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Haiku published in 2020

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Photo Dan Curtis
Photo by Dan Curtis

winter solstice
my geraniums and I
a bit weather-beaten

Haiku Canada Review, Volume 14, February 2020, Number 1

frost shadow —
part of me untouched
by dad’s death

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXII, Number 1: March 2020

a wren
still warm in my hand…
the weight of hollow bones

cattails, April 2020

stray cat …
just enough snow
to bury it

Modern Haiku, 51:2, Summer 2020

language lesson —
before setting out
I read the sky

Haiku Canada Members’ Anthology, May 2020

my jar
of old keys
forgotten passwords

tinywords, 20.1

sea foam
drifting over the sand
a cloud shadow

2020 HSA Members’ Anthology

wedding day
her dress laid out
on the hospice bed

afterimage . . .
in room after room
I glimpse my old cat

Presence, Issue 67, July 2020

IV fluids
drop by drop by drop…
prayer beads

Modern Haiku, 51:3, Autumn, 2020

social distancing…
on the street I’m touched
by falling blossoms

Honourable Mention, 2020 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational

last rites
I carry our lily
to the compost

cattails, October 2020

nightly news
the familiar sound
of dad’s commentary

Frogpond, 43.3, Autumn, 2020

moonless lake
I float over
the milky way

Haiku Canada Review, Volume 14, October 2020, Number 2

bus stop
a little girl pedals by
in butterfly wings

Acorn, Issue #45, Fall 2020

fog . . .
just enough distance
to lose you

Presence, Issue 68, November 2020

haiku published ~ 2019

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gathering dusk in a pail wild blueberries

Herons Nest,  Volume XXI, Number 4: December 2019

faded sky
some blues drift in
from a tenor sax

Frogpond,  42: 3, Autumn, 2019

her good days…
scattered sunlight
in the garden

tinywords, 19.2

slack tide . . .
sea otter pups
bob in the kelp

on a path
I’m not sure of . . .
autumn mist

Presence, Issue 65, November 2019

talk radio
the silence
of the night sky

Haiku Canada Review, Volume. 13, October, 2019, Number 2

I crunch into
the soft center
spring marsh

Modern Haiku, 50:3, Autumn, 2019

the sound
of melting snow
cradle song

Modern Haiku, 50:2, Summer 2019

night shadows
my old cat returns
in a dream

Presence, Issue 64, July 2019

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Ten recently published Haiku

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wildflower meadow
the approaching buzz
of a drone

shortest night
my dreams fading
with the stars

Presence, Issue 62,  November 2018

 

sweet melon
a wasp and I
have seconds

cat collar
the little bell
rusted silent

tinywords 18.2

 

sun puddle
my old cat
eases in

Acorn, Fall 2018

 

                           away
                    drifting
            summer
lake clouds

Haiku Canada Review, October 2018

 

I read the same line again the barking dog

Modern Haiku, 49:3

 

temple bell…
petal by petal
the pond blooms

The Heron’s Nest, Vol. 19, Issue 3, September 2017

 

on the wild side —
a monarch slips
across the border

2018 Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology

 

rain pools
on the empty patio…
long weekend

Frogpond,  41: 3, Autumn, 2018

Eleven Newly Published Haiku

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photo by Dan Curtis

 

polaroid photos
I try to recall
my father’s voice

Presence, issue #61

 

tornado watch …
the first tinkling
of a wind chime

Frogpond, vol 41:2 Spring 2018

 

first day of spring
the squeaking of
new shoes

Heron’s Nest, Volume XX, Number 2: June 2018

 

ladybug
up a stem and back
quiet afternoon

 

sea shells
a child’s summer
packed in a jar

tinywords 18.1

 

cold rain …
filling the carton
with her clothes

Heron’s Nest, Volume XX, Number 1: March 2018

 

neither here
nor there
fireflies

Haiku Canada Member’s Anthology, 2018

 

old growth forest
the creaking of
my bones

Modern Haiku, issue 49:2

 

summer solstice—
watching another
rerun

 


fogroundship

 


so late
so soon
so old

Haiku Canada Review, vol. 11. no. 2, October 2017