Category Archives: Poetry

The Ultimate Gamble

Posted on April 10, 2017 by admin

  THE ULTIMATE GAMBLE These are rough notes to match the rough battle, at Vimy Ridge, a key battle in the First World War and a proving ground for a new Army from a new nation that hadn’t fully  gelled … Continue reading →

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Folk Singer, Folk Singer Sing

Posted on April 7, 2017 by admin

  Folk Singer, Folk Singer Sing H. W. BRYCE Folk Singer, Folk Singer sing, Sing for the folks, do, Sing with your heart, sing from your soul, Sing even as you pay The Man’s toll. Sing for the broken, sing … Continue reading →

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Great People: Home Town Heroes

Posted on April 3, 2017 by admin

  from Charles Dickens’ Martin Chuzzlewit Great People: Home Town Heroes *from my book Chasing a Butterfly to mark my soft launch and signing Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 p.m. at the ACT Theatre, Maple Ridge, BC Great People: Home Town … Continue reading →

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Up There

Posted on March 31, 2017 by admin

  Up There He’ll Liven Things Up, Up There Inspired by the news that Chuck Berry had passed on. And where did he pass on to? Must be Up There, to entertain the saints Where he’ll jam with all the … Continue reading →

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Wasn’t It A Party?

Posted on March 27, 2017 by admin

  WASN’T IT A PARTY? A lighthearted take on the Irish Rovers’ song as a lookback to our Celebration of Life For my late wife Ann. With my thanks to all who partied. Wasn’t it party? Wellllll…. Wasn’t it a … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Owe Me

Posted on March 24, 2017 by admin

  You Don’t Owe Me We lived, we loved, perhaps too hard… But now we part, I hold the card. You think that you have hurt my heart. But you don’t owe me. I’ve only done my little part, You’ve … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Posted on March 20, 2017 by admin

  Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Just Get Along: from my notebook-in response to yet more outbreaks of violence and death -e.g., the (Texas) riots over yet another cop killing of a black man? Here’s what I wrote: … Continue reading →

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