Category: HAIKU, TANKA AND SHORT POEMS

• June 24, 2024

  Tanka 7

  the old man gropes for the rest of his memory …a sickle moonin the western sky Slightly revised version of a tanka first published in hailukATHA, Issue 32, June 2024.
• June 24, 2024

  Tanka 6

  strainsof bhimpalasion a cloudy afternoon …dad’s youthful smilecaptured in sepia First published in haikuKatha, Issue 32, June 2024
• June 11, 2024

  Haiku 132

  drip dripher silence thawing First published in Mariposa 50, June 2024
• May 16, 2024

  Haiku 131

  empty pitcherthe woman walks mileswith a baby in arms First published in Haiku Dialogue, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 15 May, 2024
• May 5, 2024

  Haiku 130

  zen gardena lizardsumming me up First published in Failed Haiku, Volume 9, Issue 99
• April 23, 2024

  Haiku 129

  mirrormy daily appointmentwith mortality First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 30, April 2024
• April 23, 2024

  Haiku 128

  old pondBashō’s frog searchingfor a mate First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 30, April 2024
• March 17, 2024

  Haiku 127

  the bird-feederon my sun-scorched balconysilence First published in First Literary Review–East, September 2023
• March 17, 2024

  Haiku 126

  cold morninga phone call from herunder the quilt First published in First Literary Review-East, September 2023
• December 17, 2023

  Haiku 124

  a heronby the lakeshorelaughter club First published in Mariposa 49, Autumn-Winter 2023