WRITINGS | Miles Patrick Yohnke

The Soul of Rachel Marie Trumpy

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2026 All Rights Reserved. Rachel Marie Trumpy The force of life, filling, filling itself - With outstretched hands, reaching to something above, Take me to a place, a place beyond human reach, A place beyond the sick, beyond the human pain, Take me to a place. The force of life, filling, filling itself - With outstretched hands, reaching to something above, Take me to a place, a place beyond human reach, A place beyond the ill, beyond the human will,

The light of Margaret Anne Dempsey (A short story)

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2025 All Rights Reserved. "They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time." - Banksy In Loving Memory of Margaret Anne Dempsey (September 28, 1963 - August 8, 1988) On Friday, August 8, 2025, I wrote a birthday letter to CTV Saskatoon reporter Stacey Hein , as she mentioned on-air the week before when filling in for Jeff Rogstad that it would be her birthday

I WILL LIVE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN MYSELF

MISSION: POSSIBLE: OUR PERSPECTIVE

Light Source

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2023 © 2012 All Rights Reserved. Transmission. Her infinite light, Is transmitted through. This is where, The day contains, The darkest of the light. It is visible to no human's eyes, Yet we are drawn towards her. Gathered together, We are sheltered and protected by her light. Guarded, she is our safe haven, She is the keeper of our consciousness. There is a gentle glow, That radiates from her heart. The beam channels, And draws in all energy, As it

The beautiful resources of Barry Sawchuk

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2026 All Rights Reserved. Barry Sawchuk He was going down the ice; he deked around one opposing hockey player -- then another -- then he crossed the blue line - then more moves getting around another two opposing players -- he was now alone -- coming in on the goalie - the 18,000 people in the arena were on their feet -- you could just feel the intensity -- and passion from the moment--and then he shot the puck--beating the goalie - scoring in overti

HAL SCHRENK AND I - PART II

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2026 All Rights Reserved. "Be a fountain, not a drain." - Rex Hudler Hal Schrenk - Photography: Liam Richards @ Electric Umbrella / © 2025 On February 22, 2026, Hal Schrenk will be sixty years of age. In this composition I'll speak of one life, Hal Schrenk, with the hope you learn more about him--and in the process learn more about yourself. In 1997, Hal Schrenk lived in the capital of our province of Saskatchewan, Regina. He was a drummer in one of