Shot of a drunken me (Jack Ruttan) and the estimable (and late) Sonja Skarstedt at the now-defunct Double Hook Bookstore, sometime in the early 1990s. Photo by Geof Isherwood.
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Posts Tagged ‘poesy’
August 10, 2009
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Sonja Skarstedt
By Jack Ruttan in montrealI’ve been avoiding writing about this, because it hit me hard, when I heard about it last July 31. Didn’t want to announce it before the obituary came out, because I didn’t want to be the crow, the one bearing that news. Sad, because Sonja, along with her partner Geof, who ran Zymergy Magazine, plus […]
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January 12, 2009
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Or, “Feeding the Cats”
By Jack Ruttan in catsFriskies ™ She’s never far When dinner time is near. Her brother’s loud meows Call her to the plate. I’ll be at the fridge, reaching into coldness. The food looks fresh, But will it dribble on the floor? Soon, I’m ready to serve This nasty-smelling meal. by jack ruttan I think Wallace Stevens would be […]