Selected Tanka: Bird and Mouse Tanka

like a bat
trying to be both bird and mouse
I waver
Eric one moment
Chen-ou the next

A Handful of Stones, March 10 2011

Selected Tanka: Crumpled Balls of Poetry Tanka

the garbage bin
overflows with crumpled balls
of poetry...
looking out the window
I see winter stars blinking

A Handful of Stones, February 22, 2011

Selected Tanka: Snowflakes and Stars Tanka

the space
between falling snowflakes
the black
between fading stars
I can't see what I see

A Handful of Stones, 22nd Jan, 2011

Selected Senryu: Pumpkin Carriage Senryu

the pumpkin carriage
makes its first appearance:
her New Year's dream

A Handful of Stones, Dec. 31st, 2010

Selected Kyoka: Middle East Kyoka

working in
sunny Silicon Valley
an Israeli Jew
shops around for
Palestinian hummus

A Handful of Stones, October 23, 2010

Selected Short Poem: River of Words Poem

I drink the silence
of the crescent moon
in a river of words

A Handful of Stones, June 13, 2010

A Tanka about Burg Square

on his T-shirt
to hell with water
give me Belgian beer ...
hugging in Burg Square
we drink summer moonlight

A Handful of Stones, March 19, 2014

Offshoring Jobs Haiku

offshoring jobs...
the last glow of sunset
at the horizon

French Translation by Serge Tome

délocalisation des emplois ...
la dernière lueur du soleil couchant
à l'horizon

A Handful of Stones, March 8, 2014

When Night Falls

on a bullet train
I read Remembrance of Things Past
outside my soul's window
a dark blue sea

A handful of Stones (March. 25, 2011)

A Tanka about Identity

like a bat
trying to be both bird and mouse
I waver
Eric one moment
Chen-ou the next

A Handful of Stones

A Tanka about Writing

the garbage bin
overflows with crumbled balls
of poetry...
looking out the window
I see autumn stars blinking

A Handful of Stones (Feb.22, 2011)

A Tanka about Urban Life

driving on
the 401 in rush hour
a blur
of red brake lights
the sun sinks behind the horizon

A Handful of Stones (Feb. 17, 2011)

Snow Tanka

the space
between falling snowflakes
the black
between fading stars
I can't see what I see

A Handful of Stones (Jan. 22)

New Year Senryu

the pumpkin carriage
makes its first appearance:
her New Year's dream

A Handful of Stones (Dec. 31, 2010)

Moon Tanka

Taiwan mooncake
hangs low in the autumn sky
mother and I
stand on Pacific coasts…
who first has a bite?

A Handful of Stones (Nov., 17, 2010)

A Tanka about the Middle East

working in
sunny Silicon Valley
Israeli Jews
shop around for
Palestinian hummus

A Handful of Stones (Oct., 23rd, 2010)

A Short Poem about Racism

go back
to where you come from --
a stream of my piss
Lake Ontario unmoved

A Handful of Stones

A Short Poem

days
whirl past...
drunken forest fire

A Handful of Stones (August, 22)

A Short Poem

alone
in autumn moonlight
I long for
a spring breeze

A Handful of Stones (July 30, 2010)

Sound on Sight

snow on snow…
notes of cherry song in spring

A Handful of Stones (June, 27, 2010)