Only Children of the Universe Are We

By Dudley (Chris) Christian

An avid observer of worldwide politics, this set of poems is an accumulation of thoughts from a more political perspective. This is the sixth book in the series of Pause for Poetry collections by this author. Come take a glance. Stop take a look. Wait take a listen... ...to our satirical glimpse of our unique Canadian Politics. Learn a bit about our lives. Our many varied cultures. Grasp that which makes our nation truly... ...CANADIAN. Challenge yourself to understand us. Provoke yourself to explain us. "Only Children of the Universe Are We" Yes an amalgamation of the BEST: A result of our tolerance and patience. An uncompromising Peoples... We "Canadians".

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pause For Poetry
• Release date: May 16, 2017
• ISBN: 9780995995222

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Only Children of the Universe Are We

Only Children of the Universe Are We

By Dudley (Chris) Christian

Copyright

Copyright © 1971 by Dudley (Chris) Christian

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Any unauthorized reprint or use of this publication is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without prior written permission from the author..

First Edition: June 2017

ISBN: 978-0-9959952-2-2

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Acknowledgement:

Special thanks to my wife, Marilyn Christian, for compiling, organizing and finalizing the books of my collections. Her photographing and editing skills were vital to all of my works.

Also, a special thank you to my son, Noel Christian, for providing the photograph for the cover of this book. For me, this picture of his son, of my grandson, playing on the beach, represents a sentimental journey of my life during my own childhood in the Cayman Islands.

Cover Photograph: Jimmy at Smith’s Cove (Barcadere) in Cayman Island © Noel Christian

An Opening Word by the Author...

Many people often ask:

How do you write and do you have to often rewrite your material?

I have long summed up my answer to the above with the following:

A Word, the written word, small purveyor of a thought, so like a thought, once thought, cannot be recalled, so too, a word once writ, should need NOT be re-written, for with such licence, we would but change ... the very substance of the thought.

... DNC © 1970

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Dudley (Chris) Christian founded and hosted the first and only PAUSE FOR POETRY show dedicated solely to the introduction of new and unknown poets and their works. This TV series ran from 1974 to 1985.

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Dear Reader:

It is sometimes just as an ‘enough’ that one will find oneself dragged into the muddy reaches of Local and National politics. It was just such an ‘enough’ that made me sit and breeze through the quagmire of our ignorance and intolerance. Making light of what was going on, I entered my satirical mode and put a few thoughts down to hopefully keep many of you more up to date and balanced rather than going into any of our politics with your heads stuck under the muddy waters.

We need to see and clearly understand that there is, was, and always will be, bigger fish, bigger birds, bigger animals and certainly bigger and more stupid humans who think that they know better, know more, and/or are better able to govern and rule because of the size of their bank accounts... NOT SO!

However, come walk along your Canada’s many diverse peoples, places and cultures. What do you find? That same age old question... What do we do about the French or the Indians???

Kinda like, H E L L O... I think they were both here first. I remember they gave their lives to preserve this great land of ours. I heard they fought and defeated the USA invasion. Oh... was that twice? I know they are always ahead of all our plans with full and willing cooperativeness.

We need to realize that this vast land of ours could, and should, welcome millions more to build, defend, and enjoy this great land of ours.

So go now and take a read of my kinda tongue in cheek look at what ails us, keeps us arguing, restricts our growth all or mostly because we turn our ears into the swampy water like the Beaver did until we realize that the cry of