June 23, 2020 - on the theme of wasps and bees
the argument
escalates all night
inside me
these paper-thin walls
only meant for wasps
Wild Voices, April 2017
I inhale
and my lungs fill up
with bees
though all hope is lost
there is still this hum
Hedgerow Poems 100, December 2016
June 24, 2020 - on the theme of ants
an ant
pushing the universe
up this hill
in a water droplet
I find my inner strength
Atlas Poetica 25, July 2016
a black river
of ants surges across
the pavement
they know their destination
long before I know mine
Honourable Mention, 2019 British Haiku Society Tanka Awards
June 25, 2020 - on the theme of beetles
the graffiti
of firefly stars at dusk
we follow
until our eyes adjust
to the narrative of night
Earth: Our Common Ground, April 2017
June 26, 2020 - on the theme of butterflies
in my garden
a gatekeeper butterfly
basks in the sun
I cover my pale body
only coming out at night
Cattails, September 2016
it was
as if she were
a butterfly
the way words flew
from her open hands
Cattails, April 2018
we once played
in this tangled garden,
enchanted
by the quiet fireworks
of bergamot and butterflies
Atlas Poetica 36, February 2019
Otata 36, December 2018
Incense Dreams 3.1, October 2019
June 27, 2020 - on the theme of moths
she is suspended
between here and gone
a cobweb
catching the light
of this moth-winged life
A Hundred Gourds 4.1, December 2014
a hammock
of tent caterpillars
sags with dew . . .
our differing opinions
on the nature of beauty
Atlas Poetica Special Feature, January 2018
bind my body
with spanworm silk
lay me down
in a shaded garden
until I turn to earth
Atlas Poetica Special Feature, August 2019
Failed Haiku Journal of Senryu Vol. 3, Issue 33, September 2019
June 28, 2020 - on the theme of flies and other sundry insects
dead houseflies
litter my windowsill
blindsided
not even compound eyes
see the way out of here
Undertow Tanka Review 7, September 2015
June 29, 2020 - on the theme of spiders
a spider web
strummed by soft breezes . . .
we can
almost hear the song
of morning dew
Ephemerae 1C, November 2018
July 4, 2020 - on the theme of meadows
the meadow
astir with blue skimmers
their wings
darning these placid days
into our histories
Ripples in the Sand, Tanka Society of America Membersߴ Anthology 2016
Frameless Sky 12, June 2020
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