by the river

my thoughts

dive in

*Published on Cha No Keburi on 9/6/17 and translated into Italian by Lucia Fontana:

lungo il fiume
i miei pensieri
s’immergono

yellowed

the pages

of our love

*Published in the September 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

lost in thought

a moss-covered trail

brings me home

*Published in Issue #120 of Hedgerow: a journal of small poems

after death

mother says

she's alive

seven floors

below ground

finally safe

sacred geometry

my body aligned

with his

lucid dream

I rewrite

our story

parallel universe

a monster runs away

from me

*Published in Incense Dreams 1.2

Note: the following horror-themed haiku may contain images or subjects that some readers may find upsetting. 

Sunday morning
we exorcise the demon
of you

burnt sky
a sorceress warns
about the future

midnight
the ghosts of our past
flank my vision

hot breath
in my ear
chilled words

blindfolded
a voice whispers
don't scream

scarred and bruised
the hand reaching
for mine

chessboard
you move; I move
toward destruction

wasteland
I roam the empty streets
caked in regret

*Published in Issue 1.2 of Scryptic Magazine
**Sunday morning was selected for Scryptic's Best of 2017 - 2018 Anthology

hummingbird...

my thoughts come

and go

*1st place in the 21st Indian Kukai
**This poem was also featured on Haiku Commentary: 
https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2017/11/09/tiffany-shaw-diazs-hummingbird/

midday hike

our brief journey

on the same path

500-year-old tree

now I know

how the ant feels

foggy cliff

I step into

the unknown

rustling petals

thank you for the reminder

 to breathe

*Published in Akitsu Quarterly Fall 2017
**foggy cliff was published by The Daily Haiku (Charlotte Digregorio) on 10/3/17

melting snow

my heart

warms

*Published in the August 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

family reunion 

extra salt

and vinegar 

*Published in The Heron's Nest Volume XIX, Number 3: September 2017

ah...

hot water 

meets the teabag

cozy bath

my ally

in healing

daydream

to be the river

filled with light

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