At the car wash
One of my last chores to get done before the new year came in was to go to the carContinue Reading
Category: Poetry
Pun intended: a few poultry photos
Prize winning Black Bantam at Canadian Heritage Breeds 2014 Nationals. © J. Ashley Nixon “Never leave your camera behind”, itContinue Reading
Keep on running, Terry Fox
Keep on running, Terry Fox Keep on running Though you feel scared Keep on running Though you’ve been scarred KeepContinue Reading
Fire alarm moves dancers
Mount Royal University classes were interrupted yesterday when the fire alarm went off. Here’s a short poem: Fire alarm soundedContinue Reading
Houston flows on Memorial Day
This is the first of an occasional series of poems, accompanied by photos, inspired by moving along, either running, bikingContinue Reading
Urban recce run: Liberation Day in Scheveningen, Netherlands
The evening of May 5th was spent in Scheveningen, a seaside town in The Netherlands, just north of the capitalContinue Reading
North: a winter poem from Canada
NORTH Past industrial heartlands And prairie farms Out on the Great River Where the air is calm A bold DecemberContinue Reading
Let the ice begin
To freeze up water The Rink Rats unite Building thin layers of ice Shifting through day and night. A heavyContinue Reading
In guiding hands
A bow, put straight Across four strings Young fingers firm Yet arched to move And form new shapes That createContinue Reading
School buses and leaves
School buses, yellow and dorming, Leaves senescing, falling, With autumn’s arriving. A new term starting, Fleet ready, waiting, For KContinue Reading
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