20260912 . HaikuPrajna . Mississauga Literary Festival + Community + Sketch Book

On the central stage \ 

surrounded by all our books \ 

the smiles of friends 

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Hello reader,

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On the central stage \ surrounded by all our books \ the smiles of friends . HaikuPrajna . Mississauga Literary Festival 

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. Write your own poem \ using this Zine as a prompt \ to take the Challenge!

. HaikuPrajna . The HaikuPrajna Challenge

. Digital . Mini-zine series with poetry and art

. Open to all humans . Purchase unnecessary to participate

. Accepting submissions for future releases

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Tour Dates

. 20261005 . 11am . Grand Opening @ City Side Cafe, Downtown Brampton Ontario... 11:30am - 12pm Live Music 

. 20261011 . 11am-3pm . Queer Forest Hike @ Heart Lake Conservation Area, Brampton Ontario 

. 20261014 . The Mudd Club Presents: No Rio @ Toronto Night Market, Toronto Ontario 

. 20261107 . Mississauga Comic Expo @ Hazel McCallion Library, Mississauga Ontario 

. 20261113 . 6pm-8pm . The Electric Exhibition @ City Side Cafe, Downtown Brampton Ontario

. 20261121 . 10:30am-4pm . BAO Brampton Winter Artist Market @ Springdale Library, Brampton Ontario 

. 20261121 . 6pm . Composer Canvas @ City Side Cafe, Brampton Ontario 

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. I drew a poster for April's upcoming Electric Exhibition! We have live music and art lined up for a fun evening with the friends we have made over the past decade of April and her music moniker Electric Armchair!

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. Spent our day at the Mississauga Literary Festival at Hazel McCallion Library, where we enjoyed talking to a number of library-goers and fellow writers.

. April and I were invited to the stage on the ground floor to share a bit about our books. Watch our videos, and you can see April from her perspective in addition to mine from the third floor.

. The HaikuPrajna for this one was requested for a poetry submission book, written on the spot.

. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the local writing community! 

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. Bags, for all items, \ for Soul to carry, to bring \ in oneself’s pockets . HaikuPrajna . Clothed Forms

. My philosophy runs as deep as the bags I carry (These are those bags. (It's like a nestling doll.))

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. Vegetarian, \ Vegan, Pescatarian, \ Flexitarian . HaikuPrajna . Thanks For All The Fish

. Thank you for the food, honestly. If you've fed or eaten with me you will be remembered forever.

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. Few know what's inside, \ what's hidden deep within me, \ I've buried myself . HaikuPrajna . From The Outside In 

. Based on a literal thumbnail doodle in my bullet journal. 

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We are, all of us, \ looking for the signs, looking \ out for each other . HaikuPrajna . Community

. We got Zine Kits from BICZ while at the Rose Theatre's 20th anniversary! Thank you!

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. 20260927 . The HaikuPrajna Challenge Sketch Book

I also included the first in a new subseries. It is my “sketchbook”. They are just mini-zines I keep with my bullet journal. The last time I had a dedicated sketchbook was in highschool!

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Thank you for reading,

Until next time!

Allen W. McLean

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These poems will be collected in future editions of the HaikuPrajna Collection.