Music
Naomi Beth Wakan has written words for a number of composers’ works
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Breathing
The Forest Floor
Drumbeg at Solstice
Softly Shift
Waltz of the Cellos
Naomi Beth Wakan
Naomi Beth Wakan has published over fifty books. She is the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo (2014–16) and the Federation of British Columbia Writers’ Inaugural Honorary Ambassador.
Wakan is a member of The League of Canadian Poets, Haiku Canada, and Tanka Canada. She lives on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, the sculptor Elias Wakan.
the skylight frames
incessant rain and
wood-stove smoke
From The Way of Haiku