Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS LITERATURE: “I Hate and I Love”: Bright White Teeth Cleaned by Urine

Because he has bright white teeth Egnatius whips out a tooth flash on all possible & impossible) occasions. You’re in court. Counsel for defence concludes a moving peroration (Grin.) At a funeral, on all sides heartbroken mothers weep for only sons. (Grin.) Where, when, whatever the place or time – grin. It could be aContinue reading “RKS LITERATURE: “I Hate and I Love”: Bright White Teeth Cleaned by Urine”

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):A Certain President and Dementia

A Certain President and Dementia No, I am not referring to “Sleepy Joe” It is so inappropriate and cruel to mock those suffering from dementia and strange proteins on the brain As recently seen a well-known comedian hawking virtual cards featuring the Orange Toad Having great chuckles about the master deal making businessman specializing inContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):A Certain President and Dementia”

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): Scraping the Bottom of the Ajvar Jar

Scraping the Bottom of the Ajvar Jar The beady eyed one like LBJ can’t end it with a victory in a last ditched effort turns to the Supreme Leader for arms and cannon fodder to further the holy war of unification a blessed return to historical oppression so while the Grand Leader supplies scads ofContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): Scraping the Bottom of the Ajvar Jar”

RKS British Literature: A Great Fear and Dread of the Forest (Henry Gilbert)

The forest he had heard was a place of dread, for the other villeins had told terrible tales. Of monsters who flew by night and hid in dark thickets by day to snap up unwary travellers; of hills from whose tops at night the glow of fire shone forth, and within which little dark elvesContinue reading “RKS British Literature: A Great Fear and Dread of the Forest (Henry Gilbert)”

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): Toronto Hijacked Yet Again but Don’t You Dare Criticize

Toronto Hijacked Yet Again but Don’t You Dare Criticize Bike lane tyranny where the miniscule lord over the many and unlike the Lord brazenly give fingers to motorists while breaking all laws known to cyclists Charity runs clogging city streets and expressways Charity walks all over the place “for a noble but perhaps obscure cause”Continue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): Toronto Hijacked Yet Again but Don’t You Dare Criticize”

RKS LITERATURE: “I Hate and I Love”: My Sweet Ipisthilla (Catullus)

Call me to you at siesta we’ll make love my gold & jewels my treasure trove my sweet Ipsithilla when you invite me lock no doors nor change your mind & step outside But stay at home & in your room Prepare yourself To come nine times Straight off together In fact, if you shouldContinue reading “RKS LITERATURE: “I Hate and I Love”: My Sweet Ipisthilla (Catullus)”

Two Wet Gurgly Type Explosions Heard in the White House This Evening

16July2026: Washington: Spoof News Services At 10:45 p.m. this evening two wet gurgly type explosions were heard by passerbys on the White House Lawn. A Secret Service motorcade was seen mulling about the service entrance to the White House loading a body into a Home Depot rental van and speeding off to the Trump MemorialContinue reading “Two Wet Gurgly Type Explosions Heard in the White House This Evening”

Circe and the Cyclops: Beware of Circe the Nymph with the Lovely Braids! (Homer)

She opened her gleaming doors at once and stepped forth, inviting them all in, and in they went, all innocence. Only Eurylochus stayed behind – he sensed a trap…. She ushered them in to sit on high backed chairs, then she mixed them a potion – cheese, barley and pale honey mulled in Pramnian wineContinue reading “Circe and the Cyclops: Beware of Circe the Nymph with the Lovely Braids! (Homer)”

RKS EURO FILM: “Warriors of the Wasteland”: Serbian Samurai and Mad Maxers in a Post Apocalyptic West Balkan World

After a nuclear disaster the West Balkans become a rough and tumble world full of Mad Maxers and a few Serb samurai. Society is splintered with The City a quasi-feudal capital ruled by “The Ruler” or “Lord” exacting tribute from tribes but even The City is carved up into factions along the lines of thatContinue reading “RKS EURO FILM: “Warriors of the Wasteland”: Serbian Samurai and Mad Maxers in a Post Apocalyptic West Balkan World”

RKS British Literature: Who is Friar Tuck (Henry Gilbert)

‘Father Tuck is no hermit; he liveth not a wicked life as other false hermits do. He ever comes and solaces the poor in our village, and any good he can do if one is sick, that he doth for no payment. He is great of limb, and can fight well with the bow, theContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Who is Friar Tuck (Henry Gilbert)”