waiting

for night

a temple

opening

*Published in the July 2020 edition of is/let

making a joke of me one pine needle

*Published in the June 2020 edition of is/let

guns. We all choose different milks

*Published in the May 2020 edition of is/let

entertainment

the darkest possible

timeline

*Published in the May 2020 edition of is/let

orphan. In my palms, a freshly cut violet

*Published in the May 2020 edition of is/let

we stumbled over an unmarked grave. Her eyes

*Published in the May 2020 edition of is/let

it’s just the law dividing willows

*Published in the April 2020 edition of is/let

beatings. Like I said, after the sermon we

*Published in the February 2020 edition of is/let

as if it were dripping from each star. This night

*Published in the February 2020 edition of is/let

because it can winter howls

*Published in the February 2020 edition of is/let

rape. Things you learn from family

*Published in the August 2019 edition of is/let
**Reprinted in Haiku 2020 (Modern Haiku Press)

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

and then I heard the Psalms dueling the dead of night

*Published in the August 2019 edition of is/let

into June’s hymn I recast her death

*

my other name the redwood hums a processional

*Published in the May 2019 edition of is/let

on the edge of Orion 

honey

no need for lipstick

*

another dimension D# as Gb or cerulean

*

electric rainbow in the thick of the body

*Published in the January 2019 edition of is/let

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