Hope-Princeton Highway Postcard

Found this old postcard from 1962.

On the back it reads,

“ON THE HOPE-PRINCETON HIGHWAY

“An effective warning at the site of an extensive burned area which contrasts sharply with the magnificent British Columbia forests elsewhere along the highway.”

Considering this months massive number of forest fires in the province, I’m lead to believe that the warning wasn’t very effective.

Saturday Night Jazz Haiku

“Let’s dance.” I asked her

Knowing full well the answer.

No harm in trying.

 

Surprise! She said, “Yes.”

We stumble to the dance floor

Got to Love playing.

 

Later she told me

Like a refugee come home

Right away, she knew!

 

Saturdays we go

To talk, hear jazz and slow dance

Till sleep brings us home.

 

* In case you’re wondering, that is Juliette Binoche dancing with Johnny Depp in image #3. And the song “Got to Love” is a title track from Laila Biali’s latest jazz album.  “Let’s Dance,” “Refugee,” and “We Go” are also song titles from the album found in the haikus.

A Jazz Valentines

“As Time Goes By”

I think about

“All the Things You Are”

Like

“Unforgettable”

“’S wonderful! ‘S marvelous”

 

There’s no one

“Exactly Like You”

You are

“Somethin’ Else”

“The Birth of Cool”

 

“Till There Was You”

I was, “Kind of Blue”

But now

“The Very Thought Of You”

Makes me say

“What A Wonderful World”

Autumn Run

Under the fall sky

Running, I forget myself

Spinning like a leaf.

Happy New Year! 2018

Ocean Haiku II

Summer wine but gone

September winds filling sails

Fall coming on fast

Ocean Haiku

Whitecaps scent the beach

The gull’s call drowned by the surf

Sea spray on my hand

Strawberry Moon Haiku

Harvesting berries

Under the Strawberry Moon

Sweet expectation

Eagle Haiku

Thoughts meandering

Lazy eagle in the sky

Caught in an updraft

Spring Haiku

The wind is settling
Birds meet spring with melody
Measureless blossoms