seanessay.com (under 900 words) “Hey, sailor!” A United Nations naval contingent steaming near Indonesia, in the future, has my sympathy. Especially as thousands of sailors and marines of several nations find themselves zapped through time, arriving in the mid-pacific, in darkness, there to tangle with the U.S. fleet steaming to fight the Battle of Midway. […]
The Nature of Despots, and an Innocent Prime Minister
seanessay.com (1,139 words) I wish my current prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, born out east with a silver spoon in his mouth, could somehow know as much about other leaders, and be as humble and grounded, as President Harry Truman was. My favourite 20th century U.S. president, Truman was a humble vice president until […]
Mars Poem, Three Men in Three Centuries
seanessy.com January, the month when people visit their travel agency for new plans, was the month I posted my first The War of the Worlds poem, feeling nostalgia for another place and time. Today I give you my final poem. Goodby to a long road of 80 manuscript pages. A few final poems are posted […]
Martian Machine Passing Parthenon
essaysbysean.blogspot.com “Martian Machine Passing Parthenon” Being the title of a photolithograph, from after the War of the Worlds. Prologue Chief Engineer Gordon Malloy of “The Orville” (TV) in Lasting Impressions: “We look at these images of people who lived hundreds of years ago, and they’re so distant looking, that it’s easy to think that they […]
The Padded Chair Tourist by a Cliff
seanessay.com The nice thing about living on the flat prairie with a splendid network of roads is: Any time I feel a surge of FOMO, off I go. Open road! I hope you too are getting out. Being proud of this great country, I am pleased when I see a “Dairy Queen” or a “Main […]