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

The following haiku were first published in the September 2023 issue of The Bamboo Hut:

At the meadow’s edge,

a broken birdcage sits on

a picnic table

The fog could hide

anything—a river, a forest,

a mountain, an ocean

Quiet, still evening—

ripples on the placid lake—

from what?

The following haiku was first published March 1, 2024 in Asahi Haikuist Network:

frigid morning,

burning afternoon

confused, spring begins

The following haiku was first published September 29, 2023 in Asahi Haikuist Network. This was my second ever haiku accepted for publication, but it actually came out a month before my first haiku.

Lunar rover snaps

Pictures ‘til the frigid night:

mayflies fly one day

This haiku commemorates India’s Pragyan lunar rover.

The following haiku was first published October 20, 2023 in Asahi Haikuist Network. This was my first ever poetry publication!

After the hard rain,

the mountain is shrouded

in misty clouds