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…
Culture
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…
Art by a thousand cuts
Colombian-Canadian artist Josefina Hernandez shares her passion for the ancient Chinese art form of jianzhi, or paper cutting. Photos courtesy of JOSEFINA HERNANDEZ By BEATRICE S….
