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

now and then

salvation through

a zinnia

*Published in the August 2022 issue of Stardust Haiku 

in your pulse the softness of violet

*Published by Scarlet Dragonfly Journal on 8/20/22

hidden oak

teach me to live

without hubris

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 8/10/22

almost

instinctively you reached

for my body // hip hold

for comfort

you know i would have preferred

a beginning in the ending

i found another

tepid soul to consume my tongue

swan dive into a pool

of molten water

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 8/10/22

 magenta a melodic stream

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 8/5/22

an endless ocean

such are

the dreams of mine

*Published in the August 2022 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal

 everything i no longer crave after the forest

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 7/30/22

shh...

the stars

are speaking

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 7/27/22

fire crackles the algebra within a petal

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 7/26/22

 hot again

but i’m not talking

about the weather

*Published by Haikuniverse on 7/23/22

i am everywhere the wave unfurls

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 7/19/22

 the rain on my body remembering yours

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 7/15/22

 on forgiving the wind i am weary

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 7/12/22

 quite silly, indeed

to say that

a rose is

only a rose

*Published by Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective on 7/10/22

 more radioactive than a lily after rain

*Published by Cold Moon Journal on 7/6/22

after this life a poppy seed

*Published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 7/6/22