ALL SQUARE?

All Square was an expression That people used to say When work was done well At the end of the day For when something was built And the work was all square It was fit to be called good As it was built with care Used as an expression when a deal was struck “All Square?” was asked […]
The Player, The Pundits, And The Rabble, is offered

Great events have jumped onto the world stage In Davos, where leaders, heard stated a new page As the Prime Minister Of Canada caused some rage Outlining the scope of a world gone awry Where the old order of the day was sliced and fried Many have expressed opinions and garbled views Not giving much to their […]
THE CONDOR

Over the endless granite rock of the Andes Climbing sunwards to towering heights Through high valleys and passes of copper The condor rides thermals in flight Their wings grant the spirit of freedom Never bothered by walls of rock Soaring high over the valleys in air Flying endlessly in winds unlocked The winds never say […]
PLAYERS PUNDITS AND THE RABBLE

Great events just jumped onto the world stage In Davos, where leaders, heard stated a new page As the Prime Minister Of Canada caused some rage Outlining the scope of a world gone awry Where the old order of the day was sliced and fried Television pundits through their opinions and garbled views Gave not […]
WHEN RELIGIONS COLLIDE

A bloody travesty way back in timeAre we seeing history repeat again the crimeIn fields of death over contested landsFor that which is deemed holy passing from hand to hand It has ever been so for a thousand years Man’s gigantic events causing mankind to shed tearsNothing ever learned in the hard march of man (1)For […]
PASTORS FROM HELL

Did the devil commission some US pastors to rantTo the people of the US in unholy cantComparing an elected president to Christ on the crossMoaning like banshees telling the world who was boss? Hard to stomach listening to this imbecilic drivelPushing false narratives believing real minds will shrivelWere these pastors molded in hell treating all […]
TOM THOMSON

Tom is gone now but the pines still whisperCanada’s lakes in their beautiful blues still glimmerThrough birches and leaves in the fall that shimmerWaiting for new brushstrokes though winter beckons dimmer To paint the leaves falling on the Canadian ShieldSeen around the world in red, silver and greenNever to be forgotten our forests continue to […]
WAR IN UKRAINE

Cracking, cracking, the bullets are flyingSounds sounds the children are cryingBombing bombing the buildings are crashingStanding standing defiant eyes are flashing Fighting fighting against invading war hordesHolding holding brittle armies at the gatesDefending defending your cities from thousandsStriding striding with resolve to war madness Never never halter rights to just livesOppose oppose tireless in your […]
A FIRST NATIONS BOY

I was only twelve but am now with the ancientsI don’t worry anymore about harsh cold nights Our land is so beautiful full of water and treesWhere wildlife abounded in the rivers that surroundedA land with colour as far as could be seenRoom for us all and no need to be grounded Now I’m no […]
NIGHT RAIN

Its raining on the streets ‘way down belowGreying the city skyline and places where to goWhen a few lights shine bringing warmth to rain’s flowIts time for a walk in the rain to see the city glow As long as one is dry and warmWalking along street by street An urge is there to seek the […]