tough love
tough love she & I have made it through another day without killing ourselves or each other without running away from each other we've made it through with so little to go on we've made it through...
View ArticleA DISCOURAGING WORD
A DISCOURAGING WORD If you like discouraging words come with me, if you like your city medium-rare come with me, if you like streets of glass with fired-up cop cars come with me, if you’re a...
View ArticleTO: Prime Minister Stephen Harper
TO: Prime Minister Stephen Harper I'm gravely concerned about the myriad of serious threats to our beloved Great Lakes. Rapidly falling water levels due to over-extraction and climate change;...
View ArticleOnly Drowning Men Interface
Only Drowning Men Interface Only drowning men can see Can see the essential is-ness Can see the face of our rescuer We call saviour Jesus, Zeus, Prometheus, Shiva Raven - even Coyote Thunderbird Road...
View ArticleJess â boy DJ Jess N
Jess – boy DJ Jess N time was I was shamed sitting out in the rain on Baker, wished better for my first born took it personal, god knows why they all see you as a holy madman I was somehow disappointed...
View ArticleGOLD DIGGER OF 2011:
[Having recently lost a 1K emerald on the streets of Vancouver, and a year previously to that a large smokey topaz about 5k, and over at the beach 9 years ago I lost a 1/2 K diamond in the sand, plus a...
View ArticleA Day Like Any Day
A Day Like Any Day I wake in pain – usually cold The knee again Skip off to the toilet Carefully avoiding the syringes, broken crack-pipes and condoms The “girls” leave the washroom Festooned with...
View ArticleThe Great Debate
The Great Debate By Garry Gust Good evening. I am your moderator, Foster Hasben. Our debaters are, William F. Bentley, and Oscar Limpbaugh. The preamble of tonight’s debate is that 50 years ago the...
View ArticleMy Friend Lou
My Friend Lou Anyone that is a friend of Ludvik Skalicky calls him Lou. That probably applies to all that meet this caring, helpful person. I was reading a book called Longhorn Empire while my brain...
View Articleimpressive
impressive minute sensual livid gratifying loving kind no longer do I throw my diamonds too the swine, captured the moment and it’s plain to see my life has taken a turn for the best, living for love...
View ArticleHome Again
Home Again no sooner got off the Greyhound some bug invades my pack very first thing Strange warm like a lover’s softness drift thru the old rituals see the always welcoming faces, Chinatown like I...
View Articleby any Legal and Moral means necessary,Part IV
Defending the DTES by any Legal and Moral means necessary, Part IV Explosion or Implosion: the making of Peaceful Uprisings or Robertson's Riots (This article will be given to Mayor Gregor Robertson,...
View ArticleIn Memoriam â Harriet Nahanee (Tsibeotl)
In Memoriam – Harriet Nahanee (Tsibeotl) 1935 - 2007 Most of British Columbia is unceded Native territory traditionally under the jurisdiction of Native people’s nations. “Our relationship to the land...
View Articlefree phone
Caitlin Williams with the free phone installed in front of Spartacus Books on E. Hastings Street Tuesday, Photograph by: Jason Payne, PNG The public pay phone has become an endangered species,...
View ArticleSAVE-ON MEATS OPENS
SAVE-ON MEATS OPENS It was with great anticipation I walked by Save-On Meats on Tuesday morning. There was a film crew outside - so I go up to them and ask “What's Up? I thought they were going to be...
View ArticleEditorial
Editorial There was nothing that hit local news, at least not CBC or CTV. The ‘why?’ is hit hard by the cover – we (people victimised in the Downtown Eastside) cannot expect to get the same interest,...
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