At work, part of my job is to write articles for Conservator, the Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) member magazine. Not everything that makes it into the print edition of the magazine is posted online, but you can click here to read one of the articles I've written this year.
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December 21, 2012
December 15, 2012
Contrasts
The following poem was written from a beach chair while on my honeymoon in Cuba. I couldn't get over the incredible contrasts I noticed throughout the country, and attempted to write something that would accurately capture what I experienced during our week on this unique Caribbean island.
A seaside resort,
a plethora of hospitality,
a hundred people basking in warmth
under shaded huts and palm trees.
A decrepit shack,
a street of gates,
an aging horse tied to a fence
frantically trying to find a meal.
A smiling server,
a wealth of tips,
a hundred staff catering to the
rich tourists' every whim.
A military uniform,
a limbless beggar,
a fading population
of heart-
hardened Cubans
trying to survive.
This is a country
of contrasts.
Of those who come
to escape,
and those who long
to run away.
It is a country of
wealth,
of poverty,
of communist ideals
mixed with
sea, sun and endless
struggle.
A rich man,
a poor man,
an endless surge of people
longing for
something better
than what they
have today.
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