Monthly Archives: April 2018

(a prose poem for poets) Brothers and sisters, voices of the Word. We dare to care and practise language magic. Respect and appreciate its subtle ways of senses, mind, heart, and spirit. A natural expression from within of every possibility. … Continue reading →

Last day of 13th Edmonton Poetry Festival. Should be fun. Some family and friends in attendance. Will be reading the following new poem. Default by Techno No bot could ever replace a sky. No phone will ever stop the tides. Nor … Continue reading →

He may have wanted to hinder the oil industry, but he is Canada’s best-known scientist who has greatly enhanced the consciousness of people everywhere about Nature, the planet, and the environment. Early on, he started his career at U of … Continue reading →

About 25 frenetic crows circling the neighbor’s tall spruce in the backyard. I started clapping as usual to create a change. What were they harassing and attacking repeatedly? I was stunned when an owl flew out the tree chased by … Continue reading →

Well, finally a major step forward for women everywhere and long overdue. (Outing Weinstein was also part of this MeToo moment.) But imagine that, the long intervals between. First between the suffragettes at the beginning of the 1900s to get … Continue reading →

(the wise Einsteinian owl who keeps this blog afloat) My remarkable IT Man who keeps my two blogs up and running despite the nasty hackers and robots running amuck out there in cyberspace. As long as he keeps my sites … Continue reading →

(the necessity of having art in one’s own life) Life is one long near-death experience. You haven’t, always, experienced everything. Poetry remains the most conscious, concise, aesthetic use of language. The quiet desperation of the multitudes is physical, mental, and soul-related. … Continue reading →

I was reading at noon with three women poets for the Edmonton Poetry Festival. 24 photos of us on the festival’s Facebook site.

February and Et cetera (etc.). The ignoramuses have won on these two. More often than not, you will hear Febuary and eck cetera (ect.–no such) out there, especially spoken by government and media types.

Something worth reminding people, students, and kids of. 750 million adults in the world cannot read or write (UNESCO) 1/4 of Americans have not read a book in the past year. 60 million people. 1/5 of Americans would struggle to … Continue reading →