If God

Posted on December 3, 2010 by stephen t berg / 0 Comment

If God should go tromping through thigh-high white drifts in Saskatchewan, you would be one of the crystalloid bits of snow hanging from her woollen pants, like...

Poetics/Politics/Spirituality

Psalm 5 – Ernesto Cardenal

Posted on November 23, 2010 by stephen t berg / 0 Comment

Ernesto Cardenal – Nicaraguan poet, priest, theologian, humanitarian…graced our own city hall this past Friday, and read from his collected works. Ernesto Carde...

Nature/Poetics

Totems

Posted on November 20, 2010 by stephen t berg / 6 Comments

It’s cold this morning, minus 20. The air coming off the southern window is still cool and I’m thankful for my scarf and wool socks. The tangerine s...

Poetics

Pavement

Posted on November 16, 2010 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Good morning, it’s 6:30 a.m., and I am walking down my back-alley toward the sodium street lights that flood 104 Avenue. I hear my steps on the wet paveme...