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Doris Lynch

Pandemic Adventure Planning

Possible Dates: 2021, 2022, 2023

A ferry, any ferry, sea route preferred.  An arts and craft fair on the harbor in Boston.  A river tour of Pittsburgh’s 446 bridges—the most of any city in the world.  The state park near Santa Cruz where monarchs roost in long strands that undulate in wind. A shore where surf bubbles up as though from a huge caldron.  A climbing tree in Yosemite so I can ride thunderstorms the way John Muir did, rollicking trunk-bound over an abyss. Dry Tortuga, Isle Royale, or Congaree—three of our least visited national parks. Up!  Anywhere Elon Musk will take me, including space, as long as it’s a freebie.  A border crossing, any border crossing. God-willing, they’ll let us in.

almost touching
dolphin's face and mine
third Cousteau flick in a row

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About the Author

Celebrating her first decade writing haibun, Doris Lynch has recent work in Haibun Today, cho, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and FemkuMag. She also writes in longer forms.