the speed

of lightning

this life

*Published in the April 2022 issue of Stardust Haiku

 in closing

may you not succumb

to the encroaching darkness

but instead

shine brighter

than you have ever shined

in your entire life

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #25

silent symphony

a field of wildflowers

sways with the breeze

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 4/20/22 

 interlude

can i admit

i miss being touched

held, desired or even

seen

divorce is brutal like that

when i need love most

it is ripped

away

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 4/17/22

 how the bluebells bloom within me

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 4/14/22

read it until you believe it

you

are not a secluded river

or an island surrounded

by treacherous waters

you

are connected to all living beings

and have the power

to heal a critically wounded world

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #25

 only the voice

of a magnolia

i am healed

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 3/6/22