Ohio-Kentucky border

the same cornfield

on both sides

*Published in Modern Haiku 48.2

full moon

an overnight nurse

says a prayer

*Published in Haiku in the Workplace: Working Late on The Haiku Foundation's website

exiting thunder

the slow acceptance

of what is

*Published in the June 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

morning kayak trip

we discuss mother's illness

in deeper water

driving home

the one sycamore

I never noticed

shifting priorities

my harp

collecting dust

*Published in Akitsu Quarterly Summer 2017

ripe cherry

he studies

my lips

*Published on Ama no gawa on 6/19/17 and translated into Italian by Elisa Allo:

ciliegia matura
lui studia
le mie labbra

up my spine

icy fingers pluck

phantom strings

bitter wind

one vulture circles

a moonless void

doomsday clock

the rhythmic scrape

of death's scythe

*Published in Issue 1.1 of Scryptic Magazine
**doomsday clock was selected for Scryptic's Best of 2017 - 2018 Anthology

late spring

a wild rose

greets the sun

*Published on Memorie di una geisha on 6/13/17 and translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo:

tarda primavera

una rosa selvatica

saluta il sole

summer heat

his hand

traveling lower

musk and bergamot

what he has left

on my sheets

*Published in Frameless Sky Issue 6

first mammogram

my robe

slips away

and then

my dignity

*Published in Issue #16 of Moonbathing

blue flowers...

the way he says

I'm sorry

*6th place in the 20th Indian Kukai

office retreat

I reconsider

my drink limit

*Published in Haiku in the Workplace: Office Retreat on The Haiku Foundation's website

smashed eggs

my brain

post-Facebook

writer's block

a cat versus

the red dot

news-free day

high of 75

and sunny

*Published in Issue #18 of Failed Haiku

pizza for breakfast

my inner child

giggles

*Published in the June issue of brass bell: a haiku journal