Muscle mystique
Book Review Universal Hunks By David L. Chapman with Douglas Brown 303…
Culture
Book battles
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Freedom to Read Week is an occasion to remember that battles are still being fought to keep Canadian public libraries free…
Water of life
Photo by LUCA LORENZI/Wikimedia Commons A haiku by LIN TAO Rain in the forest Roots growing deeper again Until rock bottom Lin Tao is a…
An act of remembrance
Book Review Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate and Circumstance By Denise Chong 240 pages Random House Canada by SEUNGWOO BAEK Denise Chong…
Two haikus for Valentine’s Day
Photo by ENEAS DE TROYA/Wikimedia Commons Images by LIN TAO If I could hold that Which is closest to my heart, You would…
A time to play
A monk in Bhutan tries his hand at blowing bubbles. Photo by STEVE EVANS/Wikimedia Commons Images A haiku by LIN TAO There are some things…
Human nature
The Illuminated Crowd, Montreal. Photo by JEAN GAGNON, Wikimedia Commons A haiku by LIN TAO I am human, thus I act, feel, think, love, hate all The…
A longing
Terence Bay lighthouse, Nova Scotia. Photo by DENNIS JARVIS, Wikimedia Commons by MAY S. RACAZA I see you and yet I don’t but long to see…
Meeting halfway
ILLUSTRATION by TIHMILY LI A haiku by LIN TAO A careful, light touch And ripples spread further Until they met yours Lin Tao is a French-Chinese-Canadian haiku…
Olivia Chow, unplugged
Photos by THE ORIGAMI by THE ORIGAMI STAFF Notwithstanding the return of the polar vortex-generated frigid weather, a standing-room only crowd packed the…
Winter’s mantle
Photo by MARITES N. SISON A haiku by LIN TAO Snowflake to snowflake My field is an ocean A great white expanse. Lin Tao is a French-Chinese-Canadian…
Something’s brewin’
Illustration by TIHMILY LI A haiku by LIN TAO A rising vapor From my cup turns to black clouds And sets the world’s storm Lin Tao is…
