“What the hell are you doing? You’re numbah one, aren’t you? Come on. Show the American. That huge thing is the pride of Japan. Knock him out with it! Scare the shit out of him! It was a matter of pecker nationalism: his thing had to stand, or it would mean dishonour to the race.Continue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Japanese Pecker Nationalism Falls Flat! (Akiyuki Nosaka)”
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RKS Japanese Literature: American Soldiers Nothing Like the Spindly British General Percival Who Surrendered Singapore (Akiyuki Nosaka)
“Maybe General Percival was an exception, because the soldiers I was looking at had arms like roof beams and hips like millstones, and underneath trousers that glowed with a sheen our civilian uniforms never had, you could see their powerful buttocks. I had been granted beginner’ s status in the Martial Arts Society and IContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: American Soldiers Nothing Like the Spindly British General Percival Who Surrendered Singapore (Akiyuki Nosaka)”
RKS Japanese Literature: Japanese Flocking Like Pigeons for Sticks of Gum Thrown by American Soldiers (Akiyuki Nosaka)
“A couple of hundred yards east down the wall of people, a cry arose that could have been a cheer or a scream. I looked over to see two American soldiers who stood a head-no, a head and shoulders-above the crowd that surrounded them. As I was about to step into to the road toContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Japanese Flocking Like Pigeons for Sticks of Gum Thrown by American Soldiers (Akiyuki Nosaka)”
RKS CANADIAN SWISS FILM: “NESTING”: Beyond Psychological Terms
We all have heard the terms Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Post Partum Depression (PPD) and understand the physiological and psychological repercussions of these mental disorders. But view “Nesting” and you go beyond the nasty headlines reflecting the effects of these mental disorders and you may start to feel what these disorders are likeContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN SWISS FILM: “NESTING”: Beyond Psychological Terms”
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):A WORLD LEADER DONE REAL GOOD IN SCHOOL BUT AS TO MATHEMATICS AIN’T SO GOOD INDEED!
A WORLD LEADER DONE REAL GOOD IN SCHOOL BUT AS TO MATHEMATICS AIN’T SO GOOD INDEED! Wizard in the business world (despite a bankruptcy or two) Exquisite diplomat (friends galore) World class golfer (a few discrete kicks of the ball) Kentucky Fried Chicken Gold Card Member (wolfed down behind the shrubs on The Lawn) ThisContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):A WORLD LEADER DONE REAL GOOD IN SCHOOL BUT AS TO MATHEMATICS AIN’T SO GOOD INDEED!”
RKS Japanese Literature: Americans Not White Devils! (Akiyuki Nosaka)
“All at once, without an order or a shout of any kind the column came to a halt and the soldiers, who until then had looked like a part of the machinery with their uniforms the same colour as the trucks, spang out-almost as if they had been shot out-holding rifles. Once on the ground,Continue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Americans Not White Devils! (Akiyuki Nosaka)”
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): JONI MITCHELL GOT IT ALL WRONG ABOUT THE PARKING LOT
JONI MITCHELL GOT IT ALL WRONG ABOUT THE PARKING LOT Forty years of travelling down to Toronto’s Kensington Market Beautifully located City of Toronto Green P parking lot Right behind Carlos Spice Market and the Portuguese quasi department store A thirty second walk through a rather dirty lane then into the heart of the market!Continue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): JONI MITCHELL GOT IT ALL WRONG ABOUT THE PARKING LOT”
RKS Literature: Never to Return to Filth Pit “Good Beds for Single Men” (George Orwell)
“In the morning I was woken by a dim impression of some large brown thing coming towards me. I opened my eyes and saw that it was one of the sailor’s feet, sticking out of bed close to my face. It was dark brown, quite dark brown like an Indian’s with dirt. The walls wereContinue reading “RKS Literature: Never to Return to Filth Pit “Good Beds for Single Men” (George Orwell)”
RKS Literature: Back in London Still Impoverished Staying at “Good Beds for Single Men” (George Orwell)
“Several noises recurred throughout the night. About once an hour the man on my left-a sailor, I think-woke up, swore vilely and lighted a cigarette, Another man, a victim of bladder disease, got up and noisily used his chamber-pot half a dozen times during the night. The man in the corner had a coughing fitContinue reading “RKS Literature: Back in London Still Impoverished Staying at “Good Beds for Single Men” (George Orwell)”
RKS Japanese Literature: Pimping to American Soldiers in Post War Japan (Akiyuki Nosaka)
“I needed English for my pimping-if you can call getting one or two women a day for soldiers pimping. The girls were all pale, boney-shouldered aspiring whores who had word that they could meet America-san and get chocolate if they came here, the soldiers all sad-faced boys would stood watching what was then the swift,Continue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Pimping to American Soldiers in Post War Japan (Akiyuki Nosaka)”
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