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Thanks to artists in Shanghai and Hongkong for selecting my poems in Chinese to display in Shanghai, China “【诗歌展】上海日常之美诗歌展隆重开幕”

… One of them is “Still Life” in Chinese (靜物). Friends in Shanghai can go to the exhibition center to take a look. I never thought poetry could be displayed like this, simple yet beautiful.

In 2013, “Still Life” was selected for Poetry in Transit in Canada to display on buses in 13 cities across Canada.

Interestingly, many poets think, ah, haiku, 5/7/5, for kids, for elementary schools. Well, there are many misconceptions. I am glad that more and more people have recognized that Haiku is not just writing, it is a way of sharing, learning, respecting and living.

It is the natural and simple way to get close to Nature and to oneself and to be a part of the whole.

Lately, the founder of Ontario Poetry Society, Bunny Iskov, asked me to review a book. It took me some time to reflect on the high call from haiku.

While you read my review of George Swede’s book “Helices”, here are haiku I wrote at Lambton College’s campus on Oct 13/14 for Haiku workshops where we discussed  the essence of haiku, the totality of experiences in our daily lives and how the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Thanksgiving haiku

cards from friends
today’s rain
in a soft melody

all day thinking of you
the numbers I dial
ring a moon river tune

feast of thanksgiving
on your fingertips
the roast turkey’s scent

midnight goodbye
thank-you message
so much unsaid

And read my List Poem for fun: Thank You!

More about the Haiku workshops and projects.