#FemkuMag: An E-zine of Women's Haiku - Issue 13, June 2019

"This issue is dedicated to every woman who's suffered, whether it be emotionally, mentally, physically, or sexually, to the women who supported us during our trauma and healing process, and to every woman fighting for her right to be human. May we stand tall for those who can't always get up."

tumbleweeds

we must not speak

of this

3rd Place, 2017 Penumbra Haiku Competition

lilac buds

no one notices

the bruises

Haiku Canada Review 10.1, 2016

thirteen

her first boyfriend's

hard slap

some of our memories

are burning brands

Bright Stars Tanka Anthology 5, 2014

he gasps

at the ragged scars

upon my back

remnants of that night

they tore off my broken wings

The Bamboo Hut 1.3, 2014

at the corner

of poverty and despair

an Indigenous girl

is found in the river

I weep, I weep

Neon Graffiti: Tanka Poetry of Urban Life, 2016