Just the death of a dog Just a dog you say? Just a dog 15 years by your side Morning, afternoon and evening walks all over town The click clack of nails on the floor rushing to greet you The bark at the door protecting you from threats Warm greetings of wagging tail and kissesContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Just the death of a dog””
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RKS Poetry Anthology: “The cult of personality”
The cult of personality The cult of personality For many meant finality Robert K. Stephen
RKS Poetry Anthology: “Change of taste”
Change of taste Mordecai Richler and Leonard Cohen I looked for you at Schwartz’s on the Main They now told me you eat at Moishe’s The mighty sirloin defeats The lowly smoked meat Robert K. Stephen
RKS Literature: Bad or simply strange people?
“We often complain how difficult or impossible it is to get on with certain people. That may of course be true. But many such people are not bad but only strange, and if you got to know them well with all their ins and outs and learnt how to deal with them properly, neither tooContinue reading “RKS Literature: Bad or simply strange people?”
RKS Poetry Anthology: “A Poem Inspired by President Donald J. Trump and COVID”
A Poem Inspired by President Donald J. Trump and COVID It all commenced with the Trumpster’s Kung Flu Many so hoping out of the White House he flew But such a jolly fun-loving man he was possessing a memorable sense of humour (or was it ethnic hatred?) And I was with him playing golf theContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “A Poem Inspired by President Donald J. Trump and COVID””
RKS Literature: “The Communist Manifesto”: FREE TRADE
“The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all the feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his “natural superiors” and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous cash payment. ItContinue reading “RKS Literature: “The Communist Manifesto”: FREE TRADE”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: LOSING MY MANHOOD: WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
LOSING MY MANHOOD: WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? West Highland Terriers have a tremendous hearing ability and there is some weird talk going on here at home and on my walks which by the way I LOVE! Puppy fighting is the best! I think they are saying soon I will be losing my manhood. What couldContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: LOSING MY MANHOOD: WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?”
RKS Literature: “The Communist Manifesto”: The History of Existing Society
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionaryContinue reading “RKS Literature: “The Communist Manifesto”: The History of Existing Society”
RKS Literature: The Fleeting State of Happiness (Anton Chekov)
“Someone ought to stand with a hammer at the door of every happy contented man, continually banging on it to remind him that there are unhappy people around and that however happy he may be at the time, sooner or later life will show him its claws and disaster will overtake him in the formContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Fleeting State of Happiness (Anton Chekov)”
RKS Poetry Anthology: The Unwitting Hitler within parents
The Unwitting Hitler within parents Two sisters some decades ago Mother and father purchase a gleaming red tricycle For the other The victim, the sister of the other, despite salty semi-professional whining, receives nothing As the government of favours places its tenders Contracting within the grey matter commandant to supervise the laying Of the barbedContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: The Unwitting Hitler within parents”
