Sunday, December 31, 2017

This Old Sweater

I don't mind change. A new haircut. A new hobby. Life's short, right? But for whatever reason, my favorite album hasn't changed in 20 years.

every day
the same sun
warms my veins

*Published in Contemporary Haibun Online, vol 13 no 4

Saturday, December 30, 2017

rainbow sky
when I forget
life is beautiful 

umbra
the things I hide
from myself 

embers
our friendship 
slowly ends

winter night
my shadow slips
into a dream

*Published in Incense Dreams 1.3
**rainbow sky was inducted into the issue’s Cave of Resilience

Friday, December 29, 2017

octopus
this bed
of nails

mist over moon the blame of rape

what were you saying these tentacles in me

into the mouth of violet burning night

*Published in the December 2017 edition of is/let

Thursday, December 28, 2017

office politics
a cheetah licks
the bone clean

*Published in Frameless Sky Issue 7

Monday, December 25, 2017

starless night
I say my apology
to the wind

*Published in the December 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

Friday, December 15, 2017

frozen lake
another bout
of writer's block

*Published in Issue #122 of Hedgerow: a journal of short poems

Thursday, December 7, 2017

mother's funeral
the cool touch
of regret

*Selected haiku, NHK World Haiku Masters: December, Week 1

Sunday, December 3, 2017

hallelujah!
good hair
on a rainy day 

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