an old schooner
lowering her sails
at twilight
I stand on the shoreline
of this ragged longing

GUSTS, No. 18, Fall/Winter 2013
Korean market
she gives me my change
with both hands

Prune Juice, Issue 10, July 2013
the slow waltz
of a few snowflakes
by my window...
how many of his gestures
have I overlooked

A Hundred Gourds 2:4, September 2013
garage sale
a leaf spins onto
the stack of 45s

Frogpond 36:2, Spring/Summer 2013
stepping off
the path that was laid
for me
I discover berries
among the bramble

Red Lights, Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2013
morphine drips
into her frail body...
lying in wait
among the tree veins
a hawk's dark form

Moonbathing 8, Spring/Summer 2013
morning after
the bombing
birdsong

Haiku News Volume 2, No. 18, May 2013
a paper lantern
set adrift on the river...
the light dims
inside you as you float
farther from my reach

Skylark 1:1, summer 2013
stubbled hills
bristle against the face
of a winter moon...
again this nameless itch
stirs deep within me

A Hundred Gourds 2:2, March 2013
tree lighting...
for a moment
I forget to grieve

Acorn #30, Spring 2013

fading colors
in her tapestry
the widow
weaves a new life
thread by thread

GUSTS No. 17, Spring/Summer 2013
morning frost
on tulip petals...
her words
vanish before
they reach my heart

GUSTS No. 17, Spring/Summer 2013
an archaeologist
of sorrow and wonder
I excavate
this stony field
for fragments of poems

GUSTS No. 17, Spring/Summer 2013
sliding down
his lifeless cheek
a teardrop
still warm
to my touch

Ribbons 8:3, Winter 2012
purple hues
in her silver hair
autumn twilight

Modern Haiku 44.1, Winter/Spring 2013
the mauve bloom
of a Christmas rose
bursts through snow —
part of me thrives
even in the darkest winter

Moonbathing 7, autumn/winter 2012-2013