Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 6, December 2025

theme: trees

lodgepole pine

the bear's coat sticky

with resin

tuckamores

are moaning outside

the window . . .

I remember it all,

and then some

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 5, June 2025

theme: water

remission

a whale breaks its bond

with the ocean

sunday rain

the barley heads

bow down

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 4, November/December 2024

home range

even the barn owls

have moved away

frozen path

a vole that didn't make it

to the burrow

mom becomes

a shadow of herself . . .

firelight

Note: for my Mother, Marjorie MacKenzie (1920 - 1990)

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 3, June 2024

pasture stones

dad's gumboots heavy

with mud

last breath

snowflakes collecting

in Buddha's lap

Note: for my brother-in-law, Peter Bruce Wood (1948 - 2024)

 

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 2, November 2023

sprigs of clover

in the gopher's mouth . . .

funeral luncheon

Note: for my sister, Elaine MacKenzie Bulmer, who is at rest on a prairie hill (1944-1972)

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 1, May 2023

prairie road

one headlight drifts

over the line

Note: for Mike, Kelly, Elizabeth (age 5), Curtis (age 2) Strange who perished together in a motor vehicle accident

snow grains

the field dad had no time

to plant

Note: for my father, Ewen MacKenzie (1912-2003)