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William Bedford

CFP “Poet in Residence” William Bedford was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has lived in Toronto for most of his life. His poems and articles have been published in many Canadian journals and in some American publications.

Most Recent Articles by William Bedford:

Strange Pastor

United Church minister, Gretta Vosper, says she doesn't believe in God.
- Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Cuba

Cuba raises a lot of chickens, so it's only a question of time before there's a KFC outlet in every town in Cuba.
- Thursday, August 6, 2015


Earthquaking the Gardiner

San Francisco politicians squabbled endlessly over whether to demolish or keep their elevated Freeway.
- Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Win with Wynne. NOT

Win with Wynne she said with a grin and 'll fix the mess I got us in.
- Thursday, June 4, 2015

Sexual abuse at the RMC

A military academy is supposed to turn raw recruits into officers and gentlemen. Obviously, a lot of cadets at the Royal Military College in Kingston skipped the gentleman classes.
- Sunday, May 31, 2015

Canada's Snore Chamber

North Korea's nut-bar dictator Kim Jong-un had his defence minister executed for dozing off during one of his long, boring speeches. Our dozing senators are lucky they don't wake up to Kim in their Red (bed) Chamber.
- Friday, May 22, 2015

Red-Chamber Blues

Duff will huff, puff and bluff to keep his Senate seat because a Red Chamber berth is a treat that can't be beat
- Monday, April 20, 2015

Spring Break

The sound of crackling Ice echoes from river and lake as the waking waters muscle-up to surge and splash free of their winter straitjackets at long, last.
- Friday, April 3, 2015

The U.S. and the Middle East

It made sense for the U.S. to be involved in the Middle-East countries when it needed their oil. But seeing the U.S. will soon have enough oil of its own from shale, why not have nothing to do with the Middle East and let them continue to slaughter each other?
- Friday, April 3, 2015

Easter Joy

Church-bells ring and choirs sing O glorious Easter morn holiest of holy days 'twas then that Jesus was reborn.
- Friday, April 3, 2015

Murder in Moscow

Vladimir Putin's harshest critic is murdered on a Moscow street. Moscow's police chief, like Casablanca's Captain Renault, will, no doubt, instruct his police to round up the usual suspects.
- Sunday, March 1, 2015

Vladimir Putin, Charismatic Thug

Vladimir Putin is seen in Russia, and by the far right in Europe, as a strong, charismatic leader, which he is. But beneath the charming facade of the erstwhile KGB chief, who loves to pose for photo-ops on horseback and in fishing gear, there lurks a charismatic thug.
- Saturday, February 21, 2015

Winter Rage

A howling gale of freezing snow roars amok o'er the hapless land to let the kings and captains know that nature's still in full command.
- Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Russia, Wounded Bear

Why do the media keep referring to the Russian takeover of Crimea and Ukraine as though they were both in the same category?
- Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Church and State

Canadians frequently refer to separation of church and state, not realizing that Canada, unlike the U.S., never had, and still doesn't have, any such thing.
- Saturday, February 7, 2015

Friendly Thugs

The CIA knew full-well that the late Saudi King was a thug, but he was sitting on the biggest and cheapest oil reserve in the world, and he was friendly to the U.S. In other words, he was their thug.
- Thursday, February 5, 2015

Terrorists

Rudyard Kipling was referring to the far-East when he wrote: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet."
- Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Anti-Semites

"The Jewish exodus from France." If the Jews fear for their lives in a tolerant country like France, they won't feel safe anywhere in Europe.
- Saturday, January 24, 2015

Free Beer

Americans are, seemingly, mature enough to handle free beer in casinos, but, according to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Canadians are not.
- Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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