OUR CATEGORY : Richard Stevenson

Henderson Lake Haiku

Coals to Newcastle – a paper wasp with green plans in a rolled leaf * branch almost fully turbanned by the wasp nest – one apple protrudes ~ Richard Stevenson Richard Stevenson teaches English and Creative Writing at Lethbridge College. Recent books include Parrot With Tourette’s (Black Moss, Palm Poets Series, 2006), Bye Bye Blackbird […]

Pete’s Dilemma

for Peter Polet Do I cut ‘er down for a view of the mountain and star-strewn lake or do I wait until we’re a pair of bad teeth that need to be removed? I’m thinking it’d be a shame, but the view from the sundeck would be vastly improved – It’s just – well, holding […]

3 haiku

weeping birch branches flounce in an august squall – I miss the yield sign * blue light through the trees – distant campfire beckoning? no, big screen TV * boundless blue sky – empty manuscript staves of black power lines ~ Richard Stevenson Richard Stevenson teaches English and Creative Writing at Lethbridge College. Recent books […]