
They say,
“An uneducated man could
never have written that”
Robert Bruce | 18 February 2008 | 12 Comments →

To seek vindication
from the
accuser
To protect
property and
reputation
This is called common sense
Robert Bruce | 4 February 2008 | 18 Comments →

1. After reading much of it, one feels as if one could peel the skin from one’s face and probably feel much better for having done it.
2. Most folks can’t relate to a guy sitting scarved in a Parisian café, sipping at a café au lait, smoking a French cigarette and moaning about the philosophical problems that conservative politics present.
3. Most folks can’t relate to a poem about a guy sitting scarved in a Parisian café, sipping at a café au lait, smoking a French cigarette and moaning about the philosophical problems that conservative politics present.
4. John Grisham does not write poetry.
5. The average employed citizen deals with tyrannical propaganda at work all day, they don’t need more of it in the off hours.
6. Writers of poetry spend too much time with other writers of poetry instead of sitting down and writing damn poems.
7. Poets.
Robert Bruce | 14 January 2008 | 17 Comments →

Hemingway went to Paris
and all the counterfeits followed
Henry Miller drove out to Big Sur
and the posers came running after
The Beats advanced on San Francisco
and generations have worked to find the magic again
Robert Bruce | 7 January 2008 | 27 Comments →