The Living Haiku Anthology

mourning dove
in mother’s guava tree
who are you calling?

Acorn Spring 2016

reticent neighbor . . .
red hibiscus trumpets
spill from his fence

Acorn Spring 2014

New year dawn --
we cross the old stone bridge
to the new temple

A Hundred Gourds 1:2, December 2011

end of term play --
with a halo around his head
Buddha forgets his words

A Hundred Gourds: 1:2 March 2012

mask dance rehearsal -
peering from the cupboard
a row of gods

A Hundred Gourds 2:3, June 2013

supermoon riding home the Yamaha

A Hundred Gourds 3:1, December 2013

dzong ruins . . .
the red cotoneasters
redder in the rain

A Hundred Gourds 3:4, September 2014

Caught in the spider's web
cherry blossom petals
late spring rain

Asahi August 6 2010

Winter offering
on the family altar
skull cup of wine

Asahi November 19. 2010

dusk
walking into the distance
last day of the year

Asahi December 17. 2010

Mumbai commute
each train window
colored with people

Wild Plum, Spring 2015

Dochula Pass--
white magnolia
prayer flags

Asahi March 18 2011

solstice offering —
ravens flock to the temple
the clang of cymbals

Asahi 20 June 2014

so many eyes –
bobbing on the river
a piece of driftwood

Contemporary Haibun Online, in haibun titled 'Paro Tsechu’, October 2010 vol 6 no.3

cave temple –
eyes of Meditating Buddha
in lightning flashes

Contemporary Haibun Online, in Haibun titled, Looking for Words, October 2010 vol 6 no. 3

all along the path
to the Tsepegma* temple –
hemlocks in bloom

*Tsepegma (Tibetan SA-PA-MAY) - Buddha of Long Life.
Contemporary Haibun Online, in Haibun titled Gray May, April 1, 2011, vol 7 no. 1

the night still to come
a comma after Venus
first crescent at dusk

Contemporary Haibun Online, in Haibun titled The Wisdom of the Dark, July 1, 2012, vol 8, no. 2

anniversary . . .
the perfidious joy
of field flowers

Contemporary Haibun Online, in Haibun titled, The Botany of Dreams, July 2014, vol 10 no. 2

ultrasound scan
I rearrange
my dreams

Third Place, Third Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, 2015 Heron’s Nest, Red Moon Anthology 2015

passing breeze -
white buddleia blooms
spread butterfly wings

Haibun Today, in Haibun titled, The Lure of the Threshold, Volume 7, Number 4, December 2013

temple steps
a man with a snake
offers to tell my future

Heron's Nest, December 2010

clinic waiting room -
beyond the window blinds
more wall

Heron's Nest, March 2011

Taj Mahal -
young vendors offer me
replicas in clay

Magnapoets, Issue 7 January 2011

first light
in the valley—
plum blossoms

Mainichi, May 5, 2011, Honourable Mention Best Haiku 2011

open-mouthed
listening to my dentist plan
his New Year party

Multiverse 1.1 2012

last light -
new-born calves call out
in their own shadows

Notes from the Gean, December 2011

oncology ward -
she dreams of riding
the black sun

Notes from the Gean, January 2013

revolving door —
I complete my statement
on the pavement

Presence ＃45, 2011

as if
the snail’s own is not enough
it tries a walnut shell

Presence ＃47 2012

feathering of clouds —
bulbuls circle and call
to fly south

Presence ＃47 2012

dusk
dissolves into whiteness –
first black-necked cranes

Shamrock 24 2013

night border crossing –
the elephant calf holds
his mother's tail

Shamrock 26 2013; Touchstone Individual Poem Award, 2013

passing breeze –
the unexpected gift
of a banyan leaf

Shamrock 26 2013

first rain releasing held breath of summer

From a haiga, Tinywords 13.3, 2013

stolen wombs -
the wind brings only dust
to the village well

Haiku News January 2013; Chrysanthemum 14, October 2013; Haiku 2014, ed. Lee Gurga and Scott Metz

prayers at dawn -
incense of petrol fumes
for the gods

Chrysanthemum 14, October 2013

after chemo
glimpsing the full moon
in the first crescent

Under the Basho Autumn 2013

full moon -
darkness flickers at each turn
of the prayer wheel

Under the Basho Autumn 2013

summer laundry . . .
from a pillowcase
a butterfly