{"id":10069,"date":"2024-10-02T13:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=10069"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:33:38","slug":"odnr-unveils-second-haiku-trail-in-ohio-state-park-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/odnr-unveils-second-haiku-trail-in-ohio-state-park-system\/","title":{"rendered":"ODNR unveils second Haiku Trail in Ohio State Park System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10070 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>VAN BUREN, Ohio, September 30, 2024:<\/strong> The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) unveiled a new Haiku Trail Sunday at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiodnr.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9762d9943f454cab103416c32&amp;id=ba0f3ce6a6&amp;e=9222393c94\">Van Buren State Park<\/a>, highlighting the connection of nature and poetry. A haiku is a short poem that consists of three lines of text. This is the second haiku trail on state park property, with the first at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiodnr.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9762d9943f454cab103416c32&amp;id=5ff761bfe0&amp;e=9222393c94\">Hueston Woods State Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new haiku trail features 20 poems along the Van Buren State Park\u2019s current Lakeshore Trail, a 0.5-mile path with views of Van Buren Lake. Benches are situated along the trail so hikers can reflect upon the featured poems and find inspiration from nature. The 20 haikus that were selected were chosen from over 150 haikus written by those local to the park\u2019s area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a perfect combination of community passion and appreciating natural all wrapped up in one trail,\u201d said ODNR Director Mary Mertz. \u201cWriting and reading poetry is all about inspiration and that\u2019s what I want people to feel and appreciate when they walk through this trail. It\u2019s extra special that the community played an important role in writing these haikus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Haiku Trail was constructed thanks to donations garnered by the Ohio State Parks Foundation from the Findlay-Hancock County Community\u00a0Foundation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation.<\/p>\n<p><em>In 2024, join ODNR as we celebrate 75 years of protecting Ohio\u2019s natural resources and providing outstanding and award-winning recreational opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ohiodnr.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9762d9943f454cab103416c32&amp;id=d8129a64ef&amp;e=9222393c94\"><em>ohiodnr.gov<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAN BUREN, Ohio, September 30, 2024: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) unveiled a new Haiku Trail Sunday at\u00a0Van Buren State Park, highlighting the connection of nature and poetry. A haiku is a short poem that consists of three lines of text. This is the second haiku trail on state park property, with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[222],"class_list":["post-10069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",700,575,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",700,575,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",700,575,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-300x246.jpg",300,246,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",640,526,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",700,575,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",700,575,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-700x462.jpg",700,462,true],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren.jpg",500,411,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ODNR-State-park-van-buren-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/ohio\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ohio<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"VAN BUREN, Ohio, September 30, 2024: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) unveiled a new Haiku Trail Sunday at\u00a0Van Buren State Park, highlighting the connection of nature and poetry. 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