no need

 

no need

to understand

lake reflections

 

first published in Chrysanthemum, April 2025

 

 

 

the first day

of retirement

morning glories

 

first published in Chrysanthemum, April 2025

 

 

 

the moonlight on the river holding me in place

 

 

Lenten time

 

Lenten time

my soul gets drunk

on evening rain

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, spring 2025

 

 

 

a lone swan

in a flooded field

spring melancholy

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, spring 2025

 

 

 

a human being

longing for being human

hawthorn blossoms

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, spring 2025

 

 

crescent moon

 

crescent moon

the empty cradle

in that room

 

first published in Modern Haiku, winter-spring 2025

 

 

 

my muse

with a finger on her lips

summer evening

 

first published in Presence, March 2025

 

 

 

the old bridge

over the lazy river

a slow train home

 

 

 

abandoned graveyard

 

abandoned graveyard

the barely audible

breath of wind

 

first published in The Heron’s Nest, March 2025

 

 

 

black spots

on yellow leaves

melancholy

 

 

 

ending the day

on a high note

a song thrush

 

 

Chopin’s heart pickled

Chopin’s heart pickled

in a jar of alcohol

autumnal willows

 

first published in Tsuri-dōrō, January/February 2025

 

 

 

a white cup

on a mahogany table

winter twilight

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2024/25

 

 

 

contemplating

the winter emptiness

this cluttered mind

 

 

no ceasefire

 

no ceasefire

the heat lingers

into night

 

first published in Presence, November 2024

 

 

 

autumn leaves

I too feel at times like

letting go

 

first published in Tsuri-dōrō, November/December 2024

 

 

 

a windswept beach

the time when life was

easy-breezy

 

first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, November 2024

 

 

summer night

 

summer night

I grope my way

to her heart

 

first published in Modern Haiku, Autumn 2024

 

 

 

chilly morning

dead moths at the bottom

of the lantern shade

 

first published in Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2024

 

 

 

river of autumn

a lone tear flows down

the withered face