silver lining

in the blizzard

moonlight

*Published in the January 2020 issue of Stardust Haiku 

plot

twist

the

home

without

ghosts

*

desert

this how are you

fine thanks

*Published by Weird Laburnum on 1/16/20

One Drop

At some point, 

in the lifespan of my soul,

I want to know what it’s like

to be one drop of rain.

To fall from the sky and splash

into a flower,

and then linger

in its luxurious core.

Perhaps I could then,

every so slowly,

like the beginning of a rollercoaster,

dive from petal to ground,

and then nestle myself deeper,

deeper, deeper

into the warmth

of an inviting earth,

simply to rest forever

in her arms.

*Published by Dear Reader on 1/15/20
**Published in the Coshocton Public Library System’s Pandemic Spring: Poems to Get Us Through on 4/2/20

bass solo

rumbles of thunder

shake me awake

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 1/11/20

before we were human the sparrow’s call

*

midnight

don’t we all

birth a universe

*

moonlit grass when our lives converge

*

free

if only

a theory

*Published by Heliosparrow on 1/10/20

*The first poem was short listed for The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Individual Poem Award

blank canvas

the earth covered

in fresh snow

*

a brush

of color

...spring returns

*

the Master’s Hand

flowers here

and there

*

a few leaves

redden

...chiaroscuro

*

endless art

nature’s glory

throughout the year

*Published in the winter 2020 edition of The Bamboo Hut

Elegy in 4/4

Neil Young once sang

it's better to burn out

than to fade away     which was

also    coincidentally

quoted at the end of Kurt Cobain’s

suicide note

we're always fixated     on youth

aren't we?

better to be famous when

old men can     sexualize // monetize you

when you

look taut in bikinis and heels

as saliva drips on

the magazine spread

your legs

Christina Aguilera once sang

you gotta rub me the right way

as a teen     and even as a teen I

knew that was super creepy

but that’s still played

on the radio     and we all

listen to it     bob our heads

sing along like

whatever

have you ever thought that     when Britney

the Spears one     went batshit

and shaved her head

maybe that was the first thing

she could do

for herself

*Published in Kissing Dynamite Issue 13