Kirk Verner Writes a Poem – Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
As you blossom from a furry bug into a beautiful butterfly, I watch in amazement.
I think I like you both ways?
Your orange fur looks like skin.
Posts Tagged ‘Kirk Verner’
Caterpillar
In Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Pets, Religion, Writing (all kinds) on July 18, 2012 at 3:00 AMAnti-Social Networking
In book reviews, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Events, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Technology, Writing (all kinds) on July 17, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about Anti-Social Networking – Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
How about these social networking sites? How do you feel about them? Aren’t they great? I beg to be different and beg to differ. These mind-numbing social sites are all that people talk about. Read the rest of this entry »
New York’s Alright…If You Like Red Snapper
In Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds) on July 16, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about Red Snapper in New York City – Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
The air is sticky, not hot and humid, simply sticky. I have never been to New York City before, so I assume this is how it always feels here in mid-June. The smell protruding from the sewer-covers is definitely as awful as I once read a journalist describe it by saying, “Once the sweet sickness from of [the] belly of this city hits your nose hairs, they’re turned to dust and you begin to gag.” It is that ridiculous. Read the rest of this entry »
Sit Down Tracy
In Beauty, Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Music, Radio Podcasts, Writing (all kinds) on July 15, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Kirk Verner Gives Props to Sit Down Tracy – Photo Courtesy of Kirk Verner
Kirk Verner
February 24th/2010
Calling all Canadian music gurus! Calling all couch potatoes who are feed-up with boring, mundane bands from Toronto! Calling those who “think” they know what is hip and fresh, but truly have no idea due to their pop-culture brainwashing…extra detergent! I’m talking about a band that, in my eyes…I should say ears, will be soon taking over the airwaves and the Junos in the very near future. I classify them as a well measured blend of Tegan and Sara, Hank Williams (the cool one…the original), and the White Stripes; they call themselves SIT DOWN TRACY! Read the rest of this entry »
“Steel Wool on a Stick”- book review by: Kirk Verner
In Beauty, book reviews, Business, cars, Creative Writing, Culture, Disability, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Health, Home Decor, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Religion, Writing (all kinds) on July 14, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about Steel Wool on a Stick – Photo Courtesy of Livejournal.com
By Kirk Verner
Copious amounts of marijuana, fistfuls of Prozac, sleeping in cars, and a pedal bike; you’d think this was a story of a down-and-out Tour de France hopeful, but the case could not be further from reality. Nor is it a story of a self-pity blown degenerate waiting for life’s hand-outs to come within grasping distance. This is a story of one man’s quest to find out what he wants to be when he grows up; a task often more difficult than one thinks, and Jeff Block ‘s testimony is sure to lay claim to this statement. Read the rest of this entry »
Terrified In Toronto
In Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Environment, Events, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Technology, travel, Writing (all kinds) on July 13, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Kirk Verner Writes About G20 in Toronto – Photo Courtesy of Kirk Verner
By Kirk Verner
Toronto, Ontario
June 22, 2010
2:08 PM EDT
Downtown Toronto is a fortress. I stand on the corner of Bay Street and Front Street feeling more rodent-like than human. I look left and then right, searching for a pile of cheese hidden amidst the kilometres of fencing. The feeling of insecurity pulses all around me faster than the enlarged rain drops filling a puddle at my feet. Is it possible to smell fear? It must be, I can smell it. It is the smell of burning rubber escaping from the feet of fast walking businessmen trying to “wrap-up” this week’s workload early enough to avoid coming to the office on Friday. The light scent of salt can also be detected by my busy nostrils; it is the smell of foreseen tears, I can taste them in the back of my throat. The G20 Summit Meeting is gracing Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »
A Tale of Missing Underwear
In cars, Events, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, travel, Writing (all kinds) on July 12, 2012 at 3:00 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about an Interesting Bus Ride – Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
July 4th/2009 11:14 p.m.
The 60C bus rattles loudly down Yonge Street as I sit in a scotch induced haze; I’m heading home after a long night in the studio. I’m sitting in the back half of the bus, staring at a middle-aged Asian man with a curly, black mullet and a brown leather jacket. He seems suspicious to my keen sense for the unusual. He nibbles at his fingernails; a hideous habit he seems to have a problem with. I simply continue to watch the man, I guess trying to make him feel even more uncomfortable than he already appears.
Coming Up on Donna Magazine
In Beauty, book reviews, Business, cars, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Technology, Writing (all kinds) on March 14, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Coming Up on Donna Magazine, there will be reviews from books by Dennis Desrosiers, Mikaya Heart and others. Look out for them soon.
Life is Just a Game of Cribbage
In Beauty, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Events, Health, Home Decor, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Sports, Technology, Writing (all kinds) on January 19, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
Fifteen-two, fifteen-four, a pair is six, and a run of three makes nine! A respectful hand indeed! This is certainly enough to propel my two little pegs around the wooden board; seeking 121 points before my combatant can do so. Huh? Is this confusing to many of you? Don’t know the game? Read the rest of this entry »
Ride Again Tomorrow
In cars, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds) on January 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Kirk Verner Writes about a Car Accident in Saskatchewan - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
I was saddened to hear of a horrifying, fatal accident that took place in rural Saskatchewan, my hometown, over the holiday season. By the way people drive on the blustery Saskatchewan highways you’d think this was certainly where a fatal accident would ultimately occur in late December, but nasty road conditions or invincible 4X4 drivers were not to blame. This lethal catastrophe occurred on a snow-mobile, a ski-doo. Hearing of this terrible occurrence brought two thoughts to my mind. The first thing I thought of was the uncontrollable power these modern day snow-eating machines come equipped with. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy New Year!
In Beauty, Business, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Living, Media Writing, Writing (all kinds) on December 31, 2009 at 9:15 AM
This year has been a great one for Donna Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »
Hippophobic
In Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Pets, travel, Writing (all kinds) on December 16, 2009 at 1:59 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about Wild Life - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
It was a wondrous Sunday afternoon in the middle of August when I was graciously given the opportunity to ride my very first horse. I remember being young, fearless, a cowboy for a day. Read the rest of this entry »
Away For Too Long
In Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds) on October 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Kirk Verner Writes a Poem - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
by Kirk Verner
Wake up, wander the streets, wind stings my eyes,
I have forgotten what a real prairie breeze feels like.
“All Bagged-Up, With Nowhere To Go”
In Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds) on June 28, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about Garbage in Toronto - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By: Kirk Verner
As the first week of summer drifts through Toronto like a lost locomotive, my nose hairs tingle from the smell of rubble. Toronto’s trash is all bagged-up, with nowhere to go. Soon to be towering high over our heads, our trash will have to sit and decompose in our garages, alleys, and on our street corners until yet another city strike is settled.
As this strike rots its way into “Week 2” I decide to roam the streets in the city’s core, seeking the most unsightly of trash heaps.
I find a bus shelter that has been transformed into a wonderful compost pile. Equipped with blackened banana peels, mustard stained napkins, and more rodent droppings than you could find in any grain elevator, this inner-city glass shelter can now become an impeccable greenhouse…how innovative.
A short journey through the alleys of Chinatown reminds me of why I was warned to steer clear of this area of the city during this garbage strike. The smell of rancid sweet and sour ribs hovers in the air. The stench sticks to the graffiti that has been crudely spray-painted on the brick walls. Dead pigeons rest in peace and are clean of maggots due to the endless menu options for the squirming fly larva. The alley reminds me of photos I have seen illustrating the garbage dumps in Rio de Janeiro.
In my own garage, the problem worsens. Although horrid, the smell is not the concern. It is the sight of all I want to rid that really bothers me. It’s the garbage that reminds me of what I once loved, but now want nothing to do with. An old Playboy, the Farrah Fawcett issue, sits menacingly amidst plastic and Styrofoam; photos I will never again be able to look at due to her passing. A “Thriller” album I bought as a joke from a yard sale sits cracked and faded on the ever-growing pile a junk. A Michael Jackson bobble-head with the word “pedophile” finely painted across its chest frightens me every time I open the sliding door. Please take my garbage away!
The strike, I believe, should be a test for Canada’s largest city. Toronto needs to seriously start recycling more in order to tackle this heap of an environmental issue. Why is it always about money? At least a third of the ruin I come across resting on the city streets is most certainly recyclable. What are we going to do about it?
Toronto…a world-class city with third-world garbage issues!?
Mute
In Creative Writing, Culture, Living, Writing (all kinds) on June 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Kirk Verner Writes a Poem - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
Timid lips finally spew jargon.
You have less of an accent than expected.
Racing eyes, rarely locking.
Your fear lies in direct eye-contact.
Crossed arms, your knuckles are white again.
You look like a librarian, neat and gentle.
Your wet palm leaves streaks across the shadows on the table.
A chill in the air shall calm you with time.
Babylon
In Creative Writing, Living, Media Writing, Uncategorized, Writing (all kinds) on June 21, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Kirk Verner Writes about Babylon - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By Kirk Verner
A thousand worlds.
Stretching from Babylon,
To the mines below.
I love you more than the beauty of flying geese.
Uniform precision, instinctive direction.
More than a flower needs the sky’s rain.
Bright eyes of a daisy, tall and lean.
I love you more than a crypt-keeper’s chest.
Lacklustre exterior, contents that glow.
More than chef’s secret dish.
Encrusted with sugar, spice just a pinch.
A thousand worlds.
Stretching from Babylon,
To the mines below.
“Death All Around Me”
In Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds) on June 14, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Kirk Verner Writes about Death - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
By: Kirk Verner
Death is usually not a topic that dwells in my mind, well at least not the concern for my own faith. The truth is, death is as common a conversation topic as the weather. Talk of violence, gore, and death circles our everyday lives like hungry hyenas, be it in the news, on television, or around a sticky bar in a dank pub downtown in any city.
Death has never really bothered me, likely due to my horror film-of-the-week addiction. Sure, I have lost some important people in my life, but as for being close to death, it’s never happened. I don’t mean myself being close to death, I mean literally being close to someone or somewhere where a death has freshly occurred.
The Somnambulist 3 – The Mine
In Radio Podcasts, travel on June 11, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Kirk Verner Writes about Working in a Mine - Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime.com
Kirk Verner (a.k.a The Somnambulist) goes places so you do not have to. In this podcast he goes deep inside a dangerous mine. Listen to his amazing journey:
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