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Author: Roland Packer

Roland lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For over 40 years he has worked as a professional musician in various roles; performer, teacher and composer. He has been writing haiku since the early 80s and has authored a mini-chapbook,"Wayfarers" (Phafours Press, 2017) and a full-length collection, "no heroic measures" (Red Moon Press, 2024).
roadside perch the hitchhiker’s distant stare
Posted on 26 November 201316 November 2013Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 13.33 Comments on
the priest motions a blessing aftermath
Posted on 7 February 201425 January 2014Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 13.31 Comment on
quarantine an orange peel fills the room
Posted on 30 October 201427 October 2014Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 14.25 Comments on
autumn stars she hopes to go in her sleep
Posted on 25 September 201521 September 2015Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 15.26 Comments on
    diamond ring all the facets of desire
Posted on 14 January 201627 December 2015Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 15.27 Comments on
leaving the wayfarers’ chapel moonlight
Posted on 22 March 201616 March 2016Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 16.17 Comments on
hum in the honeysuckle first day of school
Posted on 20 April 201712 April 2017Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 17.13 Comments on
the now she returns to dementia
Posted on 17 May 201714 May 2017Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 17.14 Comments on
  a murder of crows night comes to pieces
Posted on 30 October 20178 October 2017Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 17.23 Comments on
fish tank the four corners of the world
Posted on 15 November 20189 November 2018Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 18.211 Comments on
moon shadow where the singer takes a breath
Posted on 31 January 201922 January 2019Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 18.23 Comments on
elegy the boy soprano’s highest note
Posted on 4 June 201928 May 2019Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 19.11 Comment on
kitchen moon a cricket sings from my shoe
Posted on 18 October 20194 October 2019Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 19.27 Comments on
outlasting everyone she loved – heartwood
Posted on 19 November 201914 November 2019Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 19.26 Comments on
fairy lights on a sapling… her prom dress
Posted on 15 May 20209 May 2020Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 20.14 Comments on
fireworks… phantasms turn to gunsmoke      
Posted on 13 November 20203 October 2020Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
aftershocks… the segue from rescue to recovery
Posted on 10 November 202121 October 2021Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 21.21 Comment on
someone stirs in the darkened house… All Hallows’ Eve
Posted on 31 October 202224 October 2022Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 22.21 Comment on
the long shadow of a flower vendor Mother’s Day
Posted on 12 May 202311 April 2023Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
a sack of windfall apples Sabbath
Posted on 6 October 202327 September 2023Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 23.24 Comments on
sent home affairs in order spring snowman
Posted on 5 April 20241 April 2024Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 24.11 Comment on
tarpaulins in the evening rain street fair
Posted on 17 May 202411 May 2024Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 24.1Leave a comment on
slide of the crooner year’s end
Posted on 31 December 20244 December 2024Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 24.21 Comment on
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