Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka

Archive of Published Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka

2025

 

taking in
the neighbor’s mail—
too much information
Failed Haiku #110, July 2025

form and function
the teapot
a paperweight
Failed Haiku #110, July 2025
 

giving a voice
to quietude—
mourning doves
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8:2 May 2025

gathering a bouquet
of wildflowers
the bees follow me home
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8:2 May 2025
 

singing
in the rain
a cricket
rubs her wings
under a silk umbrella
Tanka Hangout - Ribbons Vol. 21.1 Spring/Summer 2025

early evening
shadows
settling in for the night
sparrows
singing in the rain
Ribbons Vol. 21.1 Spring/Summer 2025
 

after a long night
the moon
stays up all day
tsuri-dōrō  #24 May/June 2025
 

at a loss for words
the slow tick
of the cooling engine
Acorn Spring/Summer 2025
 

stick figuring out the family dynamic
Failed Haiku #109, May 2025

stormy weather
trimming another branch
from the family tree
Failed Haiku #109, May 2025

mercury vapor siren
the eerie glow
mercilessly lures
the saturniides
into perpetual orbit
Scifaikuest May 2025

 
escape hatch
a covey of quail
fly into the sun
Scifaikuest May 2025

Sun Ra—
intergalactic
Egyptian jazz
Scifaikuest May 2025

despair
a black hole
swallows the sun
Scifaikuest Online May 20255

chasing a herd of buffalo
across the open plain
a tear runs down my cheek
as my pony pulls up lame
Mother’s last dime
Contemporary Haibun Online (tanka prose), April 2025
 

closing time
pouring shadows
into the night
Failed Haiku #108, March 2025

stirring up
the autumn leaves
spring chickens
Failed Haiku #108, March 2025

aftershock—
grandma’s teacup
rattling in the cupboard 

Failed Haiku #108, March 2025

 

midwinter  
a patchwork of stubble
on the farmer’s chin
Semifinalist February 2025 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press March 2025
 

snow plows grumbling about the weather
modern Haiku vol.56:1, Winter 2025

 

choosing sides
a slight hesitation
before deciding
to release a firefly
from the spider’s web
Laurels, #3 - February 2025
 

waiting
for the sap to flow
a stack of firewood
bottle rockets # 52, February 2025
 

on a planet
that’s not Earth
a bird
that’s not a sparrow
pecks at my face shield
Scifaikuest February 2025

laser knife fight
the subtle scent of ozone
lingers in the air
Scifaikuest February 2025church picnic
 

church picnic
breaking bread
with the sparrows
tsuri-dōrō  #24 January/February 2025
 

midtown traffic
the rhythmic honking
of a tenor saxophone
Failed Haiku #106, January 2025

2024
 

as the nightingale sings
darkness settles
on a city under siege
Tan-ku for Ukraine December 2024

darkness
and a hard rain fall
on Kyiv
the answer . . .
still blowing in the wind
Tan-ku for Ukraine December 2024
 

shaking snow
from the pine boughs
an owl spreads her wings
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8:1 November 2024
 

gossip column a whispering pine
Failed Haiku #104, November 2024
 

space bar—
the rhythmic
tapping
of tentacles
on the dance floor
Scifaikuest October 2024
 

a parade of darkness lunar eclipse

Scifaikuest October 2024
 

leaning
on each other
the makeshift shelters
and old men
of an urban shanty town
Cattails - Fall 2024

a sliver of pie
on a silver platter
the waning moon
Cattails - Fall 2024

planting flowers
on an old battlefield
I unearth a toy soldier

Cattails - Fall 2024

 
speeding
through the station
the express train
shatters
my reflection
TSA  2023 Member’s Anthology 

 

abandoned lace mill
a chrysalis
clings to the milk weed

Acorn  Fal/Winter 2024
 

taking down
the tire swing
I find an empty nest
modern Haiku 55:3, Fall 2024
 

wildfire
twilight
all day
Semifinalist September 2024 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press October 2024
 

rolling thunder—
American muscle cars
flex their engines
HSA  2024 Member’s Anthology
 

newspapers           
and willow twigs
tangled in the branches
of an old oak tree
my homemade kite
Ribbons Vol. 20.2 Fall/Winter 2024

saving the words
to a poem
that Dad wrote
his handwriting
tattooed on her shoulder
Tanka Hangout Ribbons Vol. 20.2 Fall/Winter 2024
 

the first blossom
to fall
a stillborn child
tsuri-dōrō  #22 September/October 2024

migrant soul
ashes scattered
here and there
tsuri-dōrō  #22 September/October 2024

not two feet
off the trail
lady slippers
Heron’s Nest Vol. 26 # 3: September 2024

church supper
wafting through the air
the scent
of fried chicken
and burning books
Failed Haiku #102, September 2024

chainsaw massacre
the lumber company
makes a killing
Failed Haiku #102, September 2024

graffiti
scrawled above the urinal
a poem by Issa
Failed Haiku #102, September 2024

day moon
a cottontail disappears
into the hedgerow
Semifinalist August 2024 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press September 2024
 

an empty lot
littered with wildflowers
urban renewal
Trash Panda Vol.7  Summer 2024
 

beggar poet—
a dandelion
among the plastic flowers
bottle rockets # 51, August 2024
 

I woke up this morning
with dewdrops
in my shoes
Lord knows I got them old
transitory blues
Laurels, Vol. 1 #2 - August 2024
 

sweeping petals
off the floor
apology not accepted
tsuri-dōrō  #22 July/August 2024
 

spreading slowly
across the kitchen floor
a puddle . . .  of moonlight
Scifaikuest Online August 2024

 

backlight—
my shadow
leads the way

Scifaikuest Online August 2024
 

chandeliers
casting tangled shadows
on the subway wall
Scifaikuest Online August 2024

 

lost
in the clouds
sunrise
Scifaikuest Online August 2024

 

straddling
the edge of the ocean
now and then
Scifaikuest Online August 2024

 

Indian summer
catching some rays
in a jar of beach glass
Scifaikuest Online August 2024

 

tattered war flag
flapping in the breeze
the widow's veil
modern Haiku 55:2, Summer 2024
 

squirt gun
filled with vodka
a menace to sobriety
Failed Haiku #100, June 2024

subway graffiti
an uncurated display
of postmodern cave painting
Failed Haiku #100, June 2024
 

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yin . . .
and yang—
Chinese banquet

licking my lips—
fried duck tongues

Gil Jackofsky
Rick Jackofsky
Failed Haiku #100, June 2024

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rainy season
when the foothills
touch the sky
Semifinalist May 2024 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press June 2024
 

summertime
in the rearview mirror
an old beach sticker
tsuri-dōrō  #21 May/June 2024

horseshoe crab
on horseshoe crab
a public display of affection
tsuri-dōrō  #21 May/June 2024

summer rain
clinging to the screen door
a tiny tree frog
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 7:2 May 2024
 

summer solstice—
after the long day
a cabbage white
rests her wings
on the garden wall
Ribbons Vol. 20.1 Spring/Summer 2024
 

once-young love
dressed in morning mist
her hand in mine
we wade into the still water
of a cool mountain lake
Tanka Hangout - Ribbons Vol. 20.1 Spring/Summer 2024
 

the Icarus Project
embracing the madness
of the burning sun
Scifaikuest May 2024

shipwrecked
amid the tangled shadows
of Jupiter’s moons
we divvy up the last packet
of freeze-dried ice cream
Scifaikuest May 2024
 

waiting for a train
in the gray hour
before dawn
dewdrops gather
on the station bench
Cattails - Spring 2024

white caps
a flock of black-backed gulls
treading air
Cattails - Spring 2024

autumn wind
whistling through
a gap-toothed smile
Cattails - Spring 2024 

 

counting the fleas
on my sheep
another sleepless night
Failed Haiku #99, April 2024

dewdrop blues an eight-bar haiku
Failed Haiku #99, April 2024

kigo debate
a tsunami
in a tea cup
Failed Haiku #99, April 2024
 

sitting shiva
the moon shines through
a passing cloud
Acorn #52, Spring/Summer 2024
 

spotting
a modest sparrow
bathing in a puddle
the birder
turns his back
TSA 2024 Poetry Month Bird Special Feature
 

accompanied
by rattling windows
and the wind
whistling through the rafters
we dance 'til dawn

Contemporary Haibun Online 20.1, Tanka Prose, April 2024
 

climate change
the geese
stay put
Semifinalist March 2024 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press April 2024
 

squeaky clothesline
swaying in the wind
a jar of nuthatches
Failed Haiku #98, February 2024
 

swept up
by the autumn wind
a maple leaf
pinwheels
in the spider's web
Laurels, Vol. 1 #1 - February 2024
 

wiping the smile
off his face—
clown school dropout
bottle rockets # 50, February 2024

 

looking back
I see myself coming
the speed of light
Scifaikuest Haibun, February 2024

 

New Year’s Eve—
a bottle rocket explodes
between today and tomorrow
Semifinalist January 2024 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  February 2024
 

drone strike
swiping the blood
off our screens
Failed Haiku #97, January 2023
 

2023

 
bifocals—
my glasses
half-full
Failed Haiku #96, December 2023
 

two outs . . .
bottom of the ninth . . .
a fly ball to deep right
knocks an apple
off the foul pole
Failed Haiku #96, December 2023
 

a little bit of winter
slipping in through the cracks
a field mouse
HSA  2023 Member’s Anthology
 

autumn rain
filling a canoe
with wild rice
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 7:1 November 2023
 

listening
to the soundtrack
of an autumn day
the leaf blower
takes a solo
Ribbons  Vol.19.3- Fall 2023 

 

a firefly
shines brightly
before fading
into the good night
will we meet again?
Tanka Hangout Sanford Goldstein Tribute
Ribbons  Vol.19.3- Fall 2023
 

hungry koi
follow a silver coin
to the bottom
of the garden pool
wishful thinking
Ribbons  Vol.19.3- Fall 2023 (Tanka Prose)

 

riding shotgun
in Dad’s '57 Chevy
the wind in my hand
Cattails - Fall 2023

in the eye
of the storm
mourning doves
Cattails - Fall 2023

donning
a wool coat
despite the summer heat . . .
an old man
and a bumble bee
Cattails - Fall 2023

friendly fire—
rising from the ashes
scrub oak and pitch pine
Failed Haiku #94, October 2023

out of bullets
the bad guy throws his gun
faster and faster
the creaking
of my horse’s springs
Failed Haiku #94, October 2023
 

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last note
of a steel drum
a lingering memory

the sun sets
in Margaritaville

Gil Jackofsky
Rick Jackofsky
Failed Haiku #94, October 2023
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a blanket
of dandelions
on the pauper’s grave
Failed Haiku #94, October 2023

ducks
on the millpond
news from up north
Semifinalist September 2023 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  October 2023
 

late for supper
the cat
spits out a stink bug
Failed Haiku #93, September 2023
 

crumbling stone walls recall old disputes
bottle rockets # 49, August 2023
 

a family
of migrants
building a nest
under the freeway—
cliff swallows
Ribbons  Vol.19.2 Spring/Summer 2023

multitasking—
a new mother
works remotely
on her laptop
a colicky baby
Ribbons Tanka Hangout  Vol.19.2 Spring/Summer 2023

Ribbons vol. 19.3 Fall 2023  Member's Choice Honorable Mentiom
 

searching
for the right word
summer kigo 

Prune Juice #40, August 2023

 

neon lights
sizzling from dusk ’til dawn
buzz words
Failed Haiku #92, August 2023

maternity dress
paternity suit
it’s complicated
Failed Haiku #92, August 2023

humming along
with the motel ice machine
long haul truckers
Failed Haiku #91, July 2023
 

sparrows
twittering in a scarecrow's ear
conspiracy theories
Bird Whistle: Anthology of Bird Haiku 2023
 

folding time
and space . . .
a thousand cranes
Bird Whistle: Anthology of Bird Haiku 2023
 

autumn leaves another sticker on my windshield
Heron’s Nest Vol. 25 # 2: June, 2023
 

rising tide
a little buddha
surrenders his castle
Heron’s Nest Vol. 25 # 2: June, 2023
 

spring tide—
the Sea of Tranquility
keeps me up all night
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Vol. 6:2 - Spring/Summer-2023

 

darkness
and a hard rain fall
on Kyiv
the answer . . .
still blowing in the wind
Failed Haiku #90, June 2023
 

singing along
with a classic rock station
the lineman
plays a power chord
on his air guitar
Failed Haiku #90, June 2023
 

fog lights—
the morning glories
stay open all-day
Semifinalist May 2023 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  June 2023
 

kintsugi—
the scarred face
of a stray cat
Failed Haiku # 89, May 2023 

 

deep grooves
etched in lacquer
hill country blues
Failed Haiku # 89, May 2023
 

bird on the wire
a feather
in the busker’s cap
Semifinalist April 2023 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  May 2023
 

closing time
pouring shadows
into the night
Cattails Spring/April 2023
 

cattails stirring the morning mist a summer breeze
Cattails Spring/April 2023 

 

stretching
her mother’s arm
a little girl in yellow boots
splashes through a puddle  
of sunshine
Cattails Spring/April 2023
 

paw prints
on the kitchen floor
mud season
Failed Haiku # 88, April 2023
 

foghorns—
the disembodied voice
of herring gulls
Semifinalist March 2023 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  April 2023
 

Misterioso—
playing the blues
in black & white
the ghost
of Thelonious Monk
Ribbons Tanka Hangout  Vol.19.1 Winter 2022/23

stargazer—
a cool breeze
parts the clouds
revealing the moon
in her eyes
Ribbons  Vol.19.1 Winter 2022/23
 

dream catcher—
listening to the dawn chorus
a few notes to myself
2023 Golden Haiku Contest selection
 

a feather
in the busker’s cap
Concerto in D Major
2023 Golden Haiku Contest selection
 

one line each
our first threesome
a kinky senryu
Failed Haiku # 87, March 2023

trick knee
the magic show
is a flop
Failed Haiku # 87, March 2023

pow wow
fancy dancers—
the porta-potty queue
Failed Haiku # 87, March 2023

a toddler
eating popcorn
off the ground
gets scolded . . .
by an angry squirrel
Failed Haiku # 87, March 2023

going gray
a scurry of squirrels
accept me as one of their own
Semifinalist February 2023 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  March 2023
 

ginko walk
over and under
the dogwood flowers
Frogpond 46:1 Winter 2023
 

springing ahead
we reset—
the dawn chorus
Failed Haiku # 86, February 2023
 

water
under the bridge
the river comes and goes
Failed Haiku # 86, February 2023
 

two kittens
and a ball of yarn
quantum entanglement
Failed Haiku # 86, February 2023
 

fat tuesday
a layer of frost
on the lenten roses
bottle rockets # 48, February 2023
 

the past and future
in the palm of my hand
heirloom tomato seeds
Failed Haiku # 85, January 2023

rebooting—
on new year's day
fresh snow to cover our tracks
Failed Haiku # 85, January 2023
 

2022

leaves turning
in the autumn wind
I lose my place
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Vol. 6:1 - December 2022
 

the gray area
between two seasons
woodsmoke
Treveni Haikai India/ Open Sky, December 4, 2022

 

play by play
he passes the football
to himself
Contemporary Haibun Online, December 2022
 

the moon
howls back
#metoo 

Contemporary Haibun Online, December 2022

holding on
to the past
a cicada shell
clings to the ribs
of my old canoe
Ribbons  Vol.18.3 Fall 2022 

 

seeking shelter
from the storm
he builds a fence
to keep the world at bay
hikikomori
Ribbons Tanka Cafe Vol.18.3 Fall 2022

 

filling the space
between two stars
a cricket song
Failed Haiku # 83, November 2022

coming down
from the mountain
early winter
Semifinalist October 2022 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  November 2022
 

sumi-e
a murmuration
of starlings
Frogpond - vol. 45, #3 - Autumn 2022
 

heatwave—
a housefly slips out
through a hole in the screen
Acorn Fall 2022  #49
 

coming in
from the rain
squeaky shoes   
Failed Haiku # 82, October 2022
 

an old man
sparring with demons
his shadow lands a punch
"dawn returns" HSA  2022 Member’s Anthology
 

summer cottage
a bird’s nest
in the mailbox
The Heron’s Nest Vol 25 # 3 - September 2022
 

freight train
graffiti scrolling by
a tattooed lady
Failed Haiku # 81, September 2022
 

sidewalk cafe
watching the busboy
a white-throated sparrow
bottle rockets # 47, August 2022
 

the distant
cry of a cuckoo
echoes
from the edge
of a forgotten dream
Contemporary Haibun Online, August 2022
 

making a splash
the frog prince dives
into the dating pool
Failed Haiku # 80, August 2022
 

drawing
a line in the sand
Irish moss
Semifinalist July 2022 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  August 2022
 

budget deficit
filling potholes
the morning mist
Prune Juice #37 July 2022
 

at the edge
of a summer day
sandpipers
Semifinalist June 2022 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  July 2022
 

spring cleaning—
stowing our woolies
we discover
a colony of spiders
have rewired the attic
Ribbons Vol.18.2 Spring/Summer 2022

summer's end
the ebbing tide of time
leaving behind
an old fisherman
and the echo of an osprey's cry
Ribbons Tanka Cafe Vol.18.2 Spring/Summer 2022

french press
a dark roast lingers
on our lips
Frogpond - vol. 45, #2 - Spring/Summer 2022
 

in the wake of the flood a puddle of sunshine
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal # 5:12, Spring/Summer 2022

 

as the crow flies
a butterfly meanders
through a summer day
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal # 5:12, Spring/Summer 2022
 

summer winding down the river half full
The Heron’s Nest Vol 25 # 2 - June 2022
 

saying nothing
about everything
empty shells
Haiku 2022 - Modern Haiku Press

 

hailstones
on the barracks roof
a military tattoo
Failed Haiku # 77, May 2022
 

dockside cafe
people come and go
with the tide
Failed Haiku # 77, May 2022
 

teetering
on the edge
of a black hole
I’m starting to have some doubts
about these GPS* directions

*Galactic Positioning System
TSA National Poetry Month Special Feature - April, 2022
 

squeaky wheel
a Friend arrives late
silence pauses
Failed Haiku # 76, April 2022
 

howling at the moon a pack of lies
Failed Haiku # 76, April 2022

the nature channel
watching a hungry cougar
stalk a young buck
Failed Haiku # 76, April 2022
 

tapping trees
in the sugarbush
a northern flicker
Semifinalist March 2022 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  April 2022
 

a crowd gathers
around the middle of nowhere
Zoom meeting
Golden Haiku Selection March 2022

 

reaching up
to steal the sun
kudzu vines
The Heron’s Nest Vol 24 # 1 - March 2022

harvest moon
my roommate sings
a cricket song
The Heron’s Nest Vol 24 # 1 - March 2022
 

swaddled
in fine silk
a house fly
Failed Haiku # 75, March 2022

social distancing
six light years apart
pandemic politics
Failed Haiku # 75, March 2022

cock
a doodle
doo
everyday the same
rooster haiku
Failed Haiku # 75, March 2022

 

synesthesia
developing a taste
for the blue notes
Prune Juice #36 March 2022

working class
roots and branches
do the heavy work
while leafy crowns dance
in the summer breeze
Self Portrait - TSA 2021 Member’s Anthology March 2022
 

twilight’s shadows


gathered by the setting sun


a flock of crows 

brings darkness


home to roost

Ribbons Vol.18.1 Winter 2022
 

the chatter
of an angry wren
scolding the cat
from her nest in the eaves
squatters’ rights
bottle rockets # 46, February 2022

 

quantum mechanics watching a pot boil
Failed Haiku # 74, February 2022

 

stargazing—
a night owl dives
into the milky way
Semifinalist January 2022 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  February 2022
 

2021

 

saying nothing
about everything
empty shells
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal # 5:1, Autumn/Winter 2021-22
 

tinnitus—
a cricket harmonizes
with the ringing in my ears
Failed Haiku # 72, December 2021
 

folding time 

and space . . . 

a thousand cranes
Visiting the Wind - HSA Member’s Anthology 2021
 

making room
for little boxes—
a bulldozer
buries a boulder
left by a glacier
Ribbons Vol.17.3 Fall 2021
 

a
belly
full of coins
plastic buddha
Frogpond - vol. 44, #3 - Autumn 2021
 

blackbirds roosting
on an idle backhoe
the graveyard shift
Failed Haiku # 71, November 2021

Indian summer—
for the green tomatoes
too little too late
Failed Haiku # 71, November 2021

 

a garden gone to seed
butterflies stumble
in the autumn breeze
Semifinalist October 2021 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
New York Seikatsu Press  November 2021
 

no respect
for the border
english ivy
Acorn Fall 2021
 

a webbed foot
steps into the gene pool
random drift
Failed Haiku # 70, October 2021

 

senior trip—
having a flashback
while my shopping cart
circumnavigates
the produce department
Failed Haiku # 70, October 2021

bent by the wind
an old salt trims his sails
in an empty bottle
Semifinalist September 2021 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

NY Seikatsu Press October 2021 

 

open all night
the snap crackle pop
of neon lights
bottle rockets - #45, August 2021
 

a fan hums
while mosquitos dance
on the ceiling
Failed Haiku # 68, August 2021

the funhouse mirror shows my good sides
Failed Haiku # 68, August 2021

interrupting
the dawn chorus
a rooster crows
once for the sunrise
then again just for show
Failed Haiku # 68, August 2021

 

climbing a mountain the color of the sun
Semifinalist July 2021 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

NY Seikatsu Press August 2021

 

a collection
of beach glass
and empty shells
recalling the things that time
and tides have left behind
Ribbons Vol.17.2 Spring/Summer 2021

making a point
the cat sharpens her claws
on the new sofa 

Window Seats: A Contemporary Anthology of Cat Haiku & Senryu 2021

 

sparrows
twittering in a scarecrow's ear
conspiracy theories
Prune Juice - #34, July 2021
 

ex-athlete
his body becoming
a stranger
Failed Haiku # 67, July 2021

muscle beach
parking lot queue
tan lines
Failed Haiku # 67, July 2021

mayflies
ripple still water
speed dating
Failed Haiku # 67, July 2021

diagonal lines
in a woodblock sky
the driving rain
Failed Haiku # 67, July 2021

even in Manhattan
I long for Manhattan
clam chowder
Failed Haiku # 67, July 2021
 

pissing
in the snow
stargazer
Failed Haiku # 67, July 2021 

 

tacking
into the wind
a black-backed gull
Semifinalist June 2021 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

NY Seikatsu Press July 2021

 

cricket frog—
leaping from a lily pad . . .
to the moon
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal  #4:2, Spring/Summer 2021

scattered clouds . . . a cormorant comes up for air
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal  #4:2, Spring/Summer 2021

flying fish
in the company of clouds
koinobori
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal #4:2, Spring/Summer 2021

someone else’s life
flashes before my eyes
ebay estate sale
Failed Haiku # 66, June 2021

instagram—
her carefully crafted
spontaneity
Troutswirl June, 2021

Third Place The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai, May 2021
 

the cry of a loon
piercing the morning mist
a red canoe

NY Seikatsu Press June 2021 

Semifinalist May 2021 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest 

 

planting a garden
flowers and vegetables
for my deer friends
Failed Haiku # 65, May 2021

two bag ladies
sharing a bagel—
with pigeons
Failed Haiku # 65, May 2021

bits of broken glass
make the parking lot sparkle
on a moonlit night
ten more body bags
in the shopping cart corral
Failed Haiku # 65, May 2021

symbiosis—
stepping out
of the sea
Failed Haiku # 65, May 2021

glistening
in the morning sun
snail trails
Acorn Spring 2021

 

the competition
for best reggae band
dreadlocked
Failed Haiku # 64, April 2021

bob white
and the meadowlarks
spring tour
Failed Haiku # 64, April 2021

a haiku moment
Schrödinger’s caterpillar
becomes a butterfly
Failed Haiku # 64, April 2021
 

the grey area

between two seasons

woodsmoke

Semifinalist March 2021 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest 

NY Seikatsu Press April 2021

 

at the end
of a rainbow
marigolds
2021 Golden Haiku Contest Selection 

the frayed edge
of a gravel road
cornflowers
The Heron's Nest Vol 23 # 1 - March 2021

 

rain-soaked
pint-sized captains
in yellow boots
racing paper boats
the dixie cup regatta
Failed Haiku # 63, March 2021

a steady diet
of coffee grounds
and banana peels
the bittersweet life
of a compost worm
Failed Haiku # 63, March 2021

 

dive bar buzz—
neon lights
and mosquitos
Frogpond - vol. 44, #1 - Winter 2021
 

clinging
to the morning glory
dew drops
bottle rockets - #44, February 2021

flies buzzing
around a dead elephant
conspiracy theories
Failed Haiku # 62, February 2021

the groundhog
emerges from a pothole
an urban legend
Failed Haiku # 62, February 2021

the magician
pulls a mixed metaphor
out of the blue

Failed Haiku # 61, January 2021
 

the promise
of distant thunder
a wet dream
Failed Haiku # 61, January 2021

 
 

A
stone
standing
in the garden
mountain pose
Failed Haiku # 61, January 2021

 

2020

 

looking back
my twenty-twenty
hindsight
Failed Haiku: Journal of English Senryu  # 60, December 2020
 

drifting by
the autumn moon
a red canoe
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal # 4:1, Autumn/Winter 2020-21

sprouting
from leafless branches
blackbirds
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal # 4:1, Autumn/Winter 2020-21
 

waiting
for the dust to settle . . .
he’s out
Bundled Wildflowers - Haiku Society of America 2020 Members Anthology

the flash of a firefly
followed by rolling thunder  
one Mississippi . . .
Frogpond - vol. 43, #3 - Autumn 2020

ringing bells
and rattling bones
smith corona   
Frogpond - vol. 43, #3 - Autumn 2020

hanging basil
and canning tomatoes
what’s left of summer

Semifinalist October 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

NY Seikatsu Press November 2020

 

after a mild winter
mushrooms sprouting
from the woodpile

failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu  #58, October 2020
 

summer lingers
in the cool evening air
a few fireflies
Semifinalist September 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

NY Seikatsu Press October 2020

busybodies
spreading gossip
they call it news 

failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu  #57, September 2020 
 

summer romance
the sizzle of bottle rockets
and cicadas
The Heron’s Nest  September 2020

 

heatwave—
the cricket's song interrupted
by a lovers' quarrel
Semifinalist August 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

NY Seikatsu Press September 2020

missing teeth
the old man smiles
with his eyes
bottle rockets – #43, August 2020

fading light—
in the spider’s web
a firefly
July Semifinalist 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
NY Seikatsu Press August 2020

snapping chalk lines as the crow flies

failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu #55, July 2020 

stray dog
at the butcher’s door
a bag of bones
modern Haiku #51:2, Summer 2020 
  
sandlot heroes the roar of cicadas
Semifinalist June 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
NY Seikatsu Press July 2020
 
on the road
to Genbaku Dome
cherry blossoms
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal # 3:2, Spring/Summer 2020

baby greens
taking the first bite
a garden snail
Frogpond - vol. 43, #2 - Spring/Summer 2020

music in the air
a pigeon drops a feather
in the busker’s hat
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu #53, May 2020

moonlight serenade
a mockingbird courting
our rusty gate
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu #53, May 2020

reflections
in a broken window
I see right through . . . myself
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu #53, May 2020

mother’s day—
a bouquet of flowers
in sixty-four colors
Semifinalist May 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
NY Seikatsu Press June 2020<
Bronze Prize Ito En Haiku Grand-Prix 2020 

the city
turned upside down
memorial pool
Acorn—#44, Spring, 2020

waiting . . .
for the light to change
writer's block
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu - #51, March 2020  

what kind
of chicory is this?
cafe´au lait
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu - #51, March 2020

empty shells
bleached by the sun
mostly 12 gauge
bottle rockets – #42, February 2020
 
my secret longing
for her sensuous curves
the neighbor’s guitar
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu - #50, February 2020  

a secret kept
under my pillow
wonder woman 
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu - #50, February 2020

a painted lady
spreads her wings
shavasana
Frogpond – vol. 43, #1, Winter 2020

in the eye
of the storm
Xanax 
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu - #49, January 2020

shadows
roll around motel walls
just passing through
failed haiku: Journal of English Senryu - #49, January 2020

New Year's Day
a blanket of snow
covers our tracks
Semifinalist January 2020 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
NY Seikatsu Press February 2020 


2019

a thousand raindrops in a footprint left behind
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal #3:1, Fall/Winter 2019

desert canyon
the sound of water
written in stone
Heron’s Nest vol. 21, #4, December 2019

eyes peeled
they still don’t see
potato heads
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #29, November 2019

dancing
in the street
hailstones
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #29, November 2019

snapping chalk lines as the crow flies
A Moment’s Longing:
Haiku Society of America 2019 Members Anthology

stretched to the limit
a wave breaks
its silence
Frogpond – vol. 42, #2, Autumn 2019

a coin
standing on edge
no decision
bottle rockets – #41, August 2019

beach club
the fisherman joins
a flock of gulls
Semifinalist August 2019 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

two sides
of the story
a mixtape
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #28, July  2019

snakes
roll their eyes
at the craps table
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #28, July 2019

fireflies—
lightning
in a bottle
Semifinalist July 2019 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

filling

an empty birdbath

moonlight
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal #2:2, Spring/Summer 2019

wildflowers

climbing a mountain

late spring
Semifinalist May 2019 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

summer of love
watching the war
in black and white
Frogpond – vol. 42, #1, Spring/Summer 2019

I am Groot,

I am Groot, I am Groot,

I am Groot
Honorable Mention 2019 Leading Edge Magazine Sci-Faiku Contest

Leading Edge issue #74, April 2019

arms akimbo

she closes the door

with a hip check
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #27, March 2019

bit by bit—

the cat clears

my desktop
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #27, March 2019

the neighbor’s dog

barking between today

and tomorrow
Prune Juice Journal of Senryu - #27, March 2019

the first

sign of spring

it’s a fastball
2019 Golden Triangle Haiku Contest Selection

the shadow

of an old friend dances
in empty shoes
Semifinalist March 2019 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

the edge
of the ocean
ruffled lace
Semifinalist January 2019 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest
Bronze Prize Ito En Haiku Grand-Prix 2019


2018

first light—
a sparrow sings
the sun up
Semifinalist October 2018 Ito En Art of Haiku Contest

listening
to a moonlit night
Hank Williams
Frogpond - vol. 41, #3 - Fall 2018

maple leaf     
dancing in the wind
game over
Four Hundred and Two Snails:
Haiku Society of America 2018 Members Anthology
 
shadows casting darkness through an open door
Honorable Mention 2018 Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Contest
The Heron’s Nest – Vol. 20, 2018

clocks ticking
the timeless patter
of spring rain
Frogpond – vol. 41, #2, Spring/Summer 2018