That rarest of living creatures, the Seattle native, Kevin J. O'Conner has published six collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Coffee Stains (2016), plus two collections of love notes to the days of the week, 'Dear Monday...' and 'Dear Tuesday...' His work has also appeared in Spindrift, on the late, lamented Lament for the Dead website, and on photographer Tom Wright's Captioned Photography blog; one of his poems will be included in a Poets Against Hate collection to be published by Raven Chronicles in 2017. Mostly, though, he publishes via his blog, Ordinary Average Thoughts, at https: //ordinaryaveragethoughts.wordpress.com. When not writing poetry, Kevin can be found editing documents from far-flung places, attending open-mic readings, taking photographs, creating music on his phone, and making large quantities of soup for personal consumption. He lives near Seattle with his two feline companions (aka the domesticats), Lucy and Trixie-who bear the names of 1950s sitcom characters purely by coincidence.