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Blue Himalayan Poppies
Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver, B.C.
Nature Reminds Us of the Strengths and Joys of Diversity

My haiku writing story

Being in nature inspires me to write, helps me make sense of writing quandaries, and gets me past writer’s block.  My bike rides alongside the Ottawa River were perfectly timed for composing Haiku poems.  Each haiku poem represents a 10 km bike ride on my favourite path.  I’d set out on my bike with a mental image from life in Sierra Leone; often a critter like a gecko, termite, or snake; and sometimes a scene such as a farm, swamp, or village.  The image would take shape in syllables and words that captured colours and movement and emotion.  I’d jot down the poem on a scrappy piece of paper before heading home. I will be posting a haiku poem each month over the coming year.   
Picture

playful GeckoS
Geckos - opaque carnivores
Ceiling (sealing) suction lost
Plop, scurry, resume bug beat

spring burn
slashing and burning forests
fires carve farm contours
acrid ashen haze hovers

AWAITING RAIN
lUSH FOREST BACKDROPS BECKON
AGAINST BURNT CHARRED LAND
ASPIRATIONS FOR PLANTING


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