Saturday, October 31, 2020

 cyanide twilight
in dreams i am
the hunted

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 10/31/20

Thursday, October 29, 2020

 before death
did we gnash our teeth
in despair

a bluebird needn’t ask
if the air
will lift her feathers

*Published by Human/Kind Journal on 10/28/20

Note: This is the debut of the poetic form, Socratic verse, which I created. If you are interested in writing your own, here is the blueprint: At the heart of Socratic verse is a desire to explore the unknown, both internally and externally, through lyrical and surreal dialogue. Each part consists of 1 - 5 lines. 

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

distant bonfire
a bit of hickory climbs
through my window

*Published in the October 2020 issue of Stardust Haiku 

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

 lockdown...
but you never said
i couldn’t
travel the world
within my mind

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 10/27/20

Monday, October 26, 2020

 it begins
with a howl
blood moon

*Published by horror senryu journal on 10/26/20

Friday, October 23, 2020

 sometimes

the only thing
i know to be true

is that the sun has risen
somewhere
brightly in our sky

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 10/23/20

Thursday, October 22, 2020

 a deeper
ache in my bones
full COVID moon

*Published by Haiku in Action on 10/22/20

Sunday, October 18, 2020

this piece of amethyst
i hold in my hand
what secrets
have you kept
during your long life

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 10/18/20

Monday, October 12, 2020

 at night, watching the mist rise

as fate would have it
i looked out my window
at just the right time
to watch a thick mist rise up
from a darkened lake

now had this event stopped there
i would have been content

but nature
has never been withholding
of her beauty

the mist continued rising
above the treetops
and then turned left to brush
her white silk against
the roofs of impending homes

but where she went from there
i will never know

because nature
has never been withholding
of her mystery

*Published by Central Coast Poetry Shows on 10/12/20

Friday, October 9, 2020

 moonlight falls
upon a quiet city
sometimes
a bit of magic
is so ordinary

*

another month
of social distancing
i share
my aches and dreams
with the curbside rose

*Published the 2020 edition of Under the Basho (Tanka section)

Sunday, October 4, 2020

awaiting
the cooler days of fall
i curl into
a book 
as thick as the moon

*

it’s late at night

and i might be
the only one awake

to watch the softness
of your breath
lay upon our home

*

first the lightning
then the thunder
when a dream
finds parts of my soul
i had yet to discover

*

that feeling 
when you first wake up

here but so far away

i want to hold on
to that moment
just a few seconds longer

*

after rising from sleep
waves of life
crash upon me

perhaps it’s a good thing
i have always loved

an untamed ocean

*Published in the autumn 2020 edition of The Bamboo Hut

Friday, October 2, 2020

I’m happy to announce that my third e-chapbook, tyranny of the familiar (Yavanika Press 2020), can now be purchased here. This collection of haiga was made in collaboration with the poet, Peter Jastermsky, and features 20 pieces of my art.
 when the rest of the world
is asleep

listen carefully

this is when
life speaks to us
through poems

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 10/1/20

Thursday, October 1, 2020

 early fall
i skip the dress
for a tie

*Published by Haiku in Action on 10/1/20 with the following note: “a celebration of gender fluidity”
 focus

your breath
upon my words

you are
safe within
this space

*

each time

I build walls
around myself

the spring air
somehow
knocks them down

*

I wrestle

with a desire
to disappear

not to start over
but
to never be found

*

in my life

a lot of lines
have blurred

like the ones
dividing dreams
and nightmares

*

it is late
and I am
so very cold

but I cannot look

away from
these stars

*Published in from my window (the cherita book 40)
*The last cherita was designated as a cherita lighthouse (editor’s choice)