Dan Lukiv

The Bouquet, poetry Dan Lukiv

First Edition: Poetry reading at McNaughton Centre, a secondary alternate school (Quesnel, BC), December 13, 2006.

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2021.

An excerpt

The Winter Coat

Friday afternoon, 3:00:
She says, "I'm gonna take my coat
To the pawn shop."
"The pawn shop?" her teacher says,
Gazing up from her pen.
"Ya. It's still warm out.
I'm gonna use the money
To buy beer." Her face is soft;
She looks happy.

Her teacher opens her mouth,
Then closes it as the student
Leaves.

The author

Dan Lukiv is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). His creative writing has appeared in 19 countries. Recently, he has been experimenting with temporal shifts and narrative strings in his haiku and senryu.