Born Canadian, born male, born white, born straight

Aboriginal/Culture/Poetics/Politics/Religion

Born Canadian, born male, born white, born straight

Posted on September 9, 2013 by stephen t berg / 10 Comments

Born Canadian, born male, born white, born straight, raised on the prairie politics of John Diefenbaker, baptised in the theology of John Calvin and Billy Graha...

Culture/Freedom/Hope/Peace/Politics/Spirituality

“I Have a Dream” 50 years on

Posted on August 28, 2013 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

Fifty years ago today, at the culmination of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King delivered his, “I Have a Dream” speech. Maybe it&#...

Culture/Environment/Nature/Poetics/Politics

America

Posted on August 27, 2013 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

Clay cliffs rise above blue morning hills,the Tobacco River below, rolls over rocks. Tracks in the gorge promise a train; long for the tri-tone whistle. An acre...

Culture/Humour/Poetics

To the woman in Starbucks: Aging man’s blues

Posted on August 23, 2013 by stephen t berg / 6 Comments

To the lady who sat next to me, then inched her table away, and to the table-movers to come: I am sorry. It is this damn aging. I have smiled at babiesin their ...