Some of my recently published monoku, haiku, senryu, and tanka ...
stick weather
huddling in the brambles
a cardinal’s red
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, November 2025
diving among water lilies
the soundless splash
of swans
Sense & Sensibility, November 2025
rising sun…
shadow play inches down
the tree bark
Haiku Canada Review, October 2025
riverwalk
dragonflies and i rest
on lily pads
cattails, October 2025
first flies
couple at my feet
trash day
Modern Haiku 55.3, Autumn 2025
spiraling up
the dead sunflower stalks...
blue morning glories
Frogpond 48.3, Autumn 2025
a coolness begins to settle
in the piney woods
cabin lights flicker on
Nor’easter, September 2025
sole survivor . . .
wondering
why
walking mindfully
i give the spiderling
the right of way
desert rose . . .
when will
the tears come
Failed Haiku, Issue #111, September 2025 [their final issue]
the red chair—
missing her laughter
and spirited song
Nor’easter, August 2025
no longer his hugs
but her own
changing tide
yearning to refresh
parched places
scant rain
a loon's call
the quiver
of your lips
Failed Haiku, Issue #110, July 2025
broken shell
is anyone listening
for its story
Nor’easter, July 2025
a June moon
low on the horizon
flecks of strawberry
Wales Haiku Journal, Summer Edition 2025
sheets billow ...
summer gusts
playing hide 'n' seek
The Cicada's Cry, Summer 2025
laundry day
a wren flaps out
of the clothespin bag
Presence, Issue #82, Summer 2025
looking to create
a longer pause
low-ceiling clouds
tsuri-dōrō, Issue #28, July/August 2025
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