Dear English, I have some questions:

Why do we need to say
he or she?
they both are human beings.

Can´t we have one word for both,
because I am always mixed up
saying things wrong.

 By Nilmini Weera

On Hiking

A poem on: Hiking despite one´s common sense that it would be better to just trust that the top of the mountain exists despite not standing on it myself

Why:
do people see mountains and desire to stand at their tops?

My blood boils at:
the thought of walking winding circles, water bottles in hand, to some damn lookout point.

And, no I don’t own:
A
Single
Pair
Of
Hiking

Boots.

Three hours, mostly single file, just to:

get there,

make declarations about the view,

snap 2 photos for facebook,

and ,
walk
back
down.

By Ish Ani

We asked our twitter followers to write a haiku to celebrate the sun (and rain) during the yyc long weekend.  This is what was written:

From @ShenalixCx:

Alarm clock turned off
Afternoon in pajamas
Long weekend Monday

From @ToddAndre

Just watching the game,
The Bruins and Tampa Bay,
Hockey at its best

From @AdamHenry78

Outside in the sun
Religion is for the weak
The rapture my ass.

From @lowqis

Slivers of sunshine
Lay across my skin, warm me
My body awakes