Kirk Ramdath Originals #10

Kirk Ramdath Originals #10 – May 2026

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Kirk Ramdath Originals #10

May 2026

Presenting one new poem, three new photographs, and a video poem by Canadian poet and artist, Kirk Ramdath.

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Kirk Ramdath is the publisher, editor, and designer of the waxpoetryart.com publications.

Kirk Ramdath Originals is published in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada by Florencia Bay Books. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.

Poem

nothing but this

i own nothing but this
these words
this pen
this is all i have
all i want
this morning moment
while the city sleeps
to listen – the way the Beats listened
to Charlie Parker blow his horn
connecting me to my literary lineage
Allen! i am your son!
i found you again
in a Salvation Army thrift store
on a cold winter day in Calgary
i went to an empty city park 
i read Howl to the crows
who moved closer as i read 
and when the Staten Island ferry also wailed*
the crows gathered around me 
and pecked my skin
down to the bones
	
*Howl, Allen Ginsberg

Photos

Photo of a quiet intersection early morning, car headlight and tail lights and traffic light glow brightly.
Morning Traffic, Nanaimo

Photo of a sunset, the sun making a vertical bright line across the water down to sand and rocks that glow and glitter.
Glitter (Departure Bay, Nanaimo)

Photos show two ferries docked at Departure Bay, Nanaimo.
Departure Bay, Nanaimo

Video Poem

"Down at the Duck Pond," a spontaneous short poem experiment.

Read previous issues of Kirk Ramdath Originals:
Issue #9 – April 2026
Issue #8 – March 2026
Issue #7 – February 2026
Issue #6 – January 2026
Issue #5 – December 2025
Issue #4 – November 2025