moonlit sky . . .
following his footprints
in sand
Modern Haiku, Vol. 45:3, Autumn 2014
election day . . .
voters brave the winds
of pollsters
Modern Haiku, Vol. 46:1, Winter 2015
at the thrift shop
a young man tries on
my father’s shoes
bottle rockets, #32, February 2015
Mother’s last breath . . .
my dog leaves us
alone
Frogpond, 38:2, Spring/Summer 2015
after his death
the doghouse empty
by starlight
Acorn, No. 36, Spring 2016
my old mother tends daisies
telling stories about
my childhood
bottle rockets, #36, February 2017
night of his death . . .
one star dims
for each dream
Asahi Haikuist Network, Sept. 2, 2016
road between cornfields . . .
old amish couple’s buggy
long into sunset
Second Place, Traditional Haiku Category, Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2017
from the open window
woodpecker . . .
punctuates my haiku
First Place, Modern Haiku Category, Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2017
spring again . . .
awakening to the hum
of a tractor
First Place, Haiku Category, Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2015