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Down-town eastside
Winter is not the best time for those who live on the streets, cold, asking for help, out of work, each of them with a past we can only imagine … DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE the cellist on the corner draws circles … Continue reading
Posted in homelessness, music, poem, street people
Tagged cold, hunger, people, poem, traffic, winter
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Six O’Clock
Very occasionally I get to go down the driveway for the daily paper. It’s an adventure into waking up! … SIX O’CLOCK I merge into morning shadows break threads with a lone spider crush cold petals underfoot smear dew across … Continue reading
Curb-side
The dark side of the new year, with us always: those who struggle to keep body and soul together, the poor, marginalized, the unseen – until we really really look, open our eyes to understanding … CURB-SIDE yesterday’s torn newspapers … Continue reading
Prairie Cold
The Southern Hemisphere basks in heat and drought while we deal with frozen pipes, hoarfrost, chilling wind, rain, and winter beauty … A PRAIRIE COLD hours after sun dies in ice stars glitter from white ground maples crisp with frost … Continue reading
3 Ice Haiku
We’ve been in a deep freeze for days. I’ve enjoyed huddling over the computer, or a wood-stove, and considering the world from inside. We keep the birds fed and hope they are warm too … a white chair caught … Continue reading
Homeless senryu
People on the street, homeless, jobless … how do they manage? Living in tents or shacks, wet, cold, hungry. The homeless are a real concern for me, for municipalities and, at last possibly, national politicians … loose change in his … Continue reading
Posted in homelessness, hunger, poem, weather, wind
Tagged cold, food, homelessness, hunger, poem, storm, street people, weather
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Winter Park
January, named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, has the garnet for birthstone, the cottage pink for birth flower. And January is National Thank You month: time to say ‘thank you’ for gifts, for the old year, and … Continue reading
Cold Swim
There are those who run and leap into the water with shouted joy. And there are those, like me, who take it one millimetre at a time … COLD SWIM inching step by step I feel my way from one … Continue reading
Ecstatic Angels
One of those evenings when the only thing to do is to go out and play in the snow. Be children all over again …. A ECSTATIC ANGELS I lie in the snow swishing wondrous arcs with arms and legs … Continue reading
Posted in children's games, poem, snow, Uncategorized, winter
Tagged angels, children's games, cold, evening, poem, weather, winter
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Homeless Haiku
November and the days are drawing in, it’s getting colder, and the homeless are watching for hot-air grates, dryer vents, to keep them warm. Shelters are filling up and all I can do is give to the local Food Bank … Continue reading
Posted in homelessness, street people, winter
Tagged cold, homelessness, hunger, poem, street people, winter
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