note to self: do not argue with people whose purpose is to argue
I wrote this poem, and posted it on LinkedIn. Then a man who seems to enjoy responding to my posts with passive aggressive comments designed to provoke me did so, and I…
home sweet Homs no longer
Drones are sometimes used for bombing. They’re also used for taking pictures and videos.
wreck the halls and fa la la la la for a world gone mad
I’m really tired. We’re all really tired. “We” being the vast majority of people worldwide who are fed up with the violence, torture and killing a small crazy…
even in prison there’s space between the bars
quarantine a short poem by punkie fearful others choke and smother the right to seek and find destroy fine art and break our hearts with papers long since…
beware the charming king of swords and his evil pair of queens
a nurse her re rhyme ©2015 by punkie the king is in the parlour, pissed off at his sister the queens are in the pantry finding ways to…
What do Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US NSA whistleblower Edward Snowdon have in common?
Something fundamentally world changing it would seem. Justin Trudeau is the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, sworn into office Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Eric Snowden is the…
48 pictures of the wall between Israel and Palestine
I visited Ramallah in Occupied Palestine’s West Bank in spring 2011 to attend a TEDx conference. Getting there overland was onerous and I spent six hours at the border crossing where…
Let’s talk about Israel and Palestine. Or not.
Wow. We can’t even talk about the Middle East amongst friends:
How To Kick Ass in Two Minutes or Less
When I see this happen in real life, I’ll know we’re on the way to not needing the word “feminist” anymore:
O Canada In Birthday Poetry
O Canada! A bright red cardinal sings Happy Birthday In morning mist.