Les Miserables ( A Poem in French )
En ete
Vour songez Que vous aimez l'hiver. En hiver, Au contraire, L'ete maintenant est cher. etur
Sep 10, 2026
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Sep 10, 2026
Earliest Work: Sparks of Creativity
Future Years, About Grade 10.
In future years, I wish to be like Washinigton with his cherry tree. Or sail the seas upon a raft, or fly a jet-plane very fast. Perhaps I'll be like Tom Corbet and fly through… Read more
Sep 10, 2026
Three Lain Poems Composed with my Friend Bob Margeson in Grade 12.
Heu Fugit Heu fugit a nobis nunc quo occurri tibi tempus Laetus ducens ad Vestam fessum socium atque, Frusrtra Parcas orans ut longe maneres hic. Sed iam discedes longae que horae patiendae. Pluris enim te quam mille aestimos amicos Qui… Read more
Jul 8, 2026
The Joy of Unselfish Giving ( from handwritten copy given me by my mother )
Time is not measured by the years that you live, But by the deeds that you do and the joy that you give. And each day as it comes brings a chance to each one, To love to the fullest… Read more
Jul 8, 2026
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword ( A High School Satire )
Major Minor was from old British stock. His Victorian family, aware of his mediocrity from a young age, chose to keep him out of the family business and placed him in the military. There his lack of imagination and ability… Read more
Jul 8, 2026
Chirp for Cats, ( A Satire* )
Are you lying awake, night after night worrying about providing rich and nutritious food for your cat? Are you worried about possible toxic chemicals in commercial food? Are you worried about not being the best cat guardian you can be… Read more
Jul 8, 2026
An Existential Moment
The moon on the water, Light and pattern, Moving and still, Vague and formless, Light and pattern, No heat, no substance, Only illusion. And if in the water, there were no reeds, Would then there be clarity? Would then, could… Read more
Jun 23, 2026
Anti-Government Protest Song
Protest Song Composed in the 1960s when I worked for the then Department of Manpower and Immigration in Ottawa.
Arise my fellow workers won't you come and stand with me, To the grand House on the Hill for your pride… Read more
May 18, 2026
Poem by my Grandfather, Myer Glatt
My Legacy by Myer Tzvi Glatt ( translated from Yiddish by Layah Laks Jan.1998. Edited Frank Levin )
I must soon part with this world; I will go to my eternal rest.
My child, I want to talk with you,…
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Jun 23, 2020
There are no Rhymes for Month, Silver, Purple and Orange
You may hunt for a runt,
Kick a punt way out front,
But you'll never find a rhyme for month.
You may pilfer what you will for
Some dill you may kill for,
And never find a rhyme for silver.
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Jun 23, 2020
Invitation to Vancouver
Come and see the rain,
Your trip won't be in vain.
Morning, noon or night,
Enjoy the soggy sight.
And for variety for some hours,
The rain will turn to showers!
Jun 23, 2020
A Madman's Tale
To live from day to day is just a coward's way,
When hopes begin to fall, the time has come to end it all.
For should your life become a bore, when waking means just one day more,
Of treasured…
Jun 23, 2020
The King's New Dictionary
THE KING'S NEW DICTIONARY
( An Adult Fairy Tale )
Once upon a time in the medieval kingdom of Foffdan, the King had a dream. And lo, in the dream, a great wizard appeared before him and cautioned, “You have…
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