“The Nantucketer, he alone resides and riots on the sea; he alone, in Bible language, goes down to it in ships, to and fro ploughing it as his own special plantation. There is his home; there lies his business, which a Noah’s flood would not interrupt, though it overwhelmed all the millions in China. HeContinue reading “RKS Literature: Who are these People from Nantucket? (Herman Melville)”
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RKS Literature: Christians Both Wicked and Miserable (Herman Melville)
“But, alas! The practices of whaleman soon convinced him that even Christians could be both miserable and wicked; infinitely more so, than all his father’s heathens. Arrived at last in old Sag Harbor: and seeing what the sailors did there, and then going on to Nantucket, and seeing how they spent their wages in thatContinue reading “RKS Literature: Christians Both Wicked and Miserable (Herman Melville)”
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):”Reflections on THE CONVENTION”
Reflections on THE CONVENTION Could be in Singapore, Hong Kong or even North Bergen, New Jersey! Identical airwaves Sandwiched between “networking breaks” Not even blushingly Inept bilingually Majestically Christinically present 36,000 starving Ethiopians Beg sickly, Bibles hidden Struggling with the desire to brandish Meanwhile the political arena presents chinless wonders Cheered on by funeral supplyContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):”Reflections on THE CONVENTION””
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “Optical Illusion Oasis”
Optical Illusion Oasis People sitting under the great Canadian fright Drinking heavily in the village of neon light Pretensions of affairs being outta sight Really nothing more than a herd of the uptight Things actually aren’t really alright Such a pathetic sight Strongest on a Saturday night People with nothing to do Except playing coolContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “Optical Illusion Oasis””
RKS Literature: The Pulpit as the Prow of a Whaling Ship (Herman Melville)
“What could be more full of meaning? -For the pulpit is ever this earth’s foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God’s quick wrath is first decried, and the bow must bear the earliest brunt. From thence it is the GodContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Pulpit as the Prow of a Whaling Ship (Herman Melville)”
RKS Literature: The Women of New Bedford and Salem (Herman Melville)
“And the women of New Bedford, they bloom like their own red roses. But roses only bloom in summer; whereas the fine carnation of their cheeks is perennial as sunlight in the seventh heavens. Elsewhere match the bloom of theirs, ye cannot, save in Salem, where they tell me the young girls breathe such musk,Continue reading “RKS Literature: The Women of New Bedford and Salem (Herman Melville)”
RKS Literature: The Gold Rush of Whaling in New Bedford (Herman Melville)
“There weekly arrive in this town scores of Green Vermonters and New Hampshire men, all athirst for gain and glory in the fishery. They are mostly young, of stalwart frames; fellows who have felled forests and now seek to drop the axe and snatch the whale-lance. Many are green as the Green Mountains whence theyContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Gold Rush of Whaling in New Bedford (Herman Melville)”
RKS Literature: Timid Warrior Whalemen at Breakfast (Herman Melville)
“These reflections just here are occasioned by the circumstances that after we were all seated at the table, and I was preparing to hear some good stories about whaling; to my no small surprise, nearly every man maintained a profound silence. And not only that, but they looked embarrassed. Yes, here were a set ofContinue reading “RKS Literature: Timid Warrior Whalemen at Breakfast (Herman Melville)”
Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom: “RORY ADMITS TO SLEEPING AROUND AND IS PROUD OF IT”
RORY ADMITS TO SLEEPING AROUND AND IS PROUD OF IT I have been sleeping around and I’m proud of it! It can’t be a macho thing as some of you may be snickering about as you may recall I lost my “manhood” one month ago. Some of you should be ashamed of yourself with yourContinue reading “Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom: “RORY ADMITS TO SLEEPING AROUND AND IS PROUD OF IT””
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: “ARE THERE ANY DOGS IN FILM I ADMIRE, PERHAPS EVEN MYSELF!”
ARE THERE ANY DOGS IN FILM I ADMIRE, PERHAPS EVEN MYSELF! There can be no doubt Bob’s classic novel “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog” adapted into two Walt Disney films of the same name is at the pinnacle of canine film perfection. I mean the film is a favorite of children and their parents throughoutContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: “ARE THERE ANY DOGS IN FILM I ADMIRE, PERHAPS EVEN MYSELF!””
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