Dan Curtis
Born: in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
Resides: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
E-mail: dancurtis8 (at) gmail (dot) com
Website: https://danjcurtis.wordpress.com/
Dan Curtis is a poet and photographer who lives in Victoria, B.C. He has been writing haiku for five years and is a member of Haiku Canada, the Haiku Society of America, and Haiku Arbutus. His work has been published in numerous journals including Acorn, Frogpond, Haiku Canada Review, The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, and Presence.
Awards and Other Honors:
2015 Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards - Honorable Mention; 2015 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational - Best of British Columbia.
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gathering dusk in a pail wild blueberries |
I crunch into the soft center spring marsh |
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sun puddle my old cat eases in |
cold rain . . . filling the carton with her clothes |
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temple bell . . . petal by petal the pond blooms |
the dream my father still clings to backyard sailboat |
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Credits:
“gathering dusk” – Heron’s Nest Vol. XXI, No. 4: Dec. 2019; “I crunch into“ – Modern Haiku Vol. 50:3, Autumn, 2019; “sun puddle“ – Acorn Issue #41 Fall 2018; “cold rain” – Heron’s Nest, Vol. XX, No. 1: March 2018; “temple bell” – The Heron’s Nest Vol. XIX, No. 3: Sept. 2017; “the dream” – The Heron's Nest Vol. XVIII, No. 4: Dec. 2016.
