Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Beat up a poet today”

Beat up a poet today Butterflies embrace the sky A God given sunny day and the soul flies high If this grade 5 rhyme is poetry then certainly something has gone awry Liquidate this trivial optimism Viewed through a socially irrelevant mindless prism Quash this verse Place it in the next outgoing hearse Revel inContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Beat up a poet today””

RKS Literature: Letter from Mozart to Father 17October1777, Augsburg: How Mozart Deals with an Arrogant Ass

“A certain Pater Aemilian, an arrogant ass and a simpleton of his profession, was in an especially hearty mood. He kept on wanting to joke with my cousin, but she just made fun of him-finally when he was drunk (which didn’t take long), he started to talk about music. He sang a canon and IContinue reading “RKS Literature: Letter from Mozart to Father 17October1777, Augsburg: How Mozart Deals with an Arrogant Ass”

RKS Literature: Letter from Leopold Mozart to His Son 14November1777, Salzburg: What’s Necessary in Paris

“You can’t spend the whole winter travelling; and if you plan to stay anywhere, it should be in  large town with lots of people where there are hopes and opportunities of earning some money: and where is such a place to be found in the whole of this region?-apart from Paris- but life in ParisContinue reading “RKS Literature: Letter from Leopold Mozart to His Son 14November1777, Salzburg: What’s Necessary in Paris”

RKS Literature: Lording it Like a Real Gentleman (Gogol)

“By and large he lorded it like a real gentleman, as they say in the provinces, married a pretty girl with a dowry of two hundred serfs and several thousand in cash. These funds were immediately lavished on a team of six truly excellent horses, gilt locks for the doors, a tame monkey for theContinue reading “RKS Literature: Lording it Like a Real Gentleman (Gogol)”

RKS Literature: Did I Really Lose My Nose (Gogol)

“My God, my God. What have I done to deserve this? If I’d lost an arm or a leg it wouldn’t be so bad. Even without ears things wouldn’t be pleasant, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world. A man without a nose, though, is God knows what, neither fish nor fowl. JustContinue reading “RKS Literature: Did I Really Lose My Nose (Gogol)”

RKS Literature: The Hurons’ Anger Breaks Montcalm’s Promise of Safe Passage for the Surrendering British

“More than two thousand raving savages broke from the forest at the signal and threw themselves across the fatal plain with instinctive alacrity. We shall not dwell on the revolting horrors that succeeded. Death was everywhere, and in his most terrific and disgusting aspects. Resistance only seemed to inflame the murderers, who inflicted their furiousContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Hurons’ Anger Breaks Montcalm’s Promise of Safe Passage for the Surrendering British”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THEY STOLE MY STEPS AND MADE ME NUTSO

THEY STOLE MY STEPS AND MADE ME NUTSO It is all this neutering that is causing interminable problems for everyone! I can’t enjoy my long walks. We are averaging 8,000 steps a day. I can’t meet my friends both humans and dogs. I can’t puppy fight. I can’t tear around the snow-covered backyard. That isContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THEY STOLE MY STEPS AND MADE ME NUTSO”

RKS Poetry Anthology: “Too many apples and grapes later”

Too many apples and grapes later A gasp Thunderous deafening roar Burning acrid gas Hot molten lava Slides down the porcelain precipice A sigh like the spring wind And the disaster sucked down to the bowels of the earth only The warm human smell remains Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: “The Bluebeard Café”

The Bluebeard Café They mocked us as greasy punks Kicked our ass out into the grasp of Montreal’s winter cold To spoil those bugger’s weekend treat Was going to be quite a feat So we fixed them a cocktail that would cause any drinker to flush Accompanied by screams So it seemed as we warmedContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “The Bluebeard Café””