shrapnel...

but all i want

is the soft touch of rain

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 3/27/22

**Translated into French by Serge Tome for Temps Libres during the week of May 15th - 21st

I press

my brush to paper

a streak

of dark red paint

says what I cannot

*Published in Chrysanthemum 27 along with a German translation

support group

in every face

a mirror

*Published in Chrysanthemum 23 along with a German translation

**Selected for inclusion in Haiku 21.2 (a best-of-decade anthology) in 2025

the long road home

still

incomplete

*Published in Chrysanthemum 22 along with a German translation:

die lange Straße nach Hause
noch immer
nicht fertig

by the river

my thoughts

dive in

*Published on Cha No Keburi on 9/6/17 and translated into Italian by Lucia Fontana:

lungo il fiume
i miei pensieri
s’immergono

midnight sun
the last stage
of grief

*Published by Ama no gawa on 7/31/17 and translated into Italian by Elisa Allo:

sole di mezzanotte

l’ultima fase
del dolore

potted lavender

our differences

set aside

*Published by Memorie di una geisha on 7/29/17 and translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo:

lavanda in vaso
mettiamo da parte
le nostre differenze

ripe blackberry

for one moment

the world is still

*Published on Cha No Keburi on 7/2/17 and translated into Italian by Lucia Fontana:

mora matura

per un momento il mondo

rimane immobile

ripe cherry

he studies

my lips

*Published on Ama no gawa on 6/19/17 and translated into Italian by Elisa Allo:

ciliegia matura
lui studia
le mie labbra

late spring

a wild rose

greets the sun

*Published on Memorie di una geisha on 6/13/17 and translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo:

tarda primavera

una rosa selvatica

saluta il sole

morning cumbia

a little espresso

then a little more

*Published by Ama no gawa on 5/7/17 and translated into Italian by Elisa Allo

Cumbia al mattino
Un po’ di espresso
poi un po’ di più

crimson sunset
what you've said
what I've said

spicing things up
one side of the room
painted orange

one yellow sock
one blue
whatever - no one looks

*Published in the May issue of brass bell: a haiku journal
**crimson sunset was translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo on her blog Memorie di una geisha:

tramonto cremisi
quello che hai detto
quello che ho detto

mimosa tree

her dress climbs

a little higher

*Published in the March 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku
**This haiku was translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo on her blog Memorie di una geisha:

albero di mimosa
il suo abito sale
un po’ più in alto

autumn dusk

the lengthening

of solitude

*Published in Hedgerow: a journal of small poems issue #109
**this haiku was translated into Italian by Eufemia Griffo on her blog Memorie di una geisha:

crepuscolo d'autunno
il prolungamento
della solitudine

howling wind

the last time

we spoke 

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 2/11/17
**Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu in NeverEnding Story on 5/11/18