Category Archives: manuscripts

A Hazy Point of View

Posted on May 24, 2014 by cdsmiller17

More of my militancy from the early 70’s…This was especially evident in Hamilton when I was training there with the Bank of Nova Scotia. If you left a car out overnight, it would be covered in a dull film of … Continue reading →

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Death of a Family Friend

Posted on May 24, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  In the mid-1970’s I visited my Mom and sisters when they lived in Aldergrove, BC. While there, the family cat was found dead. Evidently, he had sought shelter from the cold in the undercarriage of a parked automobile. To … Continue reading →

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De Mock Race, He!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  I must have been a precocious teenager. I wrote a lot of poetry, most of which was about relationships (mostly failed ones) and a few poems about social issues. The following poem strikes me now as being especially precious: … Continue reading →

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Reciprocal Maintenance

Posted on May 23, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Over the years, I’ve come across a lot of different ideas that seemed strange at the time, only to be confirmed by other peoples’ observations and writings. Gurdjieff was one such individual whose work made me sit up and take … Continue reading →

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The Long Goodbye

Posted on May 18, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Saying goodbye is not easy to do, especially when you’ve had a deep emotional connection to someone. But all things must pass, and waiting for no man is…   Time and Tide To cry myself to sleep again last night … Continue reading →

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Rustic Reminder

Posted on May 18, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In the late 80’s I lived in Ascot, UK, very close to the racecourse. One evening, I went for a walk as the sun was setting. It didn’t take long for the road to become dark since there were no … Continue reading →

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Smile

Posted on May 16, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Smile A picture is not worth a thousand pounds Because a price cannot be put on thoughts: Lost souls we are, compared to happy sounds Abounding in the past. (If we drew lots So that the one who holds the … Continue reading →

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Sisters

Posted on May 15, 2014 by cdsmiller17

When children grow up together, there’s a constant battle going on for attention, supremacy, and individuality. It was the same in the Miller household when our girls were young. However, I had hoped that when they grew up this would … Continue reading →

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My Hairdresser

Posted on May 14, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In England, I went to the same hairdresser for almost the whole time I lived there. Some days she would do the small talk routine, most days she wouldn’t. It seemed to me that the lack of discussion meant that … Continue reading →

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Winkin’, Blinkin’ and Nod

Posted on May 14, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In the history of mankind, there is only one thing that is the same for everyone: the need to sleep. When we were young, our mothers sang us lullabies to help us get there. Here’s a poem I wrote for … Continue reading →

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