Haikus To Yackers
Video of Jeff Kozlovich kayaking for Penny Palfrey in the Molokai Channel, Hawaii.
In 2010, Phil White created the annual Be Kind To Your Yacker Week during the first week in April.
“We started this national tribute to yackers (aka kayakers) for their indispensable help and support of open water swimming,” explained the founder of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association. “Swimmers and yackers alike can check out the kayaker instructions page on our Kingdom Swim website.”
Haiku to The Kayaker by Sgt. Jim Cowig of Newburyport, Massachusetts:
smooth molded plastic
an oasis of safety
always at my side
Haiku to the Yacker by Steven Munatones of Huntington Beach, California:
at night alongside
darkness on the left and right
my lifeline and guide
Ode to My Yacker by Phil White of Derby, Vermont:
Yacker, My Yacker, wherever we roam
You water and feed me and guide my way home
Without you I’m nothing, a lost feckless soul
Locked in the lanes of my short little pool
But with paddle flashing and you by my side
The waters are open, the world is so wide
There’s nothing we can’t do, no challenge too great
One stroke at a time, my aquarian mate.
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