Haibun – in the tradition of a poetic diary

A year ago I was visiting the ancient village sites of Haida Gwaii. Struck speechless at times, I found the trip best expressed in the short Japanese forms of haiku and haibun, like the piece that follows here. (The Haida considered the intertidal zone, a riot of algae and marine invertebrates, to be their feast […]

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