Bryan D. Cook

Creature Comfort

Feed the cat, grab my espresso and newspaper, snuggle into the corner of the couch. It’s my comfort zone and mine alone! None other will do. I watch the sparrows raise their brood in the nesting box outside the window; spy on the comings and goings in the street, doze to the tick-tock of grandma’s clock, and meditate before the horrors of the day. Anxious if a visitor sits in it. Perhaps I’m being unwittingly primeval… finding safety in a cave, marking territory, asserting dominance, and having a vantage point to spot imminent danger. 

hand stencil
a prehistoric
"I was here"

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About the Author

Bryan D. Cook is an alumnus of Sheffield and McGill Universities and retired from directing Canada’s energy science and technology. He now pursues interests in Canadian history, genealogy and genetics, fishing, gardening, poetry, and fine woodworking. Bryan is mentored through Ottawa’s TREE Reading Series and the KaDo Haiku and Tanka Society. He won the 2019 Genjuan Haibun international competition.

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