Francois Lachance

on the dark path
ghost pipe
marvels

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - ghost

YouTube video by TVO Docs Secrets of Nature’s Tiny Hero in 4K | The Extraordinary Caterpillar | TVO Original

Alerted to this gem via the Royal Ontario Museum ... "a playful and extraordinary visual journey into the little-known world of this tiny superhero of biodiversity"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql1z...

Ursula K. Le Guin's intro to the 1976 edition of the Left Hand of Darkness. There is also her Conversations on Writing - a series of interviews with David Naimon.

avoid a void

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - avoid

Made it to Stratford to see the Lepage production of Macbeth. Wonderful stagecraft.

www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play...

two quilts
layered against
night chill

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - night chill

"One of the reasons I gravitate toward the lyric, though, is its ability to express complex thoughts and emotions in the simplest of ways."

sticky thoughts
I sprinkle more flour
on the dough

#DailyHaikuPrompt (flour) #haiku

Sole Meunière
Dredged fish
Fried to crispness

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - flour

yellow leaves
raked and staked
immutable gold

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - yellow leaves

frost touched at the edges
days later
frost bitten to the core

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - frost

Another person one would like to be

Is a 19th-century composer of
Masses for the Dead.
[...]
No call to concoct a plot
No need to write the words
No lack of occasion —
There are masses of dead.
[...]

D.J. Enright
Daughters of the Earth

three grains of rice
at the bottom of the bowl

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - grain

Remembering to breathe:

I believe my role as a writer is to expose the secrets of unacknowledged truths. Other times, the voice is simply a quiet exaltation or exhalation.

full moon
after the harvest moon:
hunter's moon

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - hunter's moon

tugged by the moon
waves raise waves
past old high tide mark

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - high tide

"It’s easier to admit that you’re writing a book when 2/3 of it is already written."

"Language reveals not just what we’re thinking about, but how we’re thinking about particular issues."

Why does this remind me of wrapping paper? Because it is the cover of a gift of a Laura Kerr poem.

ripples of laughter
the children at play
mindful of no one else

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - laughter

Feed the Fires — Sôhkêpayin Collective

Five Indigenous creatives from the Five Directions came together in the East to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and environmental stewardship.

www.interaccess.org/exhibitions/...

drip line
along the long overhanging eaves:
house perimeter imprint

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - eaves

Made me chuckle. Thank you for your brilliant wit.

steamed sea bass
whole fish on a platter
dressed with ginger & spring onion

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - sea bass

at the wood's edge
in dappled light
sit the deer, still

#haiku #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt - dapple

"My theory is the truth," said Poirot quietly.

Pack Animal & Midnight Mass Books present: SHAMPOO BOY A launch for Stevie Manning's new book at Standard Time, Toronto ⟋ RA Tickets Pack Animal and Midnight Mass Books Present: SHAMPOO BOY A launch for Stevie Manning's new book Join us on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28th at STANDARD TIME for ...

This Sunday, I have the grand good pleasure to open in support of my dear friend Stevie Manning launching their debut collection, SHAMPOO BOY @midnightmassbooks.bsky.social along with local legend, Derek McCormack @derekmccormack.bsky.social & the one & only, Eileen Myles.

ra.co/events/2245945

Japanese anemones at Allan Gardens?

I think the publication and creation timelines match up. In any case there is a connection in my mind. : )

In the current Joyce Wieland show at the AGO there is a small bronze sculpture that looks like an illustration for Engel's novel:

ccca.art/work/25688/