so why choose

before i was the desert

i was the snow

and how satisfying

it is to have been

so many odd little things

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #26

 within

every rustle of wind

every breath of birdsong

behold

each one is

a divine work of art

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #26

 this late summer moon

you will never know

how much i delight

to dream within

your gentle glow

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #26

restoration

it is a rose

a distant galaxy

what beauty there is

in removing oneself

from the clash and clamor

of this heated world

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #26

milk & honey & the sweat of your gun

*Published by horror senryu journal on 9/16/22 

fistful of stones

now tell me

who is god

*Published by horror senryu journal on 9/16/22 

 like a feather

there are things

i want to tell you

such as the way

you move mountains

even the ones

i dared not even climb

but instead i will tell you

the sun seems brighter recently

or that i feel

a sudden lightness within my step

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #26

 here among the stars

even the ants know

that this moment is sacred

and yet no more special

than any other

i say

when the grass floats

in a river of wind

listen as the oak has done

for thousands of years

*Published in Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems #26

 on writing

it is one thing to see your poem

as you write it

but it is another to taste it

feel it

hear it

and breathe it in

as you write it

use all of your senses

and your creativity will bloom

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s New to Haiku column on 8/28/22