Three Quotes to Ponder by Kevin Miller

"We do not mind offering you a long-term truce with fair conditions that we adhere to... We are a nation that God has forbidden to lie and cheat. So both sides can enjoy security and stability under this truce so we can build Iraq and Afghanistan, which have been...

My Primal Wound by Jennifer Steel

My primal wound, Gushes out like a maddened volcano. Spilling and spewing forth red-hot lava Like blood down the sides of it’s own mountaintop. From far away, What a wondrous, miraculous sight to behold! Such awesome manifesto of heart’s inner core. My life's desire...

Hostel by Kevin Miller

What does it mean when Hostel becomes the new mainstream, when what is essentially a slasher film unseats two relatively innocuous crowd pleasers like King Kong and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as the top-grossing movie in the land? Those were the first...

the desert answers by joram

apparently i am more of a romantic than i thought. i mean in the context of romantic versus realist, or cynic, and how i perceive the world. i am concerned with purpose and journeys, quests and questions of life. too bad for me having integrity means i will ask the...

adrift by joram

i struggle to rise out of bed; to step forward into the morass and bilge water of life. i feel as if i am tossed about without direction or purpose. i have no stars to chart any course with; and so i drift. as i drift i see other boats motoring around all over the...

CANADIAN RESPONSES TO “SOFT TORTURE” by ROBIN MATTHEWS

“Robin Mathews is a fighter poet, aggressive in his defense of human rights, expressing his nationalist vision with enough feeling to slash like a razor.” —Montreal Gazette Arguments about U.S. torture rage in Canada and elsewhere, especially elsewhere in the West....

The Great Climb by Brad Jersak

Flowers and flies Blossoming and buzzing Preening and provoking Along the way. The great climb Through valley forest and meadow, Lessons learned along the way, Long before the moon-bleached night Or the glory-drenched heights of the peak. To see with wonder the...

King Kong – Review by Kevin Miller

Let me address the obvious criticism first: Was this movie an over the top, overly long, self-indulgent piece of filmmaking? You bet it was. And thank God for that. After all, this is a story about a 25-foot gorilla that winds up on top of the Empire State Building...