Selected Tanka: Thin Film of Ice Tanka

the road covered
in a thin film of ice …
a teenager
raises her middle finger
to the evening sky

Micropoetry, Nov. 13, 2013

Selected Haiku: Sudden Stab Haiku

winter gust ...
a sudden stab
of homesickness

Micropoetry, November 14, 2013

Lonely Face Tanka

a year ago
or yesterday we parted?
staring
in the mirror
I see her lonely face

Micropoetry, Feb. 24, 2014

White Mist Tanka

December
the cruelest month
white mist
looms over me slowly
gets denser daily

Micropoetry, Feb. 23, 2014

Shadows Haiku

 for Paul Simon

Rhythm of the Saints ...
dancing naked with shadows
in my attic

Micropoetry, Feb. 27, 2014

Dark Thoughts Haiku

dark thoughts
clawing at my mind --
New Year's snow

Micropoetry, Feb. 25, 2014

A Tanka about Frog Haiku

for Basho

a frog jumps
in my haiku draft
ripples
to the page's edge
and beyond

Micropoetry, Jan. 13, 2014

Toys for Guns Drive Haiku

toys for guns drive
pop, pop, pop … filling the sky
with blood-splattered doves

Micropoetry, Dec. 5, 2013

Ten Thousand Pixels Haiku

starry night
in ten thousand pixels
her sparkling eyes

Micropoetry, Nov. 13, 2013

Zazen Haiku

zazen …
I’m blinded
by a ray of light

Micropoetry, Nov. 14, 2013

Sudden Stab Haiku

winter drizzle …
a sudden stab
of homesickness

Micropoetry, Nov. 14, 2013

A Haiku about My Old Dog

shadows
in and out of the room
my old dog

Micropoetry, Nov. 5, 2013

Icy Road Tanka

the road covered
in a thin film of ice …
a teenager
raises her middle finger
to the evening sky

Micropoetry, Nov.13, 2013

Gambling Addict Haiku

holding his baby
up to the winter sky
gambling addict

Micropoetry, Nov. 3, 2013

A Tanka about Anna Karenina

to be her age
again, surrounded
by that blue mist
my tanka acts like
Anna Karenina

Micropoetry, Nov. 1, 2013

Muskmelon Tanka

she cuts
a muskmelon in half…
I write
rewrite, and revise
my haiku of longing

Micropoetry, Oct. 31 2013

Fuji Apple Tanka

Fuji apple
in afternoon sunlight
on my plate
a bite is
a bite is a bite

Micropoetry, Oct. 30, 2013