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
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
summer afternoon
the sound of ancient dreams
from the pan flute
only souls
remain in the ground
celestial bodies
a far cry
from what I crave
departing cranes
I forget
what I wanted to say
the oriole’s call
touched by the ghosts
of dead children
soap bubbles burst
grey winter dawn
the charcoal portrait
of an old man
first published in Presence, July 2024
the opiate
of wanderers
field poppies
first published in Tsuri-dōrō, July/August 2024
I follow
the barman’s shaker
my mixed-up life
first published in Tsuri-dōrō, July/August 2024
crex crex
the corncrake calling
in Latin
first published in Wales Haiku Journal, summer 2024
a long drought
the church reemerges
from the reservoir
first published in Modern Haiku, summer 2024
confession
sunlight coming through
the stained glass window
first published in Cattails, April 2024
light from the dawn
of the universe
our first night
childhood garden
when the rhubarb
was sweet
first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal,
spring-summer 2024
as white as bone
a row of poplars
in early dusk
first published in Acorn, spring 2024
taking shelter
in an acoustic shell
the sound of rain
first published in Cattails, April 2024
hoarfrost
the hope to be
a late bloomer
first published in Chrysanthemum, April 2024
coming back
from the funeral
all but my mother
first published in Chrysanthemum, April 2024
as immortal
as possible
strawflower
first published in Tinywords, May 2024
spring shower
I sink into
my Danaë
white cream flowers
of black elderberry
impostor syndrome
the closer
the quieter
bluebells
Golden Haiku Poetry Competition 2024, second place
winner
departure
the ruts in a dirt road
frozen hard
first published in Wales Haiku Journal, winter 2023/24
so light, so heavy
a butterfly settles
on the granite slab
first published in Presence, March 2024
molto mesto
the flutist takes
a deep breath
first published in The Heron’s Nest, March 2024
winter graveyard
wrapped in a white scarf
a woman in black
first published in Przekrój, winter 2023
dying
the old dog learns
a new trick
first published in Przekrój, winter 2023
metamorphoses
of our love
rose petal jam
first published in Przekrój, winter 2023
