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What will Meghan Markle get the Queen for Christmas? (A life and death issue if ever there was one.)

the guy who successfully prosecuted 2 KKKers for the bombing that killed the black kids in church should defeat Moore last night. Given Moore’s track record of multiple alleged sex offences, it’s hard to imagine that God’s word, which he … Continue reading →

(Christmas card, older grandson) “It takes four seasons to know one year.”–Anonymous “Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.”–Victor Hugo “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”–Albert Camus … Continue reading →

“The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key.”–Pearl Buck “The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. … Continue reading →

Christmas–a beautiful word. Can’t hear it enough in all the radio music. Makes me want to walk the streets shouting “Merry Christmas, one and all!” Songs like Bachman’s “Takin’ Care of Christmas“–its last verse yet another reminder of Christmas‘s best–helping … Continue reading →

(Keats’ death-mask) Many, of course, though more for individual poems: Dickinson Keats Shakespeare Whitman Frost Tennyson Blake Auden Lampman (the lone Canadian, for his excellent nature poems–best nature poet Canada ever produced) Some larger poems of late; Tennyson’s “In Memoriam” … Continue reading →

from the past..

(previously posted on December 17, 2013) Full moon! A found picture and unsent note from Dean McKenzie, The Legend, in 1992. Spiritus (an Edmonton performance poetry trio): Dean on right, Glen Kirkland in the middle, and me on the left). … Continue reading →

(found art installation by RD) “Otherwise” is a reflective poem by Jane Kenyon in which the poet looks at her life and appreciates various details and aspects–many of them sensuous–knowing that one day her life will be different, greatly circumscribed, … Continue reading →

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