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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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Traffic Senryu
We’re so used to traffic, trucks, vans, buses, and cars, that it’s easy to forget how small moments can make poetry. Take a moment as you read these senryu to capture the scene … flies at the car window nosey … Continue reading
Traffic Jam
This abecedarian poem was fun to write. The first line begins with ‘z’ and ends with ‘a’, second line begins with ‘b’ and ends with ‘c’ and so on to the end. Most often in an abecedarius poem each line … Continue reading
Posted in alphabet, car, chaos
Tagged cars, humour, imagination, journey, strange happening, traffic, travel
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City Centre
A glimpse of a teen down-town, and I wonder what he’s doing, who he is, what his fears, his story … CITY CENTRE a boy walks through pooled street lights unseen by passing cop luck lurks under his nails ready … Continue reading
The Unicorn
Hallowe’en coming up, when ghosts, goblins and other strange visions abound. Weird encounters occur at this time of year and leave one pondering … A THE UNICORN driving down the highway last night headlights blared towards me their sudden shut-out … Continue reading
Ignorance
There are times when what I don’t know bothers me: my lack of experience, and naivety. All I can do is knit scarves for the homeless, give to the foodbank … make others aware … write about what I imagine … Continue reading
Posted in cities, homelessness, hunger, media, poem, street people
Tagged AIDS, cities, food, homelessness, hunger, imagination, media, poem, street people, traffic
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Street senryu
The kaleidoscope of activity on the streets of any city are a perpetual wonder and puzzlement. People cut in and out of traffic, jay-walk (guilty as charged). They sleep in bus-shelters, doorways, under bridges, on vents. They take chances … … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, cities, clothes, poem, street people
Tagged bread. street people, cities, clothes, cyclist, poem, street, traffic
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A Dump Truck
Sometimes the most ordinary things stand out in the day: someone waves, an eagle soars, I plant ferns, a friend calls … and then there are encounters while driving … A A A DUMP TRUCK A fully loaded … Continue reading
Posted in driving, dump truck, gravel, poetry, truck
Tagged driving, dump truck, gravel, poetry, stop sign, traffic
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