Monthly Archives: October 2017

Snowblind

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

Hollow eyes see the snow drift slowly drifting; their vacant stare no longer dares read a history etched on withered parchment as the snow drifts slowly over them; hollow and bleak the day’s remains remain abandoned till Winter comes to … Continue reading →

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The Death of Stalin

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

Sergei Ivanovich was once “tovarich” and hummed along to the “Internationale”, he once was nearly bloodied at at the barricades,mentioned in official despatches he became a Party “hero”; Sergei Ivanovich grew accustomed to snap-heeled salutes in the Kolyma Peninsula,1936 or … Continue reading →

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The Poem of Uncertainty

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

to begin writing without the assurance that you will finish what now two lines ago you started, leaves this writer in an ever deepening philosophical quandry; what if the words don’t make it to the end of the poem? what … Continue reading →

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Further metadata retrieved from web.archive.org

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

64 URLs have been captured for this domain. Filter results (i.e. ‘.txt’): URL MIME Type From To Captures Duplicates Uniques http://louiskasatkin.thoughts.com text/html May 17, 2013 Sep 20, 2017 5 1 4 http://louiskasatkin.thoughts.com/assets/interface/fb-login-sm.png image/png Aug 20, 2014 Jul 14, 2017 3 … Continue reading →

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Screen capture retrieved from web.archive.com after demise of thoughts.com

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

About this capture thoughts Home Blogs Topics Photos sign in  Thoughts.com is a free blog site. Share your thoughts and meet like-minded people. Join Thoughts Today Sign in kulturist kulturist no.793 September 19 2017 05:29 AM by louiskasatkin Sabre-rattling and … Continue reading →

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Casablanca Blank

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

It is always Gare de Lyon and the last train out of a city facing ruin; It will always be “As time goes by..” and by, and bye-bye.. The trenchcoat and hat drenched by the long rain of waiting and … Continue reading →

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Encounter with a Stranger

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Louis Kasatkin

The Stranger with the shabby overcoat and hangdog expression asked me if I could spare him a few reminiscences, I replied that the change in my pockets changes with the changing tide, though I could offer him some reflections instead; … Continue reading →

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