was

without

wanting

*Published by Heliosparrow on 4/29/21

 spiced tea

a little twilight

birdsong

*Published in the April 2021 issue of Stardust Haiku

 how long must i wait

for the night to become

a kindred spirit

hold out your hand

and feel the warmth around

each hidden rose

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 4/19/21

 this year

a feast

of worms

*Published by horror senryu journal on 4/16/21

 solitude

how i water

my garden

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 4/15/21

 in the long

dark hallway of memory

is there light

in dreams

we occasionally slide into

the body of another

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 4/13/21

 lyrics to “beautiful (if u want it to be)”

this must be how

the fox feels

when her coat tingles with

the magic of star

becoming eternal

as the laws of geometry

unspool & reveal

harmonics unknown

to simple blood

& the moon

is vibrant enough

to transform rain falling

gently

upon decaying leaves

into soft jewels

*Performed by my friend paul, a musical side project of Tiffany Shaw-Diaz, on ep 03

 ROYGBIV

the voice of the sun ascending     red

with a dash of orange     in my bones

a cardinal sings     for the sky now yellow

drumming into my bed     a song bursts

through my walls     the way green

shapes a budding orchid     turning

its head to greet     a day full of promise

and yet i have known blue     breathed it in

then released     the indigo found

within uncharted depths     but at night

i still make room in my heart     for the whisper

of a violet horizon     begging me home

*Published in issue 1 of horse egg literary