Poetry Corner: “Was it better in the Old Country?”

Was it better in the Old Country? We were in a cab last nightI was staring at the meter intently uptightwhile the driver was talking with youof stories of love and wineAh……..the girls of his youthin the Old Countrymany grey hairs less Robert K. Stephen

Virus # 26 : Chapter 48:”Diverse politico reactions”

Chapter 48“so what did we learn from all these plagues? :Diverse Politico Reactions” After 10 years of virus attacks what can be learnt from our dear politicians? Well that rather depends what jurisdiction you were living in. From a Canadian perspective the pandemic was managed very well. COVID-19 was a totally new political challenge andContinue reading “Virus # 26 : Chapter 48:”Diverse politico reactions””

Poetry Corner: “Personalized Rubrics only after”

Personalized Rubrics only after Initially a friendly glancelate at night you can never tellbut there’s moreas steel rips through your soft belly mocking thanatoshas conquered eroswhoweepsin silenceof red flashes Robert K. Stephen

Virus # 26: Chapter 47: ” so what did we learn from all these plagues?: Big Pharma and conventional medicine take it on the chin”

Chapter 47 “so what did we learn from all these plagues? : Big Pharma and conventional medicine take it on the chin” So many casualties. Beyond all belief. Initially when COVID-19 swept right on in in 2020 there was a certainty that a vaccine was on its way. Regular encouraging announcements came from Big Pharma,Continue reading “Virus # 26: Chapter 47: ” so what did we learn from all these plagues?: Big Pharma and conventional medicine take it on the chin””

Poetry Corner: “oh the good old days when the Berlin Wall was up”

Oh the Good Old Days When the Berlin Wall Was Up Being a party member is a responsibilityto serve the proletarians with our utmost abilityso to say we obtain the privileges of an aristocratic nobilityis indicative of sheer and scheming lack of capitalist civility We serve our might land and peoplemerely a gunshot away fromContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “oh the good old days when the Berlin Wall was up””

Poetry Corner: “Montreal memories and ghosts”

Montreal Memories and Ghosts Mordecai Richler and Leonard CohenI looked for you at Schwartz’s on the Mainwhere even the Boy Wonder was gonethey told me your spirits now eat at Joe Beef as you were evicted from Moishe’sthe mighty sirloin defeatsthe lowly smoked meat ( with fries, a dill and a Cott Cherry Cola)

Poetry Corner: “Hope”

Hope You held me spellboundfreshnessnot of plastic concocted standardized perfectionyour smiles in my direction wereof courtesy civility and cultured backgroundI tried to touch you but you needed everyonethose surly ugly butchers of your beautyoblivious to you they thundered over youleaving hoofprints on meripping and agonizing tortureI tried to healyou pushed me roughly asidebut you knewdidn’tContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Hope””

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

Dedication to a bus driver that will never know blank paper makes as much senseas the music of the turnstilesconstant inflow and outflow eddies of confusionfail to distract the frustrationand the odious discomfort of mesmerized pacingbrings little solace asinsanity clasps the narrow ledgeof its opposite sistermasses of flesh ooze their wayto compartmentalized homelessnessa man makesContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Dedication to a bus driver that will never know””