Here
every time I pass this place
I smile, remembering you
right here
with me.
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(WordPress says this is my 1600th post on this blog)
poem-pudding on the premier September 4, 2014
“Who stole the bowl of pudding
I made for dessert?”
“He did!” said the chocolate coated child, pointing at
her baby brother, quietly kicking his feet in the jolly jumper.
“.
“Who is stalling contract
negotiations?”
“They are!” said the chocolate coated premier, pointing
at the teachers quietly carrying their pickets.
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Some lies
are easier to spot
than others.
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(Seriously Premier, why would anyone forfeit thousands of dollars of salary unless it was for something of tremendous value- like defending The Charter of Rights and Freedoms? We’re not going to give up our rights under the law! We won twice at the Supreme Court! We won’t sign a clause that says if you lose again, you won’t have to follow the justice’s decision!
poem-rescue?
From over the hill
ten inch trout
between his bill
a gull flies toward the lake.
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Unlikely rescue mission.
poem-voyeur September 2, 2014
Voyeur at the glass
watching as I bathe;
crow on my skylight
peeking again.
poem-stone
I lean against stone
eyes closed
longing for what was
or what will be,
what was lost without
reason or rhyme.
I lean against stone
and in dreams,
see time.
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An Outlander themed poem
poem-smoke September 1, 2014
You are smoke
You wind your lies
Through the crowds
Til they are choking and gasping
Then you fade away and
blame the sick
that they are ill.
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Just in case you’re tired of my Teachers’ Strike posts, here’s one that, while I know is about the strike and the misrepresentations of government spin doctors, at least it seems as if it could be about a variety of situations. 🙂
poem- real life take 2 August 31, 2014
Son returns
from Brazilian dreams
Misses his flights and is stranded in The Big City
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Good thing today his sister moved into an apartment 10 mins from the airport, eh?
poem-leaving
The trucks are packed
tight with boxes and furniture.
You’re off to The Big City for university,
to earn the final credentials to begin your career.
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Sorry to hear about the flat tire on the Coquihalla Highway, kid.
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The Coquihalla Highway connects the interior of BC with the Lower Mainland and Greater Vancouver. It is a high mountain pass.
Shawn L. Bird 
The government’s mess in BC education: How it affects negotiations
Make no mistake. The BC Liberals have got the province into a terrible mess. It’s not unlike their BC Hydro fiasco in which years of lack of oversight of the crown corporation have led to retroactive costs that will need to be funded by sudden massive increases in citizens’ Hydro fees. In education, the problem is similar. Bad policy has led to a huge burden on taxpayers years later.
The trouble started on January 26, 2002, when Education Minister Christy Clark stood up in the BC Legislature and proudly announced the new Bill 28, which removed class size and composition limits from the teacher contract and enshrined them in law.
In effect, what Christy Clark was announcing was that the government was reneging on its part in a contractual agreement, and creating a law that prevented the teachers from ever even asking for such an agreement again.
Naturally, the teachers’ union took the government…
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