Haiku & Haiga

time machine
bringing back advice
we fail to follow
Haiku Dialogue, Failed Haiku

anthropocene—
the call of whales
silenced
(after Gyōdai)
Haiku Dialogue, HSA Member Anthology

every breath
one leaf closer
to the flowered sky
The News-Gazette

binoculars
all that stand between
me and the stars
Haiku Dialogue

scene change
rising through the trap door
spring birdsong
Haiku Dialogue

blue, green, black
ink-covered pages—
last year’s full journal
Haiku Dialogue

new moon
without the trickster
stars shine clearly
Haiku Dialogue

around the pond
wind sweeps cattail fluff
spring cleaning
Haiku Dialogue

swept from the shed
with last year’s leaves:
dead bumblebee
Haiku Dialogue

tearful goodbyes
to best friends
after “The End”
Haiku Dialogue

winter solstice:
darkness recedes
with each pen stroke
Haiku Dialogue

cicada compline
exultant firefly flashes
tonight we remain
The News-Gazette

green stalks
launching suns to the sky–
prairie dock
The News-Gazette

diapause–
spiderwebs frost to tinsel
under fireless stars
Haiku Dialogue

fresh snow melting
under bright sun–
April strawberries
HSA Member Anthology

every penstroke
a new dream
blossoms
Haiku Dialogue

mountain lake wading—
solid gold sunlight swirls
with every step
Haiku Dialogue

painted birds take flight
peck pixel seeds from flagstone—
spreading lies like weeds​
Haiku Dialogue

their tv’s blue glow
lights empty bookshelves
I guess they e-read
Haiku Dialogue

after equinox
smiling under still-warm sun—
wildflower seedheads
Haiku Dialogue

he forgets his pills
for the third time—
her eyeroll
Haiku Dialogue

unfallen
ancient stars hoard
all my wishes
Haiku Dialogue

crossing the gulf
between sunflowers—
goldfinch
Haiku Dialogue