The forest he had heard was a place of dread, for the other villeins had told terrible tales. Of monsters who flew by night and hid in dark thickets by day to snap up unwary travellers; of hills from whose tops at night the glow of fire shone forth, and within which little dark elvesContinue reading “RKS British Literature: A Great Fear and Dread of the Forest (Henry Gilbert)”
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RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): Toronto Hijacked Yet Again but Don’t You Dare Criticize
Toronto Hijacked Yet Again but Don’t You Dare Criticize Bike lane tyranny where the miniscule lord over the many and unlike the Lord brazenly give fingers to motorists while breaking all laws known to cyclists Charity runs clogging city streets and expressways Charity walks all over the place “for a noble but perhaps obscure cause”Continue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): Toronto Hijacked Yet Again but Don’t You Dare Criticize”
RKS LITERATURE: “I Hate and I Love”: My Sweet Ipisthilla (Catullus)
Call me to you at siesta we’ll make love my gold & jewels my treasure trove my sweet Ipsithilla when you invite me lock no doors nor change your mind & step outside But stay at home & in your room Prepare yourself To come nine times Straight off together In fact, if you shouldContinue reading “RKS LITERATURE: “I Hate and I Love”: My Sweet Ipisthilla (Catullus)”
Two Wet Gurgly Type Explosions Heard in the White House This Evening
16July2026: Washington: Spoof News Services At 10:45 p.m. this evening two wet gurgly type explosions were heard by passerbys on the White House Lawn. A Secret Service motorcade was seen mulling about the service entrance to the White House loading a body into a Home Depot rental van and speeding off to the Trump MemorialContinue reading “Two Wet Gurgly Type Explosions Heard in the White House This Evening”
Circe and the Cyclops: Beware of Circe the Nymph with the Lovely Braids! (Homer)
She opened her gleaming doors at once and stepped forth, inviting them all in, and in they went, all innocence. Only Eurylochus stayed behind – he sensed a trap…. She ushered them in to sit on high backed chairs, then she mixed them a potion – cheese, barley and pale honey mulled in Pramnian wineContinue reading “Circe and the Cyclops: Beware of Circe the Nymph with the Lovely Braids! (Homer)”
RKS EURO FILM: “Warriors of the Wasteland”: Serbian Samurai and Mad Maxers in a Post Apocalyptic West Balkan World
After a nuclear disaster the West Balkans become a rough and tumble world full of Mad Maxers and a few Serb samurai. Society is splintered with The City a quasi-feudal capital ruled by “The Ruler” or “Lord” exacting tribute from tribes but even The City is carved up into factions along the lines of thatContinue reading “RKS EURO FILM: “Warriors of the Wasteland”: Serbian Samurai and Mad Maxers in a Post Apocalyptic West Balkan World”
RKS British Literature: Who is Friar Tuck (Henry Gilbert)
‘Father Tuck is no hermit; he liveth not a wicked life as other false hermits do. He ever comes and solaces the poor in our village, and any good he can do if one is sick, that he doth for no payment. He is great of limb, and can fight well with the bow, theContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Who is Friar Tuck (Henry Gilbert)”
RKS British Literature: Robin Cleans Up the Marauding Band of Outlaws (Henry Gilbert)
Robin had had a very short way with these marauding bands of robbers, who made no distinction between rich and poor, but would soon rob a poor serf of his last piece of salted pork or bag of meal as a rich priest of his purse of gold. Whenever Robin learned of the hiding placeContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Robin Cleans Up the Marauding Band of Outlaws (Henry Gilbert)”
Circe and the Cyclops: The Cyclops Attacks Odysseus’ Men in His Cave (Homer)
Not a word in reply to that, the ruthless brute. Lurching up. He lunged with his hands towards my men and snatching two at once, rapping them up on the ground he knocked them dead like pups – their brains gushed out all over, soaked the floor – and ripping them limb to limb toContinue reading “Circe and the Cyclops: The Cyclops Attacks Odysseus’ Men in His Cave (Homer)”
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):”THE MEDIA HAS FAILED US” (COVID MEMORIES)
THE MEDIA HAS FAILED US (COVID MEMORIES) Like a hound dog They sniff out “reality” Fed to them By the politico-medico elite Snapping to attention at their every word Run and run for those vaccination jabs Saviour of humanity Or Mindless blobs Anti-vaxxers ignored Or contrarian views Never much time To contest Given that yourContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):”THE MEDIA HAS FAILED US” (COVID MEMORIES)”
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