This Old Sweater

I don't mind change. A new haircut. A new hobby. Life's short, right? But for whatever reason, my favorite album hasn't changed in 20 years.

every day

the same sun

warms my veins

*Published in Contemporary Haibun Online, vol 13 no 4

rainbow sky

when I forget

life is beautiful 

umbra

the things I hide

from myself 

embers

our friendship 

slowly ends

winter night

my shadow slips

into a dream

*Published in Incense Dreams 1.3

**rainbow sky was inducted into the issue’s Cave of Resilience

octopus

this bed

of nails

mist over moon the blame of rape

what were you saying these tentacles in me

into the mouth of violet burning night

*Published in the December 2017 edition of is/let

office politics

a cheetah licks

the bone clean

*Published in Frameless Sky Issue 7

starless night

I say my apology

to the wind

*Published in the December 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

frozen lake

another bout

of writer's block

*Published in Issue #122 of Hedgerow: a journal of short poems

mother's funeral

the cool touch

of regret

*Selected haiku, NHK World Haiku Masters: December, Week 1

hallelujah!

good hair

on a rainy day 

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