Parisian Riffs
written by: Christina Chin and Uchechukwu Onyedikam
@Christina_haiku / @MysticPoet_
I
hop-on hop-off
tour bus rides
wide-eyed audience
jazzed up with the riffs
of the City of Lights
II
everybody
join the dance band
the City’s flame
of the Busker
under the bridge
III
nightly
food court
timeless City’s
bewitched by the sizzle
when the saxophone is near
Christina Chin is a painter and haiku poet. Four-time recipient of mDAC Top 100 art contest. She is 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest. 1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photohaiku Contest and won two City Soka Saitama's 2020 haiku prizes. She is published in numerous journals, multilingual journals and anthologies including Japan's haiku monthly magazine, Haikukai (俳句界).
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Salt-and-pepper wild African voice whose grapefruit leaks of the ancient wisdom of the men that walked the face of mother earth before him — Uchechukwu Onyedikam (Mystic Poet); is a creative artist who's based in Lagos, Nigeria. He's been published in several reputable journals & magazines, both in print & online. With regards to the intense passion he nurtures for poetry, he's open to work with other creatives from around the world; as he looks forward to exploring all of humanity with word in a world where everyone else is hurting from bombs & guns.
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