now and then

salvation through

a zinnia

*Published in the August 2022 issue of Stardust Haiku 

in your pulse the softness of violet

*Published by Scarlet Dragonfly Journal on 8/20/22

hidden oak

teach me to live

without hubris

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 8/10/22

almost

instinctively you reached

for my body // hip hold

for comfort

you know i would have preferred

a beginning in the ending

i found another

tepid soul to consume my tongue

swan dive into a pool

of molten water

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 8/10/22

 magenta a melodic stream

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 8/5/22

an endless ocean

such are

the dreams of mine

*Published in the August 2022 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal