Crow Haiku

a crow's cry...
the village stillness
deepens

Shamrock, 21, Spring 2012

Solitude Haiku

dying embers...
reciting Neruda
to myself

Simply Haiku, 9:1, Spring 2011

Snow Haiku

silence punctuated
by falling snowflakes…
another dawn

Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Sketchbook

Solitude Gogyohka

I gaze
from the height
of my study
gauging the world
by the size of solitude

September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

Solitude Tanka

English Original:

I close
the valves of my heart
to the world of red dust
solitude and I
are now of the same race

Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta

塵の世に心臓弁を我閉じる孤独と我は今同種なり

(Note: Red dust is a Buddhist set-phrase for the world and its passions)

Akita International Haiku Network (Oct. 30, 2010)

Alone by a Garden Pond

The moon meditates in the stillness
of waters. Insects and frogs hold

their breath, listening to silence.
A row of willows sways gently

in serenity. Captivated,
I find my words lost in ether.

December 2009 issue of Word Catalyst