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with kids haiku is the perfect pocket poem tiny quick to read and easy to jot down on a small scrap piece of paper last train home is a collection of train inspired haiku from around the world edited by me and available through amazon the book is aimed at adults but includes many examples of poems that will inspire kids and teens a sampling bullet train for tokyo too fast to finish my box lunch emiko miyashita japan thinning crowds the station mouse obeys the keep left sign david jacobs united kingdom on the jacobite twenty one arches near glenfinnan crossing worlds susan spooner canada note in the harry potter movies the train to hogwarts crosses the glenfinnan viaduct in north west scotland evening star a child echoes every call of the train vendors ramesh anand india night train an open boxcar filled with stars ron c moss australia tags haiku poem in your pocket day posted in books haiku national poetry month poem in your pocket day poetry rengay tanka trains travel leave a comment talking to kids about animal needs february 21 2022 what animals want is my new nonfiction book for kids ages 9 12 in the orca think series the book uses the internationally recognized five freedoms checklist for animal welfare as a framework for looking at the basic needs that all animals have freedom from hunger and thirst freedom from pain injury and disease freedom from distress freedom from discomfort freedom to express behaviors that promote well being yes these sound a lot like the needs people have which is a good starting point for helping kids imagine and think about what different animals experience in different situations the checklist is also tied to what the latest animal science tells us about the physical psychological and social needs of specific animals a dog s needs and responses are different from a cats or a lizard s or cow s for example what animals want was written in consultation with the british columbia society for the prevention of cruelty to animals bcspca to help get the book into the hands of kids and teachers the bcspca humane education program sent copies to schools and libraries across the province the book was really interesting to research and write and it was especially exciting to see how the text came together with photographs and the fun illustrations by julie mclaughlin my cat curious and dog dylan even make an appearance to find out a bit more about my book and another in the orca think series check out these two videos in which i talk with author lois peterson about her new book shelter homelessness in our community and she asks me questions about mine what animals want and shelter interview part one what animals want and shelter interview part two tags animal issues animal welfare animals books for kids kidlit posted in animals books 4 comments sharing a train window march 21 2021 i m thrilled to announce the launch of last train home a new collection of haiku tanka and rengay celebrating train travel the book is edited by me with contributions from poets around the world over the past year many of us have had to cancel trips and stay close to home but there are no limits to where our imaginations can take us last train home is an invitation to remember past trips and imagine the sights sounds tastes smells and emotions others have experienced crossing the canadian prairies or the australian outback climbing china s yellow mountain travelling at night between paris and madrid glimpsing mount fuji stopping at border crossings and so much more it also looks forward to when we can once again travel freely get together with family and friends meet new people and explore new places in the meantime i d like to welcome you on a virtual train tour beginning with a photo of sunrise from saskatoon station on my first cross canada via rail trip back in the mid 1980s the haiku that follows speaks to more recent experience on the same train sharing a dining table with different passengers each day sunrise across the dining car an exchange of hometowns jacquie pearce and a few more selections from the book paris to milan train the baby cries in every language karen hoy departing valencia as my vacation ends scent of oranges roberta beach jacobson dark night a migrant catching sleep on the last train adjei agyei baah last train home is available on amazon in various countries you can also drop into the last train home haiku facebook page for more poems photos and stories related to the book and train travel in general to keep the virtual train going i m inviting other creative writing bloggers to share their train stories and photos and link back here next stops on the tour kcdyer vancouver based author of the literary travel adventure eighty days to elsewhere poet julie thorndyke from new south wales australia haiku railroad blues video with us haiku poet alan pizzarelli c rafty green poet juliet wilson writing from edinburgh scotland a past train post by uk poet alan summers and a new post about the train anthology haiku poet agnes eva savich shares some of her train haiku and images from her 1998 european train travels tags haiku rengay tanka trains travel posted in haiku rengay tanka trains 14 comments choo choo ku is on the way march 15 2021 sorry i couldn t resist last train home the anthology of train haiku tanka and rengay which i ve been working on for close to three years as editor is almost ready will be launching the book with a virtual train tour starting here next week waiting for a late train at the brockville station in ontario shortly before i boarded via rail s canadian to travel from toronto to vancouver back in sept 2015 posted in books haiku poetry rengay tanka trains travel 6 comments flattening the curve the poetry pandemic continues april 6 2020 one of the ways i ve been keeping connected with friends while staying apart is through sharing haiku and getting together through video chats here are a few pandemic inspired haiku from poets in canada croatia the usa and uk djurdja vukelić rožić empty streets feeling the warmth of spring sun carole macrury lining her new home with stolen tissue momma squirrel grant d savage corona virus the magpies build nests just the same juliet wilson social distancing kites spread out across the sky jacquie pearce the tiny buds i wouldn t have noticed shelter in place deborah p kolodji masked up my glasses fog defog alan s bridges girls night out clinking wine glasses through a computer screen jacquie pearce waiting for the curve to flatten cherry blossoms terry ann carter more pandemic poetry here borders real and imagined guest post by haiku poet carole macrury poetry pandemic haiku an abundance of caution a longer poem by haiku poet michael dylan welch ways to enjoy the cherry blossoms while social distancing virtual community events through the vancouver cherry blossom festival including international haiku contest vancouver cherry blossom festival blog virtual cherry blossom walk around the historic joy kogawa house neighbourhood marpole vancouver with haiku by sally ito posted in cherry blossoms covid 19 haiga haiku poetry poetrypandemic spring blossoms 1 comment borders real and imagined poetry pandemic continued march 17 2020 guest post by haiku poet carole macrury of point roberts washington usa originally shared on facebook march 2 2020 before the sh t hit the fan so to speak carole offers a balanced perspective that encourages us to see moments of light and beauty without ignoring the darker context and the health and safety protocols we all need to follow carole is also a talented photographer whose photos remind us that in these times of anxiety uncertainty and physical isolation nature offers a sense of continuity and solace thanks carole photo by carole macrury covid 19 a deer grazes both sides of the border living in an isolated community such as mine point roberts is located on a small peninsula connected to canada with access to the rest of the usa requiring crossing two borders it s easy to forget the pandemic spreading across the country as we watch eagles building nests the patient herons waiting for a fish and the female deer bringing out their yearlings to graze all things i saw just yesterday all of it brings a sense of hope of light of spring around the corner but of course we know the dark side is never far away while we have one grocery store one postal office we can only rely on one small clinic that lacks a full time doctor and is not open every day otherwise we must cross borders to get to our primary doctors there is no huge infrastructure available in our small community except for community itself and our fire department ready and able to do everything possible with their a class medics yet across the border businesses are already suffering through fear not reality yet no state of emergency has been declared in bc but it has however been declared in washington state with the death toll increasing specifically in one nursing home i straddle both scenarios living on the 49th parallel between us and canada covid 19 the dim sum crowd disappears a large asian population lives just across the border in the lower mainland of vancouver a place i love to visit all the signs in chinese the food opportunities of course offer a culinary delight however even the chinese canadians are avoiding their own markets business is down the only reason fear people need to eat so to not support local business will hurt us all the asian malls too suffering well we can put off buying unnecessary items but what will it do to the store owners then there are the beautiful open markets with their colorful displays of fruits and vegetable such a waste fear is keeping people away as we hunker in our homes remember the homeless living and breathing on the streets the homeless hungry eyes pass by rotting produce yet despite it all life somehow goes on people do their best to get to get to work after all bills won t stop arriving in the mailbox unless the postal workers gets sick our hero s ambulance drivers health workers doctors nurses policeman firemen continue to come to our rescue yet it s hard to live in a cave of one s making to think of our homes as a prison so we venture out with caution a tiny cough the tai chi class moves six feet apart carole macrury note the world health organization accessed the covid 19 outbreak as a pandemic on march 11 2020 after carole s original post check your local health service for the most recent advisory click here for the canadian link as the pandemic continues and more and more people are self isolating or social distancing let s unite through sharing poetry art and acts of kindness and the creative ways people are finding to create inspire and help each other across social distancing i ll share more pandemic prompted haiku in my next post jacquie posted in covid 19 haiku nature poetry poetrypandemic solidarity 1 comment poetry pandemic march 13 2020 first off my heart goes out to everyone adversely affected by the covid 19 pandemic how are you coping with social distancing or self isolation has it prompted any poetry haiku or otherwise as a writer who spends a lot of time working alone at home the health scare hasn t changed my routine a lot but i will go stir crazy if i don t get out of the house for walks and occasionally get together with family and friends i m not sick so i can go out but it s hard to maintain distancing on public transit which means i m either staying home or trying to avoid peak times for crowds plus of course doing a lot of hand washing crowded skytrain a new awareness of shared air update march 18 2020 now staying at home and not using public transit i m also going for more lone walks closer to home enjoying the spring blossoms and bird songs and i just experienced my first video chat meeting today via zoom which was actually kind of fun with the cancelling of upcoming conferences and travel plans i m travelling vicariously through getting back to working on the train haiku anthology after temporary derailment by other work commitments i ll be posting an update later in the spring and should have a book cover image to share soon if you have any pandemic poetry or creative ideas for weathering the corvid 19 precaution period while staying safe and keeping others safe please share posted in covid 19 haiku nature poetry poetrypandemic spring blossoms trains 6 comments call for train haiku march 25 2018 i ve always loved trains the lonely call of a whistle in the night the view of passing landscape from a train seat the rocking rattle of an overnight berth conversations with strangers in the dining car and have been thinking for some time about putting together an anthology of haiku about trains well the project is finally getting on track you are invited to submit haiku tanka rengay and haibun with a train theme including experiences and imagery related to steam trains bullet trains cross country journeys commuter trains freight trains the passing landscape human interaction on trains internal journeys etc please submit up to 20 haiku up to 5 tanka up to 3 rengay up to 3 haibun unpublished and previously published work will be considered please include submissions in the body of the email and provide previous publication credits as well as your name email and postal address please put train anthology submission and your name in the subject line of your email deadline for submissions june 30 2018 submissions now closed info on upcoming book will be posted in spring summer 2020 if you re coming to this blog for the first time and would like more information about who i am i write haiku and other poetry short non fiction and novels for children my website jacquelinepearce ca my haiku tanka and haibun have been published in a variety of journals and anthologies and two of my haiku recently co won the league of canadian poets inaugural haiku contest i also co edited the jade pond a collection of haiku by the vancouver haiku group published earlier this year and i m a co judge for the 2018 vancouver cherry blossom festival haiku invitational you can read something about my family s train legacy here tags haiku trains travel writing posted in books haibun haiku poetry rengay tanka trains 10 comments my year of joy kogawa house and haiku november 26 2017 for me 2017 has been a year connected to joy kogawa house historic joy kogawa house is the childhood home of canadian author joy kogawa who wrote the ground breaking novel obasan a fictional story based on joy s memories of being interned as a child during ww ii along with thousands of other canadians of japanese descent located in the marpole neighbourhood of vancouver the house was built in 1912 13 joy and her family lived there from 1937 until they were interned in 1942 during the war the house was confiscated and sold and joy s family was not able to return to marpole years later however joy lent her support to 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