Curated by Hazel Borys and the Helix Team
Excerpted from the Winnipeg Free Press, December 30, 2021:
"The Assiniboine River walking trail known as the helix path has returned for a second consecutive year.
The path debuted last winter as a safe space for visitors to get fresh air during the COVID-19 lockdown and now returns for the same reason.
This year's path extends nearly 60 metres and mimics the helix pattern from last year, which was specifically designed to promote social distancing while using the space.
Borys said organizers are planning to add music this year to accompany the return of the path's popular poetry contest and live yoga sessions."
My thanks to Hazel for selecting the following tanka triptych as a poetry winner, which was subsequently frozen into a block of ice and lit with candle lanterns along the Helix Path:
architrave
the shimmer
of diamonds on snow
and water
sometimes we take
small gifts for granted
on Groundhog Day
we speak of shadows
etched on snow
forgetting how we lengthen
into filaments of light
we walk
under laden boughs
into silence
a place of worship,
this architrave of snow
(note: this triptych appears in my full-length collection, Three-Part Harmony: Tanka Verses, published by Keibooks in 2018)
