“Taiga” was one of the winners in the Poem in Your Pocket Day Contest (League of Canadian Poets).
When I was growing up in a northern wilderness settlement I witnessed multiple wildfires and my family was evacuated by air when I was a teenager. Also in 2023 two of my family members had to again evacuate from two northern communities because of the enormous forest fires. Postcard is designed by Megan Fildes for the League of Canadian Poets.
I shared it on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Mrs. Radford also shared it. It is very meaningful -especially for those who lived it!
Thank you Phyllis. Yes, we did indeed all live through those metaphors.