Selected Tanka: Dream and Reality Tanka

after the divorce
her side of the bed taken
by winter moonlight ...
alone at a border fence
between dream and reality

Lyrical passion E-Zine, 2013

Selected Tanka: Death Toll Tanka

the death toll
rises to one thousand ...
in the rubble
a man and a woman
entwined in an embrace

Lyrical Passion E-Zine, 2013

Selected Tanka: Bruised Apples Tanka

the smell
of bruised apples
simmering
in the summer heat...
a blood stain on her shirt

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

Selected Tanka: Father and Daughter Tanka

Father cries out
but you're a girl ...
my sister stands
with her legs apart
urinating

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2012

Selected Haiku: Gunfire Haiku

July 4th fireworks ...
ducking the gunfire
in his head

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2102

Selected Haiku: Scooping the Moon Haiku

drinking alone...
I scoop the harvest moon
from the river

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, July 7th, 2012

Selected Tanka: Summer Stars tanka

summer stars
hang nearly within reach
her parting words
whisper through the grass
that pillows our heads

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2012

Selected Tanka: Chain-Smoking Tanka

a spot
on her right lung --
he chain-smokes
for the rest of the day
in front of the TV

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2011

Selected Haiku: Blue-Eyed Boys Haiku

crickets droning . . .

blue-eyed boys in a circle

Speakee Engrishee

Revision, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, September 17, 2011

Selected Tanka: Foreclosed Home Tanka

in the depths
of a winter night
the mailbox
of a foreclosed home
click-clack, click-clacks...

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2011

Selected Tanka: Leash Tanka

my dog
seems to know the length
of its leash
I've no clue
how to measure nostalgia

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2011

Selected Tanka: Paper-Thin Wall Tanka

all that noise
through the paper-thin wall
in my motel room
I start counting
summer stars in the window

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2011

Selected Senryu: Survivor Senryu

watching Survivor...
they all wear Che Guevara
T-shirts

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, 2011

Mayflies Haiku

mayflies swarm ...
abortion-herb
boiling

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

Lotus Pond Haiku

I get my head
out of the clouds
lotus pond at dawn

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

Snowman Haiku

what are
our original nature?
snowman and I

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

Divorce Tanka

after the divorce
her side of the bed taken
by winter moonlight ...
alone at a border fence
between dream and reality

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

EKG Flatline Tanka

beeeeeeep!
of the EKG flatline ...
that summer night
the blood-red juice dripped
from a corner of her mouth

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

A Tanka about Golden Village

faded curtains
fluttering at a window
in winter twilight
his grandson stands alone
before Golden Village

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine

A Tanka about Parting Words

I promise
not to make any more
promises ...
her parting words
mingle with snowflakes

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine