denim jacket
the space
only you can fill

-tsuri-dōrō (Issue #25, Jan/Feb 2025)

flannel sheets
I snuggle
into the snowflake pattern

-Wales Haiku Journal (Winter ’24/25 edition)

wide awake
an owl’s cry
haunting the dark

-#FemkuMag (Issue 38, Spring 2025)

after
it’s all over
the soft drumbeat of rain

-Frogpond (48:1 Winter 2025)

cranberries
in the pumpkin bread
a bit of bog

-Akitsu Quarterly (Spring/Summer 2025)

wildflower meadow you kiss me wild

-Haiku Girl Summer 2025

unripe honeydew
using two hands
to push the spoon

-Haiku Girl Summer 2025

apple blossoms
a bee and me
with the same idea

-Akitsu Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2025)

sea legs
what your kiss
does to me

-Modern Haiku (Issue 56:1)

three-tiered yawn…
the last bite
of wedding cake

-Akitsu Quarterly (Spring/Summer 2025)

three miles…
the time it takes
to share a secret

-#FemkuMag Issue 40 Autumn/Winter 2025

wildflowers gathering the courage to stand out

-Wales Haiku Journal (Spring 2025)

guitar chords
fading into twilight
a flock of geese

-Kokako (Issue #42, 2025)

forced kiss
his hands
become a vice

-#FemkuMag Issue 40 Autumn/Winter 2025

moonflowers
I only smile
when it’s safe

-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2025)

hacky sack
keeping the conversation
going

-Prune Juice (Issue #45, April 2025)

cliff’s edge…
that sheep
could walk a tightrope

-Akitsu Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2025)

morning frost
glittering on the stag’s antlers
a ray of light

-#FemkuMag Issue 40 Autumn/Winter 2025

in between orange slices our kisses

-Wales Haiku Journal (Autumn 2025)

shimmering between us
the last slice
of nectarine

-Modern Haiku (Issue 56.3)

chimney smoke
the warmth
of other hearths

-Modern Haiku (Issue 56.2)

falling in love
with this shade of green…
springtime

-tsuri-dōrō (Issue #26 March/April 2025)

the years
of silence
before the book

-#FemkuMag (Issue 38, Spring 2025)

honeybees in the embroidery a flash of gold

-Akitsu Quarterly (Spring/Summer 2025)

deep forest
as if from a different time
this ray of light

-Presence (Issue #81, 2025)

rainy day
the restaurant fills
with music

-Kokako (Issue #42, 2025)

rhubarb sunset
another porch party
comes and goes

-The Heron’s Nest (Volume XXVII, Number 2: June 2025)

linseed oil —
he reworks
the past

-Mayfly (Issue 79)

our conversation lasts the bowl of cherries

-Haiku Girl Summer 2025

surfacing for air
the seal and I
make eye contact

-Haiku Girl Summer 2025

crashing waves —
how your words
resurface

-Akitsu Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2025)

choosing the sushi roll
for its name alone —
the poet

-tsuri-dōrō (Issue 29 Sept/Oct 2025)