Randy | March 6, 2011
Oddly enough, this poem was born from an intention to write something with a pretty beginning that set the reader up for a funny punch line involving the way Spring unveils just how much frozen dog shit has been slumbering under the snow and ice in our yard, and that blessed day when Nature does […]
Randy | January 19, 2011
I’ve always been a fan of Robert W. Service, he known best by the world for such great works of frontier poetry as The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee. Service said, “The only society I like is that which is rough and tough – and the tougher the better. That’s […]
Randy | October 10, 2010
“Russian roulette is not the same without a gun, and baby, when it’s love, if it’s not rough it isn’t fun.” ~ Lady Gaga ~ Most men live their lives in daylight, And when darkness wraps its claws around them, they are blind. But embrace the darkness, my cherubs and you can see. Most men […]
Randy | August 27, 2010
I’ve never been one to become bored by my own company. I was quite young when I realized that being alone wasn’t boring, and that to truly know boredom I had to be in the company of other people. For most of my childhood, and all of what has so far passed as my adult […]
Randy | August 16, 2010
A Codger’s Lament By LFM A hoary old codger out west Brought his doctor a special request, “This may seem rather queer, “But the reason I’m here, “Is to check out my sperm count, no jest!”
Randy | September 9, 2008
Rural Nova Scotia has spawned some strange ditties. One of the summer jobs I had while attending university was as night watchman at what was then called the “Adult Residential Centre” at Dayspring, Lunenburg County. A vast and rambling structure known locally as “the poor farm”, the ARC dated from darker times when the mentally […]