formalist and informalist poetry, short stories, excerpts of novels, general rants etc., by Robin Helweg-Larsen, proud to be appearing frequently in Ambit, Candelabrum and Snakeskin. Blog moved to http://robinhl.com
A second-rate father, Karl Marx Let his kids die while writing remarks On Struggle and Might And the duty to fight For state-owned newspapers and parks.
A radical rabbi called Jesus Assumed if he loved us he’d please us; Though he loved Mary Magdalene, John, and small children, His power was no match for Caesar’s.
A wealthy young prince called Gautama Loathed worship of Krishna and Rama; “It’s inside you,” he said But, once he was dead, He was worshipped.... That’s interesting karma!
British by birth, Jamaican by registration, Canadian by naturalisation, Australian by descent.
Formerly Danish, too, but I lost citizenship in becoming Canadian.
But no permanent status in the country I was raised in (the Bahamas), or in the country I've been living in since 1991 (the US).
My flag is the blue-and-white of the UN, all other flags are historically interesting at best, despicable at worst.