autumn morning

I still have the tooth

I lost in my dream

Frogpond XXIX:3, autumn 2006

rural sky—

what other worlds

have a Beethoven?

Frogpond XXXV:3, autumn 2012

the shapes of clouds . . .

 neither one of us

   is right

Roadrunner VII:3, August 2007

mistletoe—

the familiar lip

of a cold bottle

Chrysanthemum Issue 1, April 2007

honeymoon over my suntan peels

Frogpond XXX:1, winter 2007

morning chill—

I move to her side

of the argument

Modern Haiku 38.3, autumn 2007

Thanksgiving—

holding a bite

through the prayer

The Heron’s Nest XI:1, March 2009

flowered wallpaper

the splatter of blood

from a mosquito

Contemporary Haibun Online 3:3, September 2007

starless night

I crush the emptiness

from a soda can

The Heron’s Nest X:3, September 2008

fishbowl

telling a child

about death

The Heron’s Nest XI:3, September 2009

freshly cut grass

clings to my socks . . .

first beer

Frogpond XXX:3, autumn 2007

insomnia—

moonlight on a piano

no one plays

Modern Haiku 40.2, summer 2009

another first date . . .

I fail again

to be myself

The Shiki Monthly Kukai, September 2006

a bottle pauses

then rolls again

evening chill

Acorn Issue 18, spring 2007

muddy pond

I play the role of a ghost

to fish

The Heron’s Nest XII:3, September 2010