Haiku Published in 2022 and earlier
brushstrokes
her shape
in his hands
-Mayfly (Issue 72, 2022)
sparklers
my fingertips
touch his arm
-Frogpond (Volume 45:2, Spring/Summer 2022)
windswept hair caught up in a kiss
-#FemkuMag (Issue 34, November 2022)
gossip
a venus flytrap
snaps shut
-#FemkuMag (Issue 34, November 2022)
reaching into sunbeams
her hand comes back
with a pear
-The Heron's Nest (December 2022)
you’ll get through it
the utter confidence
of everyone else
-The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Per Diem (November 2022)
pulled taut
all his anger
in that one word
-Cattails (April 2022)
returned from war
the only one he talks to
his tiny niece
-Frogpond (44:3, Autumn 2021)
crème brûlée
on my tongue
those syllables
-Failed Haiku (May 2021)
warm cocoon
the last few minutes
under the covers
-Failed Haiku (May 2021)
hard cider
that tingly feeling
before the kiss
-#FemkuMag (July 2021)
a
single
flute
lifted
to
my
lips
tipsy
on
cham-
pagne
-Failed Haiku (Issue 62, January 2021)
snowy evening
all the light
that stays outside
-Modern Haiku (52:2, Summer 2021)
shadow of the blinds
stretching across my keyboard
a ship’s rigging
-Failed Haiku (June 2021)
wind in the reeds
long after their deaths
ripples
-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2021)
gone the way
of forget-me-nots
my first love
-Wales Haiku Journal (Spring 2021)
my lifeline
and he doesn't
even know it
-Failed Haiku (August 2021)
a fisherman
on the far bank catches
my gaze
-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2020)
mango sorbet
he kisses her
as it melts
-Presence (Issue 74, November 2022)
parting petals the most delicate touch
-#FemkuMag (Issue 34, November 2022)
grains of salt
on my fingertips
catching light
-Shamrock (Issue 47, March 2022)
a redbud's veins
magnified
by a dewdrop
-Shamrock (Issue 45, 2021)
blackberry wine
a starry night
in each sip
-The Heron’s Nest (September 2021)
afterward
resting his hand
on her naked hip
-#FemkuMag (April 2021)
faking it so well
the chameleon
loses its identity
-Failed Haiku (May 2021)
trying to determine
if he's looking at me —
group zoom call
-Prune Juice (Issue 33, March 2021)
dragon scales on the spoon a coating of vinaigrette
-Failed Haiku (Issue 62, January 2021)
the impact of his yell in my chest stonewalled pastures
-Haiku Society of America (HSA) Anthology 2021
each time
a virgin
to the pain
-#FemkuMag (October 2021)
rowing a boat
into the lake
into the sky
-The Heron’s Nest (March 2022)
after the funeral
a rainstorm
scatters peonies
-Blithe Spirit (31.2, 2021)
deemed worthless still he refuses to chop down the tree
-Frogpond (Winter 2021)
crash of waves
a sandpiper
skitters back
-Presence (Issue 70, July 2021)
quiver
in my body
a dewdrop
-#FemkuMag (April 2021)
cradling me
in its words
the fantasy novel
-Failed Haiku (August 2021)
folded wings
a million questions
I keep to myself
-Longlist for 2021 Trailblazer Haiku Contest
nightfall...
a hint of chili pepper
in the dark chocolate
-Acorn (Fall 2021)
clover flowers
strewn through dark grass —
so many stars
-Under the Basho (September 2020)
cherry blossoms…
the painter
sets down his brush
-Winner of the 2022 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Invitational (USA Category)