Journey to calm — First footsteps
It began when I was in the presence of a tiny woman so imbued with an intense serenity that my own ragged spirit cried out for the same. Joy Kogawa’s (Gently to...
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Snow Bubble
10 of us. In a little cabin in the woods. We drop down from Elk Pass and the Great Divide into B.C. While the rest of Calgary was out and about enjoying superb...
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Rockin’ the Alpine – Haiku
Rockin’ the alpine Stones, rocks, boulders, mountain peaks Dizzy with dazzle. Cairn to mark the way Through rock, glacier, more rock To peaks...
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Into the wilds by canoe
I Paul Bunyanesque Infinite sky cascading into myriad singular horizons. Endless shoreline One mighty river that gathers its tributaries To adventure through...
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Nicaragua Poems, Kilometre 156 – Renga for Carmelo
When I first went to Nicaragua in June 1986, the first place I stayed at was Cooperativa Ulysses Rodriguez, on kilometro 156 of the Panamerican highway north of Estelí,...
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