I know that New Years' journal posts are a trite and tired cliché, and I tend to avoid them for that very reason. Likewise, I long ago gave up on making New Years resolutions-roughly around the time in my adult life that I suddenly discovered that I had lost the ability to make solid plans for myself. Somewhere around the age of 25-26, which was ( Read more... )

This is just a heads-up that my friend and occasional writing collaborator Alexander Dundass has just published the first volume in his epic series The Triumvirate Chronicles on lulu.com ( Read more... )

Hey all, Just wanted to let you know that my new (2010-2013) poetry collection: The Problem With Revolution, is now available on my lulu.com page, should it interest you. (http://www.lulu.com/TrevorPatrick) Even better, the amazing cover art is by the lovely and talented Fishy ( Read more... )

I must apologise at the outset for having been awful quiet of late. This poem will go a long way towards explaining why. Essentially, long story short, I have had an impacted wisdom tooth, which I have needed to have removed for several years now, but because non-essential dental surgery is not covered under my Govt. health plan, and also because I ( Read more... )

An angry new poem that's very likely to make me fall afoul of Poe's Law...

Where's My Teabag? - ©2013 by Trevor Patrick ( Read more... )

I've been working on about six new poems recently, and all of them seem to fit a particular theme: namely they're all blunt and angry screeds that have rough meter and and lots of unconventional rhyme... I think this means that I may have entered one of those mystical "artistic periods". Perhaps this is my "Angry Screed Poems" period, as I've ( Read more... )

There are a number of words and phrases that I absolutely cannot stand, simply because they mean something entirely different than their strict definition. Here are a few of them, and why I can't stand them.

(1) "Wonderful Opportunity" - I have never once, in my entire life, had someone utter those words to me in a sincere and truthful manner. Not ( Read more... )

To all my fellow Canadian friends, I have four words to say ( Read more... )

Just an quick update on things... I want to sincerely thank all the folks, who have been kind enough to buy the poetry book, and who have also given it such great reviews.

You've all made me realise that I really have some great friends out there, and it's done a lot to restore the faith of this jaded, forty year old... :)

Just in case anyone's interested, my new Poetry book is on lulu.com The paperback is pretty cheap, and if you're nice enough to buy one and meet me in person, I'll happily sign it for you.

You can find it here: http://www.lulu.com/TrevorPatrick