kjmunro was born & raised in Vancouver, B.C., and now lives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Her poems have appeared in Lake: a Journal of Arts and Environment, Cirque, a Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, Modern Haiku, Acorn: a journal of contemporary haiku & The Heron's Nest, among others. President of The Whitehorse Poetry Society since 2010, she is currently working on a poetry manuscript.

© 2012 kjmunro

 

gift of the land

before the inevitable Yukon snow
hidden cranberries peek

beneath the inevitable Yukon snow
hidden cranberries speak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"gift of the land" won the poetry contest of the 2007 Whitehorse Poetry Festival, and appeared in Issue # 6 of Lake: A Journal of Arts and Environment, 2011, UBC Okanagan.