In the Spring of Life
lovers arrive with petals in bloom soon depart as flowers wilt stars fall when perfumed nights fade Summer a carousel of delight ends, too finished with tarnished trinkets of ephemeral love she learns in winter to accept the hand holding only a warm heart Image: Ilya Repin – “What freedom!” 1903
Redemption
push and pull of ocean tidesrestores her tired limbsevening strolls in old-growth forestssoothes her grieving heartdappled dew on wildflower bloomsunfurls her tangled thoughtsthen on her journey’s endshe whispers to the windthe love you give so freelysaves me yet again Image: “Wheat Field with Cypresses,” Van Gogh, 1889
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal
So happy talented haikuist and editor Steliana Cristina Voicu included one of my poems in Enchanted Garden’s inaugural issue. You can find it here and submissions for the third issue open July 1st! https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2023/04/enchanted-garden-issue-1-april-2023.html
Haiku Dialogue
Delighted that my haiku was included in Haiku Dialogue- Under the March Moon—Half Moon of the Haiku Foundation. Thank you to guest editor Carole MacRury for selecting it.
failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu
Many thanks to editor Hemapriya Chellappan for including my senryu in Issue #88. Read the rest of the wonderful poems here: https://failedhaiku.com/
tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū
Special thanks to Tony Pupello, Editor, for including my haiku in Issue #14. The journal is a must-have if you enjoy haiku and senryu. Read it here:
Scarlett Dragonfly: A Journal of Japanese Short-Form Poetry
So grateful and pleased that Editor Kathleen Trocmetto has included my first shahai in Issue 13, April 2023. Read this wonderful journal here: Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
Cold Moon Journal
Many thanks to editor Roberta Beach Jacobson for publishing my haiku. The first three months of the year were filled with tests and procedures, ending in a lumpectomy and a biopsy of clear surrounding tissue. I know how fortunate I am, and I’m grateful. Read the excellent journal here: https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/
Drifting Sands—A Journal of Haibun and Tanka Prose
My brother died on his thirty-second birthday. Overdosed. I wished he had chosen his thirty-third. Then his death might have made more sense. Not that I’m religious. Our family never was. I suppose, like he, we sought our own gods. I chose love. Still, the religious say I’m a skeptic. But I have faith and […]
tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū
Special thanks to Tony Pupello, Editor, for including my haiku in Issue #8. The journal is a must-have if you enjoy haiku and senryu. Read it here: Welcome