Kerridwen said...

Read the other poems, and finally managed to find inspiration for mine, but it didn't go at all how I imagined it! Not sure if that's a good thing!