Day and Night

A wedding gift haiku set for Frameless Sky's editor, Chrissi

lovers' trail 

the flicker of your smile

as butterflies mate

steam in the shower

your body and mine entwine

into one

Frameless Sky: "Gift Me a Love Poem," December, 2023

Snowy Silence Haiku

snow on the way home

s   t   r   e   t   c   h   i   n   g

the silence between us

Frameless Sky, 18, 2023

Midnight Wake Haiku

midnight wake

watching my son

watching his son

Frameless Sky, 18, 2023

Different World Tanka

these happy faces

in my wedding album 

with frayed edges ...

a different world in colors

now beyond my reach

Frameless Sky, 18, 2023

Migration Tanka

snow geese migrate

from north to south, south to north ...

wherever we go

with books, house plants and dog

my love and I stay rooted 

Frameless Sky, 18, 2023

Kyiv Home Tanka

shards of glass

on the living room floor

the pianist 

plays Chopin one last time

before fleeing her Kyiv home

Frameless Sky, 16, 2022

Smoky Haze Haiku

smoky haze

in his battledress breast pocket

a baby photo

Frameless Sky, 16, 2022

Same Old, Same Old Tanka

same old, same old...

I stare into the eyes
of the white-haired man
in my bedroom mirror 
on this New Year's Eve

Frameless Sky, 15, 2021

Cicada Droning Haiku

cicada droning

nothing new to say
under the sun

Frameless Sky, 15, 2021

Crane Rising into the Light Tanka

after layoffs

the first outing

with my dog ...

I see a crane rising

into the light

Frameless Sky, 13, 2020

One Breath Away Tanka

the pull

of my girlfriend's hand . . .

one breath away

from a red butterfly

coupled with another

Frameless Sky, 13, 2020

Infectious Silence Tanka

mornings once throbbed

with the chorus of robins
wrens, warbler . . .
now my mind darkens
with this infectious silence

Frameless Sky, 2020

Patch of Sunlight Haiku

six feet apart

between my neighbor and me
a patch of sunlight

Frameless Sky, 12, 2020

Endless Blue Haiku

the endless blue
of the Aegean Sea ...
smell of summer

Revision Frameless Sky, 11, 2019

Hush of Crickets Haiku

hush of crickets
from trees in the front yard--
For Sale

Frameless Sky, 11, 2019

Selected Tanka: Barren Field Tanka

alone
with my thoughts --
an owl
drifting moth-like
over the snowy field

Revision, Frameless Sky, 3, 2015

Selected Haiku: Snow on Snow Haiku

snow on snow ...
listening to the silence
between us

Frameless Sky, 2, 2015

Selected Haiku: Divorce Haiku

I want a divorce...
the snap, snap, snap
of bean pods

Frameless Sky, 2, 2015

Selected Tanka: Red Cardinal Tanka

a red cardinal
between heaven and earth
the grassy fields
of my desire for her
roll on under the sun

Frameless Sky,1, December 2014

Shadow Kicking Haiku

kicking
at my shadow ...
April snow

Frameless Sky, 4, 2016