How to
describe a writing day that is mostly writing emails – correspondence about
writing, mostly: personal notes (to
other writers, mostly), submission admin, & details about writing events
past, present & imagined...
spring
cleaning
on the
horizon
thunderclouds
When
their children are adults, regardless of their own age, the full-time parent
must accept retirement. The sharing of remaining household duties by the patron
(read husband) ensures the possibility of a writing day, especially when the
potential writer is open to inspiration, & their senses, & at all times
carries a small notebook...
the
warmth of the window
through
the damp
cleaning
cloth
On the
kitchen counter, granny’s cut glass vase holds a bouquet of chive blooms from
the garden. The washing machine & dryer rumble, along with the polite whir
of the push mower in the backyard, in the background white noise of FIFA
shrieks & whistles or the drone of the business news network...
cleaning
windows
she sees
things
more
clearly
Balance
is key – socializing, exercise, working, writing – & finding it is the
on-going challenge. By way of procrastination, the neighbour’s cats are
becoming famous on Instagram...
huge rain
drops splatter
newly-cleaned
windows
Originally from
Vancouver, BC, kjmunro moved to the
Yukon Territory in 1991. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada. In 2014
she founded ‘solstice haiku’, a monthly haiku discussion group that she
continues to facilitate. Since January 2018, she has created &
curated a weekly blog feature for The Haiku Foundation’s Troutswirl blog, now
managed with guest editors. Her
work placed first in the Canada Category of the 2018 Vancouver Cherry Blossom
Festival Haiku Invitational, & placed first in The League of Canadian Poets
‘Very Small Verse Contest’ in 2019. Her first collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).
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