Carp Soup Tanka

looking out a window
across Lake Ontario
the aroma
of crucian carp soup
fills the gaps in my heart

VerseWrights, September, 2014

Note: Crucian carp soup is one of China’s favorite dishes

Moon Haiku

Lake Ontario water
cupped in my hand --
Formosa ’s moon

A handful of stones (21.4.2010)

(Note: In 1544, a Portuguese ship sighted the main island of Taiwan and named it Ilha Formosa , which means " Beautiful Island ")