about better bee-haviour
Yet another poem inspired by online conversations featuring great divides, political and otherwise. I speak the poem as a narration on the video. The words may be read below….
all things pumpkin pics 2018
What fun we had with the Friends of Mississippi Mills Facebook Page “All Things pumpkin” draw in which participants submitted pictures, poetry and other stuff, for the chance to win fabulous…
robin williams on what it would be like if shakespearian actors did p**n movies
I stumbled across this 1991 clip of Johnny Carson “interviewing” Robin Williams. The comedic genius’s performance covered everything from Castro, to what it would be like if Shakespearian actors…
the lowest common d nominator
Inspired by online conversations featuring great divides, political and otherwise. the lowest common d nominator © 2018 punkie the lowest common d nominator © 2018 punkie one asks a…
happy sixtieth birthday
Happy birthday <3 happy sixtieth birthday © 2018 punkie happy sixtieth birthday © 2018 punkie you lay on the ground turning blue and not red your heart had…
turd wars
Inspired by one Mississippi Mills dog owner’s request that other dog owners be diligent in cleaning up after their pups. Click > on the audio bar for the spoken…
sucked in
Editors at Mississippi Mills’ online newsletter The Millstone came up with a plausible (or not) explanation for a recent spate of AWOL emails from readers. Their theory inspired this…
what if people had sex like worms?
Spring 2015: I sometimes get stuck in ruts. Thankfully, some of the ruts in which I get stuck are rather fun. Poetry in the style of nursery rhymes, rhyming couplets,…
grist for the mill
On July 1, 2018, I moved from the beautiful village of North Hatley, Quebec, where I lived for five years, to the equally beautiful town of Almonte, Ontario, where I…
pink picket fences
pink picket fences © 2018 punkie pink picket fences glue sticks and blue sticks pens and potatoes roses are red and so are tomatoes creating a poem…