Tag: Haiku

  • 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

  • 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 

  • Haiku 16

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

    the cold snap breaks—

    uncovered grasses

    drink the sun

  • Haiku 15

    The following haiku was first published in issue 52 (February 2025) in bottle rockets:

    a day on the prairie, no haiku came to mind

  • Haiku 14

    The following haiku was first published November 21, 2024 in Under the Basho:

    frosted moon reflected in the milk

  • Haiku 13

    The following haiku was first published in the German/English haiku journal Chrysanthemum, issue 33. Download the issue to see the German translation.

    a screech of gulls

    gliding in graceful arcs

    circling the landfill

  • Haiku 10-12

    The following haiku were first published in the September 2024 issue of The Bamboo Hut:

    the lull between storms

    the night insects sing,

    making up for lost time

    Japanese maple

    surface leaves of burgundy

    hide the green within

    endless lavender

    a woman becomes a girl

    under the sapphire sky

  • Haiku 9

    The following haiku was first published August 16, 2024 in Asahi Haikuist Network:

    white, smoky sky

    the sun a hazy, orange ball

    Canadian wild fires

  • Haiku 7-8

    The following haiku were first published in the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of Akitsu Quarterly:

    Saturn|Jupiter

    now so close

    they appear as one

    every summer

    the underbrush and vines claim

    more of the asphalt