Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Spare change required for Harry”

Spare change required for Harry Ex-commed by Daddy King Short on cash Time for Kardashian strategy But difficult as no breasts to bare So controversy, scandal, tabloid fodder Skills limited to paparazzi cultivation Must be maintained in the limelight Back in the royal graces your chances are slim So give it all up and partnerContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Spare change required for Harry””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Set the alarm”

Set the alarm Agonizing daybreak Punch your timecard in the slot of mockery Distant from the Club Med Packaged release Can be cached When the rat trap salesman and the countess Frolic in the bathtubs of seedy motels  While fantasy hawkers crouch behind the armchair teasing pulsating veins Praise aortas! Alas it beats Arduously battlingContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Set the alarm””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Honeymoon at Saratoga Springs (Circa 1961)”

Honeymoon at Saratoga Springs (Circa 1961) Well it certainly was quite a day Let’s go to bed Wait! I’ve got to brush my teeth You already did Come on why don’t we go for a walk But it’s two o’clock in the morning Oh all right Turn off the light and look the other wayContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Honeymoon at Saratoga Springs (Circa 1961)””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Dedication to a bus driver that will never know”

Dedication to a bus driver that will never know Blank paper makes as much sense As the music of the turnstiles Constant inflow and outflow Fail to distract the frustration And the odious comfort of mesmerizing pacing Brings minimal solace As Insanity claps the narrow ledge Of its opposite sister Masses of flesh ooze theirContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Dedication to a bus driver that will never know””

RKS Sports: Up the Mekong into the Heart of Darkness: An Evening in the Heart of THE LEAF NATION

Given the conflagration occurring in the Middle East with missiles and drones flying here and there one might say there was militarism in the air or at least on the CNN/FOX/CBC airwaves. My goodness even the Grand Pouba fell as a martyr in the heat of the moment but was no doubt dancing with theContinue reading “RKS Sports: Up the Mekong into the Heart of Darkness: An Evening in the Heart of THE LEAF NATION”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: LIBERATION DAY: NAKED BEFORE THE QUEEN: LOSING A BODY PART

LIBERATION DAY: NAKED BEFORE THE QUEEN: LOSING A BODY PART Bob mentioned to me in his law school days one of his professors told his class the utmost honesty was a must for Canadian lawyers. If you ever had to explain yourself just imagine you were standing naked before the Queen! Monarchist dribble by today’sContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: LIBERATION DAY: NAKED BEFORE THE QUEEN: LOSING A BODY PART”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: “CONFESSIONS OF A CONEHEAD!

CONFESSIONS OF A CONEHEAD! Finishing my conehead imprisonment after my newtering. I don’t feel new? Tomorrow at high noon, like in some Western film my cone will be removed! Yippee!! I was about to say imagine if you had a cone on your head like me! But you are human so how could you understand.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: “CONFESSIONS OF A CONEHEAD!”

RKS Poetry Anthology: “My Ninety Minutes as a Palestinian Hostage” (NAMBY)

My Ninety Minutes as a Palestinian Hostage (NAMBY) In the midst of dropping off spouse at Toronto’s The Four Seasons Centre for an opera performance Unfortunately, at the corner just opposite the United States Embassy An angry chanting mob many in keffiyeh shouting Allah is great AND DEATH TO AMERICA! Biden being burnt in effigyContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “My Ninety Minutes as a Palestinian Hostage” (NAMBY)”