Category: Poetry

  • Cherita 1-2

    The following cherita were first published March 25, 2025 in issue 97, my h e a r t, of the cherita.

    Sisyphus

    rolling a snowball

    uphill

    tired

    I take a seat

    and it collapses

    * * *

    all-consuming darkness

    the river

    choked with ice

    Christmas lights

    twinkle desperately

    casting meager shadows

  • Haiku 19

    Haiku 19

    The following haiku was first published in the German/English haiku journal Chrysanthemum, issue 34. Download the issue to see the German translation.

    luna moth

    such a stunning green

    I can’t fall asleep

  • Senryu 15

    The following senryu was first published in the April 2025 edition of cattails:

    trimming back the chives

    the fresh scent

    of baozi stuffing

  • Senryu 11-14

    The following senryu were first published in issue 109 (March 2025) in Failed Haiku:

    woodworking

    my math gives way

    to reality

    gravestones

    with a single name—

    as if we remember

    dandelions

    to her, a medicine

    to me, a weed

    your arm

    a seat belt

    for the night

  • Haiga 2

    The following haiga was first published in the April 2025 edition of cattails:

    Image of the galaxy NGC 1300 with the words "distant galaxy I sweep sawdust swirls from the garage"

    Text reads:

    distant galaxy

    I sweep sawdust swirls

    from the garage

    The image is of the NGC 1300 galaxy, imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. Here’s a comparison of the James Webb and Hubble versions of the image.

  • Tanka 4

    The following tanka was first published in the April 2025 edition of cattails:

    waiting and working,

    rejection at every turn

    dreams unwavering

    how much more can I endure?

    the sun rises, the moon sets

  • Haiku 18

    The following haiku was first published April 4, 2025 in Asahi Haikuist Network:

    novel writing

    a surge of inspiration

    cherry blossoms

  • Haiku 17

    The following haiku was first published in Cold Moon Journal:

    sweeping prairie

    shaped by the breeze—

    the windmill 

  • Senryu 10

    The following senryu was first published in issue 42 (April 2025) in Kokako:

    maneuvering a couch

    up a stairwell

    geometry in action

  • Haiku 16

    The following haiku was first published in issue 42 (April 2025) in Kokako:

    the cold snap breaks—

    uncovered grasses

    drink the sun