Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2026

first robins

the pillar-to-post

of their songs

bird's nest fungi

the eggs that wait

for rain

sun showers

one cloud pinned

to the clothesline

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025

funeral cortege the this way and that of snow buntings

winter sea

unseen kelp spores

begin to sprout

deep drifts

a light goes on

in the barn

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2025

to-do list

a chameleon catches

its 100th fly

beach fair

a palmist reads

the waterline

flooded field

a scurry of dunlins

harvesting worms

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2024

labyrinth

the stones we dug

out of our fields

gorilla hail

another crop pounded

into dust

 

The Haiku Foundation, Haiku of the Day (formerly Per Diem), July 2024

Selected by Helen Ogden for the theme of "Heat and Global Warming": July 20, 2024

beaver dam

salmon seek refuge

from the drought

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2024

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2024

fledged robin

a discarded kettle

lined with mud

air traffic

an oodle of gannets

churns up the sky

beaver dam

salmon seek refuge

from the drought

pasture gate

the buck squeezes through

one antler at a time

Honoured to have the following haiga selected for the inner front cover:

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2023

vespers

the mantis begins

to sway

winter solstice

the sun wedged between

standing stones

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2023

paddleboarding

a painted turtle shows me

how it's done

buttongrass moor

one spark is all

it takes

(note: this haiga was printed in black and white)

Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2022

pealing bells

rowan berries sheathed

in hoar frost

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2022

bushlands

we scour blackened pots

with horsetail

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2022

unfurled petals

I flatten the belly

of my brush

brush fire

the five-alarm bells

of prairie dogs

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022

Honoured to have the following haiga featured on the inner front cover. Thank you, Robin!

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2021

circling wolves a cyclone of reindeer in the forecast

humid cave

ice pillars thrust

upward

My thanks to the editor, Robin White, for featuring this haiga on the back cover!

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2021

muddy lane

a leaf collage glued

to my boots

sweetgrass

ruffled by the wind . . .

blue-winged teal

sun-warmed sage

the burnished horns

of bison

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2021

shepherd's crook

her flock shape-shifts

into clouds

dandelions

the circles of light

we follow home

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2021

field notes I add another comma butterfly

drum circle

we bow to the sound

of thunder

Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2020

blowing snow

sarsen stones lean

into it

the red candles

of staghorn sumac . . .

winter solstice

wood stove

our dented kettle

sings all day

Elated to have the following two haiga chosen for back cover and inner back cover of the journal!

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2020

frozen dew

on teasel heads . . .

tipping point

slant-light

our fields punctuated

with hay bales

the horses

swim out to greet me . . .

ground fog

Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2020

berry-picking
even our shadows
turn blue


melted crayons . . .
a double rainbow after
the heat wave

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2020

road repairs
every pothole filled
with pollen