Gold Mountain Diner Haiku

winter twilight
in Gold Mountain Diner
just me and rice balls

Cattails, September 2015

Chinese Lantern Haiku

a Chinese lantern
hangs from the spring cloud ...
window shopping

Cattails, September 2015

Twilight Sky Haiku

twilight sky
an oystercatcher stands
in its reflection

Cattails, September 2015

Migrant Haiku

the migrant looks
at his hands and feet . . .
cries of geese

Cattails, September 2015

Face Haiku

English Original

staring me in the face winter solstice

Chinese Translation

盯著我的臉冬至

Ardea, 5, 2015

Willpower Tanka

a senate claims
women can block rape sperm
with willpower!
throughout the night, I hear
walnuts hitting the ground

Yin, Yang, and Beyond, APTO Special Feature, October 2015

Shining Pigtail Haiku

the sway
of her shining pigtail . . .
first day of school

Brass Bell, September 2015

Dust Motes Tanka

Do you love me?
I love everyone
and no one ...
her last words like dust motes
hang in a slant of moonlight

Hedgerow, 49, Oct. 2 2015

Fight Tanka

on the way home
stuck in the middle
of our fight ...
suddenly, she looks up
at a shooting star

Gusts, 22, Fall/Winter 2015

Attic Room Tanka

a dog barking ..
winter moonlight
penetrates
my attic room
then my loneliness

Gusts, 22, Fall/Winter 2015

Immigrant Dream Tanka

from his pale mouth
you're overqualified 
like a hammer ...
my broken immigrant dream
and shards of memory

Gusts, 22, Fall/Winter 2015

Distinguished Poet

The Italian Haiku Society has announced the winners of the 2015 International Matsuo Basho Award. I was awarded a “Distinguished Poet” for the following haiku, which will be included in the anthology celebrating winning haiku.

alone

this starless night

tasting black

in twilight

cherry petals fall

without a sound

snow on snow...

her words fall

into my silence

Surfboard Haiku

between the blueness
of sky and sea
girl on a surfboard

VerseWrights, September 2015

Twilight Haiku

he said, she said
lingering in the room...
twilight deepens

VerseWrights, September 2015

Country Church Haiku

unlit votives
in a country church
the stale smell

VerseWrights, September 2015

Brown Spots Haiku

brown spots
on my graduation photo ...
my hands too

VerseWrights, September 2015

Illness Haiku

his day punctuated
by the beeps of a machine ...
cicadas cry

VerseWrights, September 2015

Rain Haiku

the steady patter
of rain on the roof ...
winter solstice

VerseWrights, September 2015

Sex Worker Haiku

the texture
of a sex worker's lips
Valentine's night

VerseWrights, September 2015