apartment life

the gift of earplugs

on Valentine's

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 2/14/18

sub-zero

our exhale

louder than words

*Published in the January 2018 issue of Stardust Haiku

yin and yang

after Chopin

Nine Inch Nails

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 1/14/18

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

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

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

office politics

a cheetah licks

the bone clean

*Published in Frameless Sky Issue 7

starless night

I say my apology

to the wind

*Published in the December 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

frozen lake

another bout

of writer's block

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

mother's funeral

the cool touch

of regret

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

hallelujah!

good hair

on a rainy day 

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

match strike

a sudden whisper

of truth

*Published in the November 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

cloudy night

the moon and I

disappear

unemployed

my long commute

to an empty fridge

*Published in Issue #59 of Presence

starlight

I remember

who I am

*Published in Issue #121 of Hedgerow: a journal of small poems

thistle

an old wound

surfaces

rough bark

the untold stories

of my body

*Published in the 2017 issue of Under the Basho (Modern Haiku section)

squiggles on paper

my niece says

it's a dinosaur

sisters

after all these years

friends

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

graveyard

the secrets

I keep

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 10/31/17
*2018 Dwarf Stars Award Nominee

dragonfly

a ripple forms

on quiet water

*Published in the fall 2017 issue of Acorn: a journal of contemporary haiku

grapevine

our words vanish

in the mist

*Published in the October 2017 issue of Stardust Haiku

the long road home

still

incomplete

*Published in Chrysanthemum 22 along with a German translation:

die lange Straße nach Hause
noch immer
nicht fertig

heated argument

my curls refuse

to straighten

group therapy

I place a 6-pack

on the table

*Published in the October 2017 issue of Cattails

crickets

when we discuss

assault

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 10/11/17

alone

even the wind

avoids touch

*9th place in the European Quarterly Kukai #19

forest fire

our Mother

weeps

*Published by My Haiku Pond's 2nd Annual Haiku for Change Event (2017) in conjunction with 100 Thousand Poets for Change

quiet storm

I close my eyes

to listen

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