shattering into crystal clear insights

-Mayfly (Issue 76, February 2024)

Haiku Published in 2024

drifting
into the conversation
a maple leaf

-Presence (Issue #78, 2024)

thorn by thorn
the rose tattoo
sinks in

-#FemkuMag (March 2024)

clearing the birdbath
of leaves
another one settles in

-Chrysanthemum (Spring 2024)

a sliver of mint…
what the moon
might taste like

-Modern Haiku (Issue 55:2, Summer 2024)

slipping through
his fingers
notes on the saxophone

-Chrysanthemum (Spring 2024)

shaking off
her jitters –
jitterbug

-tsuri-dōrō (Issue 21, May/June 2024)

glacier melt
tears
from his blue eyes

-tsuri-dōrō (Issue 20, March/April 2024)

climbing
all over the cottage
wild roses

-Wales Haiku Journal (Spring 2024)

that extra hesitation
before stepping outside –
bikini

-Haiku Girl Summer (June 8, 2024)

deep in the forest
cottonwood fluffs drift
out of time

-Haiku Girl Summer (June 3, 2024)

the raven
trying on
the wren’s voice

-Frogpond (Volume 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024)

honey and violets
a taste
of my imagination

-Frogpond (Volume 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024)

picnic weather
my date
with apricots

-Haiku Girl Summer (July 19, 2024)

rapture within the grape’s light

-Frogpond (Volume 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024)

naive & adam

-Winner of Judge’s Choice Award in Marlene Mountain Contest, #FemkuMag Issue 36 (September 2024)

something romantic
about this rain…
hawthorn woods

-#FemkuMag issue 37: Autumn/Winter 2024

steam p(i)nk
her style
mixes with his

-#FemkuMag issue 37 (Autumn/Winter 2024 )

at therapy
talking about everything
but that

#FemkuMag issue 37 (Autumn/Winter 2024)

morning chorus
I clear my throat
to join

-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2024)

unknown
to us
the language of daisies

-Haiku Girl Summer (July 29, 2024)

vigil…
the elm
in a circle of lost leaves

-Frogpond (Volume 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024)

wild night
the sheets in a tangle
on the clothesline

-First Frost (Issue 7, Spring 2024)

asking where
to check in
at the check-in desk

-Pulse (January 26th, 2024)

Created in collaboration with Kristen Satkas;
first published in #FemkuMag (Issue 35)

trampled underfoot
the just-before-celebrated
maple leaves

-Modern Haiku (Issue 55:1, Winter/Spring 2024)

the ocean
collecting
every shade of blue

-Haiku Society of America (HSA) membership anthology 2024

lingering in the rain-soaked kiss

-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2024)

negligee
as if dressed
by moonlight

-#FemkuMag Issue 36 (September 2024)

height of summer
her snake tattoo
flicks its tongue

-#FemkuMag issue 37 (Autumn/Winter 2024)

hidden
in the peach
a pit

-Kingfisher (Issue #10, October 2024)

hush…
tiny white flowers
in bloom

-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2024)

twist of pepper
he asks a question
about my past

-The Heron’s Nest (Volume XXVI, Number 4: December 2024)

first snow —
she places his hand
on her belly

-#FemkuMag (March 2024)

holding the bouquet
an extra moment…
the cashier

-3rd Place Winner in Betty Drevniok Award (May 2024)

the cold
before the taste –
watermelon

-Haiku Girl Summer (June 12, 2024)

honeycomb light
we sleep in
till midday

-Haiku Girl Summer (June 4, 2024)

scrubbing herself
with sunshine
the tiny sprite

-Frogpond (Volume 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024)

sea breeze
my nose leads me
to the beach

-Haiku Girl Summer (June 2, 2024)

doors flung open
the grand entrance
of wind

-Frogpond (Volume 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024)

Raspberry Lane
I give myself a moment
with the words

-Presence (Issue 79, 2024)

old French farmhouse
deep in lavender
a bumblebee

-Haiku Girl Summer (July 26, 2024)

a firefly here and gone my epiphany

-Haiku Girl Summer (August 11,2024)

if sunlight
had a voice…
goldfinch

-Haiku Girl Summer (August 29, 2024)