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RKS Literature: Happiness as Mass Hypnosis? (Anton Chekov)

“But we don’t hear or see those who suffer: the real tragedies of life are enacted somewhere behind the scenes. Everything is calm and peaceful and the only protest comes from statistics-and they can’t talk. Figures show that so many went mad, so many bottles of vodka were emptied, so many children died of malnutrition.Continue reading “RKS Literature: Happiness as Mass Hypnosis? (Anton Chekov)”

RKS Literature: Accepting a Nasty Marriage (Anton Chekov)

“She had married for money because, as her ex-schoolgirl friends put it, he was madly rich, because she was terrified of becoming an old maid, like Rita, because her doctor father got on her nerves and because she wanted to annoy Little Volodya. Had she guessed when she was contemplating marriage that it would turnContinue reading “RKS Literature: Accepting a Nasty Marriage (Anton Chekov)”

RKS Poetry Anthology: Woes of the protestant grave searcher

Woes of the protestant grave searcher Journey to find father cremated in 1964 (Anglican) Soon lost As 14,867 interned Catholics Some snickering avenging certain historical losses A gate And the wrong cemetery obfuscates the search Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: Old Men Far More Interesting Than Young Men (Anton Chekov)

“She was really very gay and in an exultant mood. For two months after her wedding she had been tormented by the thought that she had married Colonel Yagich for his money or, as they say, par dépit”. That same evening in the out of town restaurant, she finally became convinced that she loved himContinue reading “RKS Literature: Old Men Far More Interesting Than Young Men (Anton Chekov)”

RKS Poetry Anthology: Frustration of a poet who in a narcissistic moment might join an advertising agency

Frustration of a poet who in a narcissistic moment might join an advertising agency Is the poet’s gross national product Limited to 87 poems And from that point on clever loquaciousness Which for all concerned Might better have remained as crumbled balls of paper Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral?

Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral? The gnawing worms Probably reached you by now Spelling the end Can you be but a pleasant memory Or are you there watching while I string you on my hook? Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: Inebriation Followed by Tears and Hysteria (Anton Chekov)

“From past experience the Colonel knew that when women like his wife Sophia Lvovna had been in riotous, rather inebriated sprits he could normally expect fits of hysterical laughter and tears to follow. He was afraid that once they got home he would have to run around with the cold compresses and medicine instead ofContinue reading “RKS Literature: Inebriation Followed by Tears and Hysteria (Anton Chekov)”

RKS Literature: Happiness of Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“Happiness of Marriage. Everything habitual draws an ever-tighter net of spiderwebs around us; then we notice that the fibres have become traps, and that we ourselves are sitting in the middle, like a spider that got caught there and must feed on its own blood. That is why the free spirit hates all habits andContinue reading “RKS Literature: Happiness of Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)”