in the eyes
of a snowy owl
northern lights

First Prize, Fourth Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest 2023 – English-Language Section

strawberry season
acres and acres
of bent backs

Touchstone Award 2019
The Heron’s Nest, XXI, #1, March, 2019

lingering
in the tidepool
a child’s gaze

First Prize, Haiku, 2019 San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu & Tanka Competition

the hoot of an owl
the way Mother put up with
my bedtime questions

First Prize, Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2020, Yuki Teikei Haiku Society

prayer book
all the funeral cards
but hers

First Prize, H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest, 2018

moving day
we take apart the bed
our parents dreamed on

First Prize, H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest, 2017

crocus
after such a long time
saying yes

Honorable Mention - San Francisco International Haiku, 2012

the dead of night
my father wanders
through my dreams

Frogpond - 37.2, 2014

morning
the slow silence
of a snail

Reader's Choice of the Year - Shamrock Haiku Journal - #27, 2014

scout camp
with new flashlights
we signal aliens

Acorn - #2, 2015

an owl questions God twilight

Bones - #3, 2013

summer twilight . . .
girls braid and unbraid
each other’s hair

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Members’ Anthology 2012

busy
with their own lives
summer clouds

Acorn - #31, 2013

too soon to call it love new ice

Photo Co-Winner - tiny words, 13.1, 2013

winter rain . . .
the hole in the garden
where the old oak stood

Modern Haiku - 44.3, 2013

under the table
my knee touches my grandson’s
the lengthening days

Second Prize, The 2012 Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi Haiku Contest

sitting zazen
the janitor closes doors
one by one

Frogpond - 36:2, 2013

Gettysburg
the hushed silence
of fallen snow

World Haiku Review - December, 2012

wild strawberries
I remember
our tangled legs

bottle rockets - #28, 2013

searching for a sign post     year’s end

Mariposa - #28, 2013

pathology slide
the delicate pink
of cancer cells

Frogpond - 28:2, 2005