Wednesday, April 8, 2026

The Passion

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the glow of fireballs in a dead baby's eyes the stone cross tilted Silhouetted against the half collapsed and blood-splattered wall, the...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Anything New outside St Peter's Basilica?

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a magical-realism tanka prose written on Pope Leo XIV's first day as dusk deepens a white-haired refugee's shadow slips into the chu...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Easter Lily Haiku

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Easter lily a curl at each edge deepens NeverEnding Story, April 6 2026 Added: Jesus Wept war news on mute ... the sound of Easter rain chur...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Easter Sunday Haiku

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Easter Sunday as the churchyard mist parts another grave NeverEnding Story, April 5, 2026 Added:   What Will Come Next? in Easter sunshine a...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Golden Glow Tanka

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one year older as sunlight floods the bedroom, a golden glow brightening each corner ... Death and I minds apart Chrysanthemum, 35, 2025 Ger...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Father's Ashes Haiku

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winter fog heavier than expected father's ashes Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 9:1, 2025
Thursday, April 2, 2026

First Frost Haiku

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my breath curling through my wife's first frost Asahi Haikuist Network, Nov. 7 2025
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Youthful Face Tanka

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my wife braids our daughter's hair with lullabies ... my five-year-old self gazes at Mother's youthful face Fireflies' Light, 32...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Anxiety Wolf Tanka

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in the moonlit dark its eyes gleam, jaws slather and teeth gnash... this anxiety wolf stares at me while dizzy, breathing fast Fireflies...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Whitewashed Road Sign Tanka

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The Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXXXVIII: "a whitewashed road sign" dust swirling past "<-- Tarqumia, Jerusalem --...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Law Is King

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Trump Empire, Inc , XC written for No Kings protests just a dream, and yet ... the mountain lion roars to grazing sheep: once elected as you...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Election Buzz Senryu

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blowflies around last night's leftovers ... election buzz Fireflies' Light, 32, October 2025
Friday, March 27, 2026

Trade War News Haiku

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yellowing leaves  astir in the night wind ... trade war news Fireflies' Light, 32, October 2025
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Spiral Slide Haiku

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last rays of sunset the curves of laughter  down a spiral slide     tsuri-dōrō, 30, Nov/Dec. 2025
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Full Moon Haiku

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a full moon  in barren maple branches tangled thoughts of home O2 Haiku, October 31, 2025
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Family Retreat Haiku

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family retreat the riverfront garden fireflying our eyes O2 Haiku, October 29, 2025
Monday, March 23, 2026

Redwood Hike Haiku

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My haiku is now  on display in Washington DC's Golden Triangle as part of the 2026 Golden Haiku Competition .
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Another Snowstorm Tanka

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another snowstorm … in a world of one color I watch passersby each of us drifting alone together NeverEnding Story, March 22 2026 Added: a b...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

An Immigrant Poet's Reflection on Writing the Suffering of Others

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"Merely to say, to see and say, things 
as they are,” grows loud ... and louder in a corner of my mind as moonlight slants through the ...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Give me your tired, your poor ...

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the Stars and Stripes in my migrant friend's wrinkled eyes the spring that once was American dream somewhere over the rainbow detention ...