for those of you

who thought I went to heaven —

I did not !

– Failed Haiku #46, jisei edition –

we both go back tonight full moon 

entrambi torniamo indietro questa sera luna piena

– incense dreams 3.1 – autumn 2019 –

park bench

open to her being late

day lily 

panchina al parco

aperto al suo essere in ritardo

il giglio

– incense dreams 3.1 – autumn 2019 –

classical music

on the way home

drifting clouds

musica classica

sulla via di casa

nuvole alla deriva

– incense dreams 3.1 – autumn 2019 –

perfume sample

before I can remember

I was loved 

campione di profumo

rima che possa ricordare

sono stato amato

– incense dreams 3.1 – autumn 2019 –

reading a poem,

the long blue comma

 butterfly 

Chanokeburi. it  2017

our walk

between daffodils and magnolias

winter ends

– NaHaiWriMo Anthology 2017 –

autumn wind . . .

the old screen door

fits

– Haiku Society of America Members Anthology 2017 –

spring thaw

I join grandma

on her porch

a crow does

the only talking

– incense dreams 2.1 –

cup of coffee

sleet pelts the frozen window

again and again . . .

love I should have made

to her last night

– incense dreams 2.1 –

     The occasional sound of rails; the electric clash of cables; it is one of those late night, oddly quiet rides to have so many people around. As the day’s images fade from my mind, she appears again, in a moment that seems like forever. It does not feel good or bad, high or low, I just keep sensing something like the end…  

lost in her story

the tumble of light

in a snowflake

– incense dreams 1.3 –

blackout

endless light

her smile

– incense dreams 1.3 –

she looks out

the bedroom window

outline of Venus

– Stardust Haiku, Issue 12 –

in and out of my dream her soft strokes

– incense dreams 1.2 –

crickets song

the candle thrums

into a dream

– incense dreams 1.2 –

awakened by wind chimes the universe

– incense dreams 1.2 –

drifting off

the faucet drips

from a stalactite

– incense dreams 1.2 –

tucked away

more neatly than the war

grandfather’s medals

– My Haiku Pond Memorial Day Collaborative, May 29, 2017 –

Easter service

the philosopher

left at home

– Earthrise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2017, THF –

breeze through the curtains

smiley face

on the breakfast tray

– Earthrise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2017, THF –

cardinal rain

the unsung part

of mother’s yesterday

– incense dreams 1.1 –

mother and child’s game eating each other’s vegetables

– incense dreams 1.1 –

open window her r’s rolling with the waves

– incense dreams 1.1 –

waving daisy . . .

the red ball

back again

– Hedgerow #110, print issue –

rare blood-type

the mosquito knows damn well

where to get it !

– Failed Haiku #17 –

home run

the outfielder learns a thing or two

about rose bushes

– Failed Haiku #17 –

small town grocery store nothing’s ever new

– Failed Haiku issue #17 –

new neighbors

the old dog

back on the leash

– Failed Haiku issue #17 –

the past

almost over

incense

– Hedgerow # 109 –

slow night . . .

the slug on my porch

decides to leave

– Failed Haiku, Issue 15 –

making its rounds

the old wheel on the

prison library cart

– Failed Haiku #15 –

mosquito !

tired of our struggle

I let him

– Failed Haiku #15 –

the divining rod

I gave to the child

gyrates everywhere

– Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2016 –

that vintage taste

at my brother’s house —

I bring the wine

– Failed Haiku #10 –

magnolia sometimes between his cigar smoke

– Failed Haiku, issue 10 –

the mockingbird

elaborates some

on the crow’s caw

– Failed Haiku  #10 –

trash day —

only the apple

absent

– 100,000 Poets For Change (My Haiku Pond) 9-25-16 –

woodpecker  —

wondering who

the neighbors are

– Ershik #14 –

wind chimes . . .

the rocking chair

starts without me

– Hedgerow #78 –

“. . . and at the end of all our exploring is to arrive at where we began, and know the place for the first time.”     – T. S. Eliot

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