Ron C. Moss

simmering milk

my baby sister’s bonnet

feathered with frost

Heron’s Nest Vol XVI, Number 1, March 2013

the warm voices

of the woman folk . . .

watermelon skies

shiku kukai, March 2013

the glow of sunset

in cardboard shelters . . .

songs of the broken

shiku kukai, July 2013

fire duty 


the newly ironed shirt 


still warm 



Heron's Nest 16:1, 2013 

sliver of moon

a hook taken deep

on the turning tide

White Lotus Jan 2008

winter stars 


a sick cat withers 


against the cold 



FreeXpression 2007 

casting out


the fisherman’s line


splits the moon



Devonport Poetry Competition, April 2002--First Place


lovers on the dune

lucerne pods burst

in the heat

Frogpond 25.2, 2012

close to the waterfall the sound I become lost in

Heron's Nest Volume XV, Number 2: June 2013

snow falling

until there’s only white . . .

feels like dying

Now This: Contemporary Poems of Beginnings, Renewals and Firsts, 2013

spring wind

ivy vines tighten

in the moonlight

Shiki Kukai, Mar 2007

light bulb

the silent burning

. . . of white

 Lynx #14 June, 2004

long ride

cold sunlight flickers

in the spokes

Famous Reporter #35

no vacancy—

a snowflake settles

in my footprint

Paper Wasp, Jack Stamm Haiku Anthology 2006