bout de papier, Volume 3, Issue No. 2, 1985
Haïkus : La vie dans les valises
Lors d’une nouvelle affectation, ma vie s’illumine lorsqu’enfin je me fais une amie.
African Light and Shadow
Editor’s Note: Poetry is often deeply personal and it helps to know something of the poet before you explore a poet’s world. What bout learned: Evelyn Voigt managed programmes and projects with the Canadian International Development Agency in East Africa, the Horn,…
Recession! What Recession?
bout de papier, Vol. 25, No. 1 (2010) — Spring 2010 // Printemps 2010, p. 31 You think jokeBecause smile,And normal folkThink that’s sheer guile.But when seeBefore my eyesPure hypocrisyIt’s no surpriseThat point it out, comme i fautBut gently, without braggadocio.’m_tired of reading economic newsThat all is lost, recession woes are here,Financial analysts with thoughts […]
The Wet Suit Caper
bout de papier, Vol. 24, No. 3 (2009) — Summer/Fall 2009 // Été/Automne 2009, p. 48 My most recent humiliation might interest you.I went today to buy a wet suit.Have you ever tried on a wet suit? If not,if you are ever subjected to that ordeal,make sure to check that it is the right size.I […]
What I Saw
bout de papier, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2009) — Spring 2009 // Printemps 2009, p. 7 Like countless others, watched Obama’sInauguration. did so, evenAs my mind remembered Tanzania,A presidential function there too, andA remark made to me by the CabinetSecretary about Canada’s just heldElections. “We followed CanadianDevelopments very closely,” he said.“And what results! The Government […]
Universal Classification Standard (UCS)
What, I hear you asking, is the UCS?
Human Security
bout de papier, Vol. 17, No. 4 (2000-2001) — Winter 2000/2001 // Hiver 2000/2001, p. 8 People only want to livein peace:The farmer, just to till hisfield unmined;The tenant, quiet enjoymentof his lease;The worker, to be paid incash or kind.Not to wake to pounding atthe doorBy ski-masked ethniccleansers, gun in hand,Forcing you to pack andvacate, […]
Spring Tune-up
bout de papier, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1999-2000) — Winter 1999-2000 // Hiver 1999-2000, p. 37 I am stretching the definition of MiddleAge. My middle is stretching too.Time to mortify my flesh in the gym.And I have so much flesh to mortify!Gym is full of bright young people ingood shapesent specifically to show me up:So […]
