RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds)THE BIG B

THE BIG B Your sons and daughters attend the best schools While we carry the tools and you try to categorize us as uncouth fools cocaine at the big frat party where anyone over 50 considered farty drive the big cars travel to countries afar their brown Adriatic touched faces gleam but for us WinnipegContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds)THE BIG B”

RKS Japanese Literature: The Journey and its Poetic Component (Natsume Sōseki)

“While we are on our journey, shod in our straw sandals as of yore, we may do nothing but grumble about its hardships from dawn to dusk, but when we come to tell the tale to others, we will never make a murmur of such complaints. No, we will speak smugly of its fascinations andContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: The Journey and its Poetic Component (Natsume Sōseki)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” : THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS HERE WE COME!

The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS HERE WE COME! Bobby Jr. was entrusted by his mother Madame Fong with the task of finalizing arrangements for a Fong charter of the Eastern & Oriental Express (E&OE) train for a journey through Malaysia. This is luxury train travel BobbyContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” : THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS HERE WE COME!”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: AM I LOSING MY PUPPYHOOD?

The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: AM I LOSING MY PUPPYHOOD? If you have been following my story from its inception I was deep into puppyhood. Peeing and pooping wherever I felt like it. Teething on everything. Not obeying commands. Puppyfighting. Nonstop playing. Gamboling around the backyard. Eating puppy kibble. ThenContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: AM I LOSING MY PUPPYHOOD?”

RKS Russian Literature: A Dreadful Absence of Both Good and Evil (Nikolay Gogol)

“No one had seen him, even once, being any different from what he always was, whether on the street or at home. Had he but once showed any concern for anything, had he got roaring drink and burst out laughing in his drunken state, had he even abandoned himself to wild grotesque revelry of theContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: A Dreadful Absence of Both Good and Evil (Nikolay Gogol)”

RKS Russian Literature: A Russian Philanthropic Swindle (Nikolay Gogol)

“For instance, having set up some philanthropic society for the poor and having contributed considerable sums to it, we lose no time in commemorating such a praiseworthy event by throwing a dinner for all the leading dignitaries of the town, thereby expending, of course, half the sums that have been contributed. With what remains, aContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: A Russian Philanthropic Swindle (Nikolay Gogol)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: BACK IN SINGAPORE TO A FURIOUS AND GREASY HAIRED MADAME FONG

The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: BACK IN SINGAPORE TO A FURIOUS AND GREASY HAIRED MADAME FONG Our private jet touched down in Singapore being greeted by customs officials in the private jet hangar. Rather odd, but perhaps so Singaporean that a team of gum sniffing dogs scoured the aircraft forContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: BACK IN SINGAPORE TO A FURIOUS AND GREASY HAIRED MADAME FONG”

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds)

THE COYOTE AND THE MOUSE While not a poet of great renown Perhaps I relate to you a story with a frown As a golf course Marshall my job can be seen as akin to a diplomat Keeping the pace of play Making impatient golfers happy and gay I have a numbing early morning shiftContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds)”

RKS Japanese Literature: Where Art and Poetry are Born (Natsume Sōseki)

“If you work by reason, you grow rough-edged; if you choose to dip your oar into sentiment’s stream, it will sweep you away. Demanding your own way only serves to constrain you. However you look at it, the human world is not an easy place to live. And when its difficulties intensify, you find yourselfContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Where Art and Poetry are Born (Natsume Sōseki)”

RKS Russian Literature: Russian Upper Class Corrupted by French Language (Nikolay Gogol)

“It is not inappropriate to observe that the conversation of both ladies was interlarded with a great many foreign words and sometimes entire long sentences in French. But however filled the author is with veneration of the salutary benefits conferred on Russia by the French language, however filled with veneration towards our higher society’s praiseworthyContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Russian Upper Class Corrupted by French Language (Nikolay Gogol)”