Castle ruins
castle ruins . . .
behind some ivy
a door
Published in Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems, issue 120, 9/22/17.
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castle ruins . . .
behind some ivy
a door
Published in Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems, issue 120, 9/22/17.
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Death has gotten personal over the last few years, taking loved ones, colleagues, and friends. I said “Hey Death, slow down!” and he said “Step aside. Be back for you later.”
And he will be, too.
ouch!
where I dropped it
smoking match
Published in the Bacopa Literary Review, 2017 edition, 9/2/17.
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For haiku poets, February has come to mean National Haiku Writing Month. This year, NaHaiWriMo founder Michael Dylan Welch surprised us poets by compiling many of the month’s poems, written to daily prompts, into an anthology called Jumble Box, with haiga by Ron C. Moss.
In the anthology’s introduction, Michael gives a sense of the project’s scope:
I chose this book’s 324 poems, by exactly 100 poets, for their individual resonance and poetic quality, and for their creative ways in responding to the prompts [—] some of the best from many thousands written for NaHaiWriMo in 2017.
I’ve been participating in NaHaiWriMo since 2014, and I feel fortunate indeed to have five poems of mine from this year’s event included in this delightful compilation. :- )
falling in love
with the red hydrant:
the nosy dog
opened can —
the expensive meat
the cat won’t eat
the counter wiped
and coffee brewing . . .
I whistle a tune
a yawn
and a stretch
. . . returning to now
lost in joy
the tranquil Buddha
on our bookshelf
Published in Jumble Box, the 2017 NaHaiWriMo anthology, 9/1/17.
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melting snowman
bows
to the sun
the parking lot
just wet enough
to smell of rain
Published in Brass Bell: A Haiku Journal (http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2017/09/water-haiku.html), 9/1/17.
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