William Hay, Writer

William Hay, winner of 3 Kenneth R. Wilson Writing Awards and Folio Award, Canadian Author Association member,author of Caesarean Section and Love Between the Sacred and Profane poetry books, and Psychiatry and Addiction, Personal Perspective book, magazine short story and prose columnist.

Friday, August 9, 2019

“Untreated Al-Anon”

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Alcoholism and addiction are a ‘family disease’. Addiction doesn’t just affect the individual but is a systemic and community problem. The...

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Thursday, August 8, 2019

Political Poem

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The insaniety persists. The bars on the asylum still hold Media pounds on the doors to be let in The government riots The people are s...

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Morning poem

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I love your curves All of them The ones you like And the ones you don’t. I love the lines I love the crevices I love your eyes I love your ...

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Gratitude Tuesday

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Thank you God for IDAA and Knoxville. It was wonderful to see so many friends of so many years. It’s the best reunion of ever. Such brilli...

Monday, August 5, 2019

Enlightenment

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In the joy of your being My heart takes refuge Your breasts nurture all creation I celebrate our presence With hearbeats, chants an...

IDAA 2019 Knoxville Tennessee, Part 2

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It’s Sunday. I’m sitting in the Knoxville Market square. I’ve just come from hearing Lori share her experience, strength and hope. She’s a ...

Friday, August 2, 2019

IDAA 2019 Knoxville, Tennessee, Part 1

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I enjoyed flying United despite Vancouver to Knoxville taking most of a day. I had reservations at the Hilton on Church Street. Great rooms...

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haykind: I began writing travel stories in grade 3. My mother was a journalist. I started publishing poetry and photography in high school. Dancing and acting followed with study in England with the world champion after bicycling across Europe. Medical school was also a time of canoeing and cross country skiing. Dad was a great outdoorsman. Country general practice was followed by northern fly in medicine. Completing a medicine fellowship and specializing in psychiatry, I did my California medical examinations before returning north to British Columbia where I began big game hunting, chicken farmed and sailed. Eventually, I solo sailed to Hawaii through winter storms. An island psychiatrist in Saipan, the weekly scuba diving was spectacular.Back in Canada, living on the sailboat,my Harley Davidson motorcycle became a whole new source of adventure. Raised Baptist, I taught sunday school for the United Church and eventually became Anglican a decade back. Bible study, Yogananda, Tai Chi, AA, celtic and native studies all added to that ecumenical Christian spirituality. Blessed by a loving family, beautiful partners, friends, pets and resilient house plants, life's a miracle.

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