Gentle Readers
Gentle Readers October 2013 Let’s call this an annual appeal, even though it’s been well over a year since the money-crunch of 2012. That one, the first so dire, was precipitated by the withholding of...
View ArticleOpen excavation
Open excavation Many years ago I was walking past a park in East Van. The construction workers had gone home and left a large hole in the ground. I went over to investigate. I was looking down the hole...
View ArticleHomeless in America My Sheltered Life
Homeless in America My Sheltered Life Many venues Different and the same a tale of Changes Chances Pick a card Queen of Spades Queen of Hearts The many and varied Tales of Eve, of Margot Eve lyn, Mary...
View ArticleTwo Towns Talking : One Skunk Town
Two Towns Talking One Skunk Town In Halifax, Fredericton and St John’s We say “fine, thanks” In Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton We say “still alive” That rough beast lurching toward its birth in...
View ArticleOut of Whack
Out of Whack Life ain’t fair: so what you say? so the sky’s blue: nothing new you live then you die, not much else to do just seems a shame that those yo love always pass away too soon and leave behind...
View ArticleCanadians are supposedly renowned
Canadians are supposedly renowned for being polite but that's easily under- stood as a population walking on egg shells would seem from a distance to be friendly, but Canadians are simply watching as...
View ArticleThe Good Old Cause and Affect
The Good Old Cause and Affect Amped up as before with muchness, confident but not bold in power, not too arrogant just big headed, amped up much more not much less-ness. Not cruel nor uncivil, free...
View ArticleBugs and more Bugs
Bugs and more Bugs Seems to me there seems to be more bugs than we can stand ya can’t swing a dead cat without hitting some goofy bug smack its goofy face and you can’t Kill ‘em (technically, that is)...
View ArticleMr. FreakShow
Mr. FreakShow Our education comes to us thru the strangest people sometimes it takes someone who can’t walk to make you really appreciate the legs you still got took someone truly disgusting (or so I...
View ArticleTHE HYMN FACTORY III: Cemetery Hymn
THE HYMN FACTORY III: Cemetery Hymn The invoices keep pulling me in the outvoices keep piling it on leaving me out and keeping me thin yet there are days when war and hate hesitate to consume another...
View ArticleOppenheimer Park - *Our Back yard*
Oppenheimer Park *Our Back yard* Park monthly program schedules can be found at the Carnegie information desk or at Oppenheimer Park Oppenheimer Park pop-up workshops at Carnegie Art Room Date will be...
View ArticleThe Tao of Faith
The Tao of Faith I let me belong to myself And follow the universe five steps behind. Centred. Whole. free. Calm. Happy. Sure. Stephen Belkin
View ArticleA Drug Dealer Is A Rude Person
A Drug Dealer Is A Rude Person He mostly is always horsing around, he places his ego and pride on a pedastel and haughtily exerts his strategist will on others cruelly, and arbitrarily. He jack's up...
View ArticleHealth Canada's decision to provide prescription heroin will save lives
Health Canada's decision to provide prescription heroin will save lives September 20, 2013 Vancouver - Today, Health Canada approved access to prescription diacetylmorphine (heroin) for at least...
View ArticleDN Council members begin to challenge their current board's inaction
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council members begin to challenge their current board's inaction and misrepresentation https://sites.google.com/site/originaldnc/ By Original DNC September 23, 2013 On...
View ArticleOpen letter to the DNC from 5 excluded members
Open letter to the DNC from 5 excluded members September 17, 2013 To: Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council (DNC) and the DTES Community From: The Excluded 5 - Wendy Pedersen, Herb Varley, Tami...
View ArticleTrust in the Eternal Balancing Act
Trust in the Eternal Balancing Act Against all odds, against the powerful urge You just can’t go around Murdering those who drive you to distraction You gotta place your trust in Nature, or the Great...
View ArticleVoices Heard
Voices Heard Across the café From side to side much repetition The high vaulted ceiling obscures the words Although the spiral staircase is a great place to sing Music transcending architecture...
View ArticleMIST
MIST Creator, are you listening? My heart is heavy, I stumble Please take my hand, as I walk this path I feel the morning dampness on my skin; I realize There are tears too. As the morning mist lifts,...
View ArticleSick Puppies
Sick Puppies Hate makes you sick hurts you worse than your intended target takes you down a level or two till you become even worse than those you hate You only gtive power away when you hate someone...
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