World Poetry Celebrates Ed Woods from Canada!

Ariadne’s notes: The World Poetry Café Radio Show with hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Neall Ryon  were honoured to welcome the poet and pilot Ed Woods to the radio show on CRFO 100.5 FM, Tuesday, November 12th at 1:10 PM. A delightful interview with poems and stories. It was so great to have him on the show again!  CLICK HERE to hear the show.

Ed Woods was born in Toronto and now lives in Dundas, Ontario, and through attending workshops established writers gave encouragement to expand upon life experiences through poetry. Since then my topics range from the serious to comedic twist and a wide range of observations or insight written from the heart. The most creative times seem to open channels to a wide variety of thoughts that flow onto pages. He is the author of seven books.

Ed writes:” The great actor Rod Steiger once stated “First you must entertain ‘then’ get your point across” and I try to entertain within the lines and then draw the reader into my topic. A favorite topic is about aviation from the pilot’s point of view through the limitless panorama of a wrap-around windshield Thank you to all who read my poems. I recently had poems accepted for the Pan Am Games project and even became listed with Leonard Cohen as representing Canada. The contest is still open under the  title York University Poet Tree.”

Native Winds

galloping forward
across badlands
stallion bareback
mane whipped face
whispered snaps
slip past my ears
hooves thunder below
trails of dust

sunlight tans my skin
and fills my eyes
for night time memories
of this playful day

I feel the earth below
and fly like the wind
to catch our horizon

Ed Woods (C)