The following senryu was first published in Issue 54 (February 2026) of bottle rockets:

Venus waits

for Orion

refreshing my inbox

The following senryu was first published on November 30, 2025 in Cold Moon Journal:

father-son carpentry

one 30-minute mistake

after another

The following senryu was first published in the October 31, 2025 edition of the Asahi Haikuist Network:

Bashō’s phantom hut

a Christmas tree decorated

for Halloween

The following senryu was first published in the October 2025 edition of Password:

TikTok, Narcissus

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

old Beijing

roast duck

delivered by robot

The following senryu was first published in Issue 56:3, Fall 2025, of Modern Haiku:

pollen on my shoulder—

we stop at

two kids

The following senryu was first published in Issue 111 (September 2025) of Failed Haiku. This was the last issue of Failed Haiku. This journal published many of my early senryu, which was a great encouragement to me. The editors’ tastes were very down-to-earth. This is the only journal that would publish something like below:

spicy fried pork—

it’s not the mouth burn

I’m worried about

The following senryu was first published in the August 2025 issue of Sense and Sensibility. Shenyang is a city in northern China.

Shenyang taxi—

my hand for a pillow,

my little boy sleeps

The following senryu were first published in issue 110 (July 2025) in Failed Haiku:

fresh green shoots—

finally sending

that email

twilight shadows—

you’re pretty

even if

marijuana breeze

the car in front of me

blazes a trail

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

trimming back the chives

the fresh scent

of baozi stuffing