cyanide twilight

in dreams i am

the hunted

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

 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. 

distant bonfire

a bit of hickory climbs

through my window

*Published in the October 2020 issue of Stardust Haiku 

 lockdown...

but you never said

i couldn’t

travel the world

within my mind

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

 it begins

with a howl

blood moon

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

 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

 a deeper

ache in my bones

full COVID moon

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

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

 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

 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)

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

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

 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)