izzyball6May 286 min readReturning From Exile: One Year LaterMay 30th marks the one year publication anniversary of my second poetry collection, Returning From Exile. Looking back on this book that...
izzyball6Jan 263 min readPlanes Over AuschwitzTomorrow will mark eighty years since Soviet soldiers stumbled upon the worst that humanity can offer. Further west, American, Canadian,...
izzyball6Nov 8, 20243 min readOn AI Generated PoetryLet me begin by saying that my attitude towards artificial intelligence is more of excitement than trepidation. The wide ranging...
izzyball6Oct 27, 20245 min readOn ImmigrationLet me start by saying that historically speaking, immigration has been a net positive for Canada and that it has driven growth for our...
izzyball6Oct 20, 20243 min readCrying Over Spilled MilkCommon sense dictates that when you have people lining up at food banks in record numbers, spilling literally millions of liters of milk...
izzyball6Oct 7, 20242 min readPoem: Israel Under Attack (In honor of the victims of 10/7 and their families)Trigger warning: The subject matter of this poem is very heavy, and imagery at times graphic, but it is important to bear witness to the...
izzyball6Oct 6, 20245 min readWhat Kind Of An Ally Are We?The war that Israel is waging today, just like the war Ukraine has had forced on it the last couple of years by Russia, and the war...
izzyball6Aug 5, 20244 min readWhat's The Point?In the previous two generations, if you got a university degree you almost guaranteed a fairly solid living. If you went out of your way...
izzyball6Jul 29, 20241 min readWood RunnersRunning aimlessly in the woods Hoping to enchant yourself in the leafy green Free, lost, or somewhere in between Just another crazy river...
izzyball6Jul 16, 20243 min readBlack Day In JulyIn a democratic nation, political polemics are to be resolved through ballots, not bullets. What happened Saturday is nothing short of a...
izzyball6Jul 1, 20248 min readCanada Day MessageOne hundred and fifty seven. That is the amount of years that have now elapsed since the British North America Act created the Dominion...
izzyball6May 21, 20243 min readReturning From ExileOn May 30th, I am slated to finally become a two-time published author. Returning From Exile is a poetic examination of struggle, a work...
izzyball6May 10, 20244 min readWhen The Hatred SingsMalmo decided to party like it's 1939 (full credit to the guy online who came up with that). What is supposed to be a cosmopolitan city...
izzyball6Apr 28, 202410 min readUFC 300 And Its Unexpected StarUFC 300 was an amazing card with crazy knockouts, big storylines and one post-fight speech that spawned interesting discussions on money...
izzyball6Apr 24, 20243 min readUni-farse-ityA university is supposed to be a place where ideas are freely exchanged and where the individual grows both intellectually and morally to...
izzyball6Apr 10, 20241 min readMigratory BirdsLove is a migratory bird Bringing warmth to some Leaving others in the cold Flying above all reason Peace is a migratory bird A dove on...
izzyball6Apr 4, 20243 min readA Study In AlienationA solitary figure walks with purpose into a dour, gray meeting room. He is greeted by a few empty chairs. He will make this his abode for...
izzyball6Mar 8, 20244 min readA Middle Finger For International Women's DayThe Trudeau Liberals have branded themselves a feminist government since Canadians voted for “sunny ways” in the 2015 federal election....
izzyball6Feb 14, 20242 min readA Few Little ValentinesLove takes on many colors, not just red and pink. We often think of it as the “happily ever after” and the white picket fence with kids...
