potted lavender

our differences

set aside

*Published by Memorie di una geisha on 7/29/17 and translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo:

lavanda in vaso
mettiamo da parte
le nostre differenze

open window

moonlight sneaks in

with the breeze

farmers' market

shoppers Instagram 

the rainbow

*Published in Issue #58 of Presence 

tornado

where my car

used to be

*Published in The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network) on 7/21/17

sudden chill

doors open

to a stranger

*Published in Haiku in the Workplace: Elevator Awkwardness on The Haiku Foundation's website

eventide

two lovers gaze

at the Northern Lights

*Published in The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network) on 7/7/17

July heat wave

the office AC starts

an early retirement

*Published in Haiku in the Workplace: The Broken Air Conditioner on The Haiku Foundation's website

ripe blackberry

for one moment

the world is still

*Published on Cha No Keburi on 7/2/17 and translated into Italian by Lucia Fontana:

mora matura

per un momento il mondo

rimane immobile

gallery opening

his tie

a starry night

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 7/2/17

night's edge

what I can no longer

ignore

forgiveness

deep in the forest

soft light

uncharted land

this life

beyond skin

at home

in my body

new dawn

*Published in Issue #118 of Hedgerow: a journal of small poems

Mother's Day

I tiptoe around

the past tense

*Short-listed for the 2nd Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest