Selected Tanka: Red Shoe Box Tanka

a waning moon
at the nursing home
she shows me
the red shoe box stuffed
with cards from her son

Wah, 2:1, April 2015

Selected Haiku: Pacific Shore Haiku

Pacific shore ...
between each wash of the moon
hometown memories

Wah, 1:1, April 2014

World of One Color Tanka

side by side walking
in the world of one color
I see her
hunting for words to break
this snowy silence

Wah, April 2015

French-Kiss Tanka

under the tree
two teenagers french-kiss ...
idle on the porch
I faint with longing
to enter her backdoor

Wah, April 2015

Nursing Home Tanka

a waning moon
at the nursing home
she shows me
the red shoe box stuffed
with cards from her son

Wah, April 2015

Prairie Tanka

her blue eyes
with a hint of green ...
between the sky
and the tall-grass prairie
I stand alone

Wah, April 2015

Music Tanka

the upbeat
Happy New Year music
bounces off the tiles
one face looks in the window
while the other looks out

Wah, April 2015

Pacific Shore Haiku

the Pacific shore ...
between each wash of the moon
hometown memories

Wah, 1:1, April 2014

Blue-Eyed Teens Haiku

budding cherry petals ...

three blue-eyed teens greet me

with middle fingers 

Wah, 1;1, April 2014

Hunter's Moon Haiku

hunter's moon ...

pacing back and forth

in my attic 

Wah, 1:1, April 2014

Burnt Barbie Doll Haiku

winter skies
a burnt Barbie doll
in the debris

Wah, 1:1, April 2014

A Haiku about Rolling Blackouts

between

rolling blackouts

fireflies

Wah, 1:1, April 2014