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RKS Poetry Anthology: “Was it better in the old country?”

Was it better in the old country? We were in a cab last night I was staring at the meter intensely uptight While the driver was talking to you Of stories of love and wine Ah……the girls of his youth In the old country Many grey hairs less Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: “The Fascist playbook new edition and old strategy”

The Fascist playbook new edition and old strategy Those in The 50 beware True and tested ensconced in a revised playbook edition Resurrect Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin with a new fascist tradition Resisting will be sedition Create a historical myth of some fictional purity Always better in days of yore secret police required proudly bearingContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “The Fascist playbook new edition and old strategy””

RKS Poetry Anthology: “COVID Variant B.11.529 Greedy and Too Late”

COVID Variant B.11.529 Greedy and Too Late Mutated COVID-19 variant with apparent origins in South Africa Cases emerge in the EU “Valiant and brave” effort to contain the spread First World descending towards more lockdown dread Should have avoided sharing the vaccine to the Second and Third World instead First World countries far too greedyContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “COVID Variant B.11.529 Greedy and Too Late””

RKS Literature: Parisian Backstabbers: “The Atheist’s Mass” (Honoré de Balzac)

“In Paris, when certain people see you ready to put your foot in the stirrup, some of them pull you back by the coattail, others loosen the buckle of the saddle-girth so that you’ll fall and break your head; this one takes the shoes of your horse, that one steals your whip. The least treacherousContinue reading “RKS Literature: Parisian Backstabbers: “The Atheist’s Mass” (Honoré de Balzac)”

RKS Literature: Desperate Poverty and Great Talent: “The Atheist’s Mass” (Honoré de Balzac)

“There this poor young man experienced that desperate poverty which is a kind of melting-pot whence great talents emerge pure and incorruptible, just as diamonds can be subjected to any kind of shock without breaking. In the violence of unleashed passions, they acquire the most unshakeable honesty, and by dint of the constant labour withContinue reading “RKS Literature: Desperate Poverty and Great Talent: “The Atheist’s Mass” (Honoré de Balzac)”

RKS Poetry Anthology: “The eternal sandbox”

The eternal sandbox Young and innocent Time consuming frivolity Equality of youth Shattered The dinky toyed hours Pen and suits Boots and hands A mild game struggle Children versus children Life kept on that harmless level Fun and simple Lost and baffled in gaming politeness Forgetting who the real enemies are Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast”: Circumcision and Snoring in Ancient Rome (Petronious)

“He’s never had any real training. I just had him taught by sending him along to peddlers on the street corner. There’s no one equal to him if he wants to imitate mule-drivers or hawkers. He’s terribly clever, really. He’s a cobbler, a cook, a confectioner-a man that can turn his head to anything. ButContinue reading “RKS Literature: “Trimalchio’s Feast”: Circumcision and Snoring in Ancient Rome (Petronious)”

RKS Literature: The Torment of Holding Yourself In: “Trimalchio’s Feast” (Petronious)

“Excuse me, dear people, my inside has not been answering the call for several days now. The doctors are puzzled. But some pomegranate rind in water and resin in vinegar has dome me good. But I hope now it will be back in good behaviour. Otherwise my stomach rumbles like a bull. So if anyContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Torment of Holding Yourself In: “Trimalchio’s Feast” (Petronious)”