Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS Poetry Anthology: “What you have to look forward to or you’d best pawn that gold watch”

What you have to look forward to or you’d best pawn that gold watch You slave for the dignity the weekly pay affords Yes SIR! No SIR! The fortunate may have a pittance of a pension tossed their way Retire and read the paper all day And stretch that cat food all the way! RobertContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “What you have to look forward to or you’d best pawn that gold watch””

RKS 2026 Ontario Wine: Redtail 2020 Meritage from Niagara

Ontario wineries do well by Meritage particularly where Cabernet Franc is in the blend. This Redtail 2020 Meritage is 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc. Aroma: One might say a perfect blend of a “balanced” red wine. The essential aroma characteristics of each grape is identifiable but none predominate so if youContinue reading “RKS 2026 Ontario Wine: Redtail 2020 Meritage from Niagara”

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Merry Christmas”

Merry Christmas A lukewarm bottle of beer Or two Or three Just to ease into the propagated spirit And a can of beans with mock turkey loaf Climaxed with Johnny Carson On the fucked up black and white The gifts of life from Christ working in the aftershave department Blessing of the meek with MastercardContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Merry Christmas””

Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom: PUPPYDOM HALFWAY DONE

PUPPYDOM HALFWAY DONE I am now six months old. Can I sum up my experiences? WOW! I remember very little about my sojourn Ardendale Kennels other than the day Bob and Fay visited me at four weeks old. I remember Bob picking me up cuddling me in his arms and sweet talking me. We pupsContinue reading “Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom: PUPPYDOM HALFWAY DONE”

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Successive COVID terrors and the bottom line”

Successive COVID terrors and the bottom line COVID-19 causing the initial scream Delta variant augments the nightmare sharp and keen a BIG PHARMA wet dream Terror begs a solution and if so innumerable esteem Then OMICRON MORE VACCINES screams Big PHARMA! The solution is “so brilliant” it requires three jabs of the vaccine to curbContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Successive COVID terrors and the bottom line””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Slime in the back lanes”

Slime in the back lanes Greasy bacon fat hair Not exactly popularity on the suburban to downtown bus Toothless and urine fumes Scabbed red hands from the Oedipal clasp of sherry bottles Decorated by black nailed claws That must not touch! Fleeing refugees from a spineless napalmed society? Victims of a hedonistic society? All dependsContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Slime in the back lanes””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Legless Lager Louts”

Legless Lager Louts A phenomenon in the United Kingdom I am told A few pints and the timid become bold Occasionally dampered by a police chokehold You see them as tourists in countless European cities and towns in the ubiquitous Irish pub Safe and comforting place to eat bangers and mash grub Eaten by aContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Legless Lager Louts””

RKS Literature: On the Abyss: Murder and Suicide (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

“They say that people standing on a height are drawn downwards, as it were, on their own accord, to the abyss. I think that a lot of suicides and murders have been committed merely because the revolver was already in hand. There’s an abyss here as well, there’s a forty-five-degree slope down which you can’tContinue reading “RKS Literature: On the Abyss: Murder and Suicide (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)”

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Beans and toast panic attack at Singapore Shangri-La”

Beans and toast panic attack at Singapore Shangri-La Newly arrived the previous night at the awesome Shangri-La Singapore 27 hours travelling perhaps more Could hardly raise a snore Float half senseless to buffet breakfast at The Line A quick peek on the way to the table My goodness this must be some gastronomical fable Asian,Continue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Beans and toast panic attack at Singapore Shangri-La””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Where can those Americans in Singapore be?”

Where can those Americans in Singapore be? They choke the streets in Barcelona Making the locals moana They flood Venice and Rome Thank God with McDonalds they feel at home They storm Paris congregating at the Eiffel Tower mouths agape pointing up and down Some locals begin to frown They flock about in London searchingContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Where can those Americans in Singapore be?””