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
