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Posted on October 4, 2013
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Category: Beauty, book reviews, Business, cars, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Disability, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Home Decor, Living, Media Writing, Movie Reviews, Music, Opinion, Pets, Radio Podcasts, Religion, Restaurant Reviews, Sports, Technology, travel, Uncategorized, Video Work, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Alan Cross, Artwork, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, History of Music with Alan Cross, Kirk Verner, Lyle Schultz, New Music, Q107, Record Label Signings, The Stevedores, The Stevedores and Record Label Signings
Posted on July 14, 2012
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By Kirk Verner Copious amounts of marijuana, fistfuls of Prozac, sleeping in cars, and a pedal bike; you’d think this was a story of a down-and-out Tour de France hopeful, but the case could not be further from reality. Nor is it a story…
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Category: Beauty, book reviews, Business, cars, Creative Writing, Culture, Disability, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Health, Home Decor, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Religion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: book reviews, books, Corvette, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Jeff Block, Kirk Verner, Rising to the Top, Seneca Graduate, Steel Wool on a Stick, Success Stories
Posted on October 27, 2016
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By: Kirk Verner As the first week of summer drifts through Toronto like a lost locomotive, my nose hairs tingle from the smell of rubble. Toronto’s trash is all bagged-up, with nowhere to go. Soon to be towering high over our heads, our trash…
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Category: Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Garbage Strike in Toronto, Kirk Verner, Seneca College Graduate
Posted on October 10, 2016
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By Kirk Verner Timid lips finally spew jargon. You have less of an accent than expected. Racing eyes, rarely locking. Your fear lies in direct eye-contact. Crossed arms, your knuckles are white again. You look like a librarian, neat and gentle. Your wet palm…
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Category: Creative Writing, Culture, Living, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Librarians, Libraries, Mute, Poetry by Kirk Verner
Posted on October 7, 2016
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By Kirk Verner A thousand worlds. Stretching from Babylon, To the mines below. I love you more than the beauty of flying geese. Uniform precision, instinctive direction. More than a flower needs the sky’s rain. Bright eyes of a daisy, tall and lean. I…
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Category: Creative Writing, Living, Media Writing, Uncategorized, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Babylon, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Kirk Verner Writer for Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner's Poetry
Posted on September 29, 2016
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By: Kirk Verner Death is usually not a topic that dwells in my mind, well at least not the concern for my own faith. The truth is, death is as common a conversation topic as the weather. Talk of violence, gore, and death circles…
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Category: Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Accidents on the Highways, Death, Death All Around Me, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Seneca College Graduate, Suicide
Posted on September 24, 2016
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Kirk Verner writes about Working in a Mine – Photo Courtesy of Kirk Verner Kirk Verner (a.k.a The Somnambulist) goes places so you do not have to. In this podcast, he goes deep inside a dangerous mine. Listen to his amazing journey:
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Posted on August 29, 2014
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By Kirk Verner When I graduated, with honours, from Seneca College’s broadcast journalism program in April of 2009, the world was my oyster, but unfortunately, I was the one who got shucked. Just prior to graduating, I flew to Saskatchewan to attend a few…
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Category: Beauty, Business, Contact Information, Culture, Education, Environment, Events, Home Decor, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Broadcating Student, Creative Artist, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Journalism Graduate, Kirk Verner, Seneca Graduate, Writer
Posted on July 18, 2012
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By Kirk Verner As you blossom from a furry bug into a beautiful butterfly, I watch in amazement. I think I like you both ways? Your orange fur looks like skin. Can you see me with your eyes? The peak of your wing, peaks…
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Category: Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Pets, Religion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Caterpillars, Colour, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Nature, Poetry, Regina Writer, Seneca Grad, Seneca Graduate
Posted on July 17, 2012
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By Kirk Verner How about these social networking sites? How do you feel about them? Aren’t they great? I beg to be different and beg to differ. These mind-numbing social sites are all that people talk about. “I have over 10,000 friends on MySpace….
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Category: book reviews, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Events, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Technology, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Computer, Computers, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Email, Facebook, Kirk Verner, Libraries, Library, MySpace, Seneca College Graduate, Social Networking, Twitter
Posted on July 16, 2012
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By Kirk Verner The air is sticky, not hot and humid, simply sticky. I have never been to New York City before, so I assume this is how it always feels here in mid-June. The smell protruding from the sewer-covers is definitely as awful…
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Category: Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: 911, Chinese Fishers, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, New York City, Red Snapper, Seneca Graduate, Statue of Liberty
Posted on July 15, 2012
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Kirk Verner February 24th/2010 Calling all Canadian music gurus! Calling all couch potatoes who are feed-up with boring, mundane bands from Toronto! Calling those who “think” they know what is hip and fresh, but truly have no idea due to their pop-culture brainwashing…extra detergent!…
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Category: Beauty, Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Music, Radio Podcasts, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Music, Music Group, Musical Group, MySpace, Sit Down Tracy
Posted on July 13, 2012
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By Kirk Verner Toronto, Ontario June 22, 2010 2:08 PM EDT Downtown Toronto is a fortress. I stand on the corner of Bay Street and Front Street feeling more rodent-like than human. I look left and then right, searching for a pile of cheese…
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Category: Business, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Environment, Events, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Technology, travel, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Downtown Toronto During G20, G20 Summit, G20 Summit in Toronto, Kirk Verner, Security and the G20 Summit
Posted on July 12, 2012
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By Kirk Verner July 4th/2009 11:14 p.m. The 60C bus rattles loudly down Yonge Street as I sit in a scotch-induced haze; I’m heading home after a long night in the studio. I’m sitting in the back half of the bus, staring at a…
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Category: cars, Events, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, travel, Writing (all kinds)Tags: 60C Bus in Toronto, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Seneca College Graduate, Toronto Transit Commission, TTC, Vincent Lee, Women's Underwear
Posted on January 19, 2010
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By Kirk Verner Fifteen-two, fifteen-four, a pair is six, and a run of three makes nine! A respectful hand indeed! This is certainly enough to propel my two little pegs around the wooden board; seeking 121 points before my combatant can do so. Huh?…
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Category: Beauty, Contact Information, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Events, Health, Home Decor, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Sports, Technology, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Card Games, Cribbage, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Family, Kirk Verner, Playing Cards, Seneca College Graduate
Posted on January 3, 2010
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By Kirk Verner I was saddened to hear of a horrifying, fatal accident that took place in rural Saskatchewan, my hometown, over the holiday season. By the way, people drive on the blustery Saskatchewan highways you’d think this was certainly where a fatal accident…
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Category: cars, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Canada, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Saskatchewan, Ski-Doo, Snowmobile, Snowmobile Accidents
Posted on December 31, 2009
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This year has been a great one for Donna Magazine.The magazine took on an intern, Rachel Muenz, who did a wide variety of fantastic creative writing and non-fiction pieces. We also had the contributions of other writers such as Kirk Verner and Alex Young….
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Category: Beauty, Business, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Living, Media Writing, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Alex Young, Brikena Ribaj, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Happy New Year, Kathy Milton-Tapley, Kirk Verner, Megan Leonard, Rachel Muenz, Senior Writers, Thank You, Young Writers
Posted on December 16, 2009
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By Kirk Verner It was a wondrous Sunday afternoon in the middle of August when I was graciously given the opportunity to ride my very first horse. I remember being young, fearless, a cowboy for a day.
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Category: Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Health, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Pets, travel, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Animals, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Horses, Kirk Verner, Symbolism
Posted on October 4, 2009
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by Kirk Verner Wake up, wander the streets, wind stings my eyes, I have forgotten what a real prairie breeze feels like.
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Category: Beauty, Creative Writing, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Living, Media Writing, Opinion, Writing (all kinds)Tags: Being Away, Creative Writing, Donna Kakonge, Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge, Donna Kay Kakonge, Donna Magazine, Kirk Verner, Poem, Poetry
