Monday, October 31, 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Oct 29 - At the Galey Farms Horror Spectacular


We like a good scare
But not as much as the teens
Who swarm CarnEvil

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Oct 28 - Happy Birthday, Rachelle and Gary


A double birthday
Two travellers at our table
Too much cake and wine

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Oct 26 - Good News from Alberta


Bud is on his feet
No longer condemned to suck
Mint-flavoured sponges

Oct 25 - Pat on a Break From Yemen


We drink wine and sweet
Lillet, laughing and crying
Over loves and loss

Monday, October 24, 2011

Oct 24 - Paul Flies to Medicine Hat


Alone in the house
I hunch over a cold steak
And wait for his call

Oct 23 - Visitors from Afar


Becca and Gary
Have come to do up the coast
The sun shines on them

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Oct 22 - Priorities


These letters I wrote
When we were crazy in love
Evoke sweet, sad days

Oct 21 - The Applicants


They want to be liked
Job interviews bring that out
In people who try

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Oct 20 - The Boy at the Back


He has a long beard
Of a kind that adds madness
To the sweetest face

Oct 19 - Honduras Dreams


Google Translator
saved my life. Was there really
life before the Web?

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Oct 18 - On My Morning Walk


The geese are south-bound
They call out as they pass by
Heralds of winter

Oct 17 - A New Offer On The Table


Word by word I change
My resume to Spanish
Es muy dificil

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Oct 16 - Assessment Day


All these ping pong balls
And mere minutes to move them
In a team-like way

Oct 15 - Owen Watches Aaron


At two, he's amazed
That saws can make sad music
If in the right hands

Friday, October 14, 2011

Oct 14 - The First Forgetting


J says she struggles
To remember some things now
I watch her thoughts pause

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Oct 12 - Too Soon


The rains have come
But I still hang out the clothes
Refusing to cede

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Oct 11 - A Panda Bear from the Beijing Zoo


Rachelle says pandas
Seem to be her animal
Now she has one more

Monday, October 10, 2011

Oct 10 - Four Hours of Sorting Pictures from the Trip


Twelve hundred photos
All the sights from two wild weeks
Spill across my screen

Oct 9 - Returning


One last shopping trip
Then a long, long flight back home
Grateful for free wine

Oct 8 - Cycling Century Park


This odd bicycle
Carries me past orange flowers
And overweight brides

Oct 7 - Shanghai At Night


Skyscrapers sparkle
Neon jewels line the river
A night garden's bloom

Oct 6 - The Haunting Truth about the Three Gorges Project


The river rose up
And a million residents
Lost what was most dear

Oct 5 - An Excursion to the Shennong River


With barely a wince
Five sinewy men pull hard
To row us upstream

Oct 4 - Ghost City


Steps and steps and steps
Lead us to the Gates of Hell
Where the king awaits

Oct 3 - Three Gorges Cruise


Our cruise ship sets sail
Three days on the vast Yangtze
Feet up, we relax

Oct 2 - The Men Who Carry the Sedan Chairs at Longji


Their faces straining
They carry people upward
Nine hundred steep stairs

Oct 1 - A River Cruise


Limestone mountains rise
High above the River Li
Stooped women pick snails

Sept 30 - An Evening's Walk in Guilin


Alone, I wander
Past purple lights on the lake
A night market's buzz

Sept 29 - Blown Away by the Terracotta Warriors


A man digs a well
Seven thousand warriors
Emerge to amaze

Sept 28 - Trouble at the Airport


A booze-filled bag, a
lost passport -  Beijing Airport
won't soon forget us

Sept 27 - The Great Wall


Thirteen towers up
The tourist scene falls away
Lost in Beijing's smog

Sept 26 - Where Emperors Once Walked


Forbidden City
Your beauty reserved for kings
Now shared with the world

Sept 25 - Jet-lagged in Beijing


Cheese and smoked oysters
Will have to suffice tonight
Weary travellers feast