moonlight

a rose unfolds

within the silence

*Published in the June 2021 issue of Stardust Haiku 

 ghost moon

i just want you

to see me

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 6/25/21

a warbler sings

to an audience of dust

in dreams

i am always stuck

in the wrong universe

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 6/23/21

moon after moon the ache of being

*Published in Cold Moon Journal on 6/23/21

stomach punch

and yet

i was born

*Published in Suspect Device Zine (Turning Japanese #5)

**Nominated for The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Individual Poem Award by the editor

dusty attic

the scent of

a grimoire

*Published by horror senryu journal on 6/21/21

from pink to violet

to the darkest indigo

this sunset

has touched my soul

in places i had forgotten

*

between the lands

of awake and sleep

a melody

rises from each tulip

waiting for your touch

*Published in the spring 2021 edition of The Bamboo Hut

 a quiet pond

reflects a pool of stars

this must be

what it feels like

to reach the gates of Heaven

*

the rain is gentle

and the wind is soft

today i vow

to bottle up and save

this moment of ahh

*

my thumb caresses

this piece of moonstone

i wonder

whose hands loved you

long before mine

*Published in the spring 2021 edition of The Bamboo Hut

 lost

when i don’t see

the lyricism in the steady

march of ants

and when i don’t feel

the expansiveness

of a night without a moon

then i know

i have lost myself

in the fray of this

modern world

*

a quick prayer

to breathe in

this rain-soaked night

before i rest

in the arms of grace

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #23

 beneath the covers

a bird trills

then a rumble of thunder

responds

this is

my favorite type

of morning

*

from above

like a streak of lightning

pummeling its way

through sodden clouds

your voice

transcends the darkness

of my boiled thoughts

*

come here

a poem

is a safe space

in which to open

up your heart

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #23

 awake

perhaps i will sleep

another day

another day when

the moon isn’t

so full and luminous

and the blackbird isn’t

so sweet and beautiful

*

where truth resides

in the pause

between your voice

and mine

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #23

 fine-toothed comb the crescent moon in my bones

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 6/13/21

what could have been the sound of rain

*Published in Paradigm Shift: The Travels of Rain on The Haiku Foundation’s website

 before sunrise shaking off a phantom moon

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 6/8/21

echoes in a vacant house regret

*Published by horror senryu journal on 6/4/21

in your snow the Lydian moon rises

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 6/2/21

through these doors

the wind

remains

*Published in Door to Door: Doorway on The Haiku Foundation’s website

 a robin then a wren

oh how i love

this sticky dawn

*Published in the June 2021 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal