In the rush of moving through May I forgot to share April's poetry drop!

I had a lot of experiences in the past few months but my birth month was exquisitely revealing as I went to my first ever local poetry open mic & learned to kill my darlings.
#poetry #creativewriter #poet #blog #expression

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/05/14/casual-poetry-new-shit/

I feel like I have just been sucked out of a vacuum.

But SOAK does that kind of stuff. Now that I'm back, it's time to recap what happened and start on what's next.

#casualramble #festivalseason #recap #soak #essay #creativewriting

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/06/01/soak-2026/

Trying out a new thing where I still write my thoughts out on my typewriter, but also write them out below for legibility's sake. Am I overthinking it? I think I already did. Now it's time to find some joy.

#creativewriting #blogger #mentalhealth

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/05/13/update-overthought/

I'm not here to make predictions or provide insight to what might happen on the court.

I just want to share a taste of what the end of five years between #NBAplayoff appearances felt like.

#basketball #portland #ripcity #trailblazers

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/24/blazers-before-game-three/

I meant to finish this ramble last month and never did. Sometime its feels like the words need to pressure cook before they come bursting out. After a month with New Energy by Four Tet, the words are bursting.

#newenergy #fourtet #albumreview #casualramble #electronicmusic

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/21/four-tet-new-energy/

Big news for the Casual Ramble's future; click through to read about my weekend and the news I received from a phone call.

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/20/doing-more/

New poems available on the Patreon and last month's poems available on the blog? It's a poe-radeeeee!

I'll see myself out, but not before you keep up to date by subscribing to the Casual Ramble Patreon, deal? ;)

#workingpoet #freeverse #trialanderror #poetry #blog

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/16/casual-poetry-cairns/

Took me all damn day to write this. But we got it done before the #PortlandTrailBlazers' first #NBA postseason game in five years. I am hoping for a win but until the dust settles in Phoenix I just want another chance to watch my team play.

#sportsjournalism #writer #rambler

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/14/blazers-postseason-2026/

Didn't have much bandwith for a proper rambled today. So I stepped away, took a breath and then scribble a poem about my age. It's a first draft, and I already have ideas where to go with it, but for now I say we all just enjoy it as it is. A newborn poem is a rare moment.

#poetry #blogger #ramble

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/12/man-thirty-two/

Absolutely nothing happened today. Nothing at all. That's why it's the perfect time to review resolutions and figure out what I want to do for the year ahead.

Hey, if taxes can wait till the middle of April, why can't I?

#creativewriting #mentalhealth #cherryblossoms #portland #birthdaypost

http://thecasualramble.com/2026/04/09/a-casual-ramble-about-sakura-trees/