morning calm

a young blackbird

finds her voice

*Published in Wild Plum 3:2 (fall/winter 2017)

mid-argument the subjunctive chimes in

*Published in Sonic Boom Issue Nine

warm day

he calls me

missus 

*Published in The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network) on 8/4/17

midnight sun
the last stage
of grief

*Published by Ama no gawa on 7/31/17 and translated into Italian by Elisa Allo:

sole di mezzanotte

l’ultima fase
del dolore