EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Randall’s call to haiku (see link below) reminded me that Barbara McLaughlin had shared Chuck McLaughlin’s haikus at his celebration of life, and I had always wanted to enshrine…
Category: Poetry
TRYING TO SEE: ACKNOWLEDGE DARKNESS, HONOR THE LIGHT – HAIKU
EDITOR’S NOTE: The haiku journey continues and the reaching deep into creativity … what art is moving you now? Spring and nature are my focus and blooms and birds fill my photo…
HAIKUING IN OREGON WITH CHUCK MCLAUGHLIN – SPRING Continued …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Randall’s call to haiku (see link below) reminded me that Barbara McLaughlin had shared Chuck McLaughlin’s haikus at his celebration of life, and I had always wanted to enshrine…
HAIKUING IN OREGON WITH CHUCK MCLAUGHLIN – SPRING
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Randall’s call to haiku (see link below) reminded me that Barbara McLaughlin had shared Chuck McLaughlin’s haikus at his celebration of life, and I had always wanted to enshrine…
TRYING TO SEE: In Troubled Times, Revert to Haiku
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Pioneer is lucky to have a group of dedicated writers and contributors – blessed really by so many talented individuals that are willing to share their writing with our…
POETRY: Stumble and Beauty
(From Barbara McLaughlin) May you stumble and get up May you weep and feel better May you cry out in anger and curse and stomp Our world has a plethora of things…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Let America Be America Again
Let it be the dream it used to be By Marc C. Johnson (1/24/26) I can’t summon the wisdom or detachment to comment on this morning’s news from Minneapolis. All I know for…
POETRY: National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman pens a moving poem in wake of tragic ICE murder of Minneapolis mother and fellow poet, Renée Good
From Amanda Gorman: On January 7th, 2026, ICE agents murdered Renee Nicole Good by shooting her in the head through her car window. She was a poet and writer, a wife, and…
POETRY: For the Love of the World
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bits of inspiration from poetry, photos, art – if you have a words or images of meaning that you’d like to share, send to editor@tillamookcountypioneer.net For the Love of the…
POETRY – Indigenous Peoples Day: A Deeper Elegy Is Overdue for Garibaldi
By Kristin Koptiuch Oh Garibaldi, your roots in the Oregon territory run deeper than you claim— deeper than the settler’s telling, deeper than the plaques and monuments, deeper than the names etched…
