The Haiku Foundation, Haiku of the Day (formerly Per Diem), October 2022

Selected by Kath Abela Wilson for the theme of "Haunting": October 8, 2022

on that bench

where we used to sit

the ghost of you

Gnarled Oak 10, October 2016

(note: this first appeared as a haiga)

Gnarled Oak, Issue 15, April 2018

Gnarled Oak, Issue 14, December 2017

Gnarled Oak, Issue 13, September 2017

Gnarled Oak, Issue 12, May 2017

Gnarled Oak, Issue 11, February 2017

Gnarled Oak, Issue 10, October 2016

Gnarled Oak, Issue 9, July 2016

Honoured to have this image (without haiku) chosen for the cover of Issue 9!

Gnarled Oak, Issue 8, May 2016

Gnarled Oak, Issue 6, February 2016

End of the Road

Gnarled Oak, Issue 5, November 2015

Gnarled Oak, Issue 4, July 2015

A Reverence for Rust


rusted wheels
carrying us toward
the hymn of home

a haloed sun
beckons us beyond
the rusty gate

pressed prayers
these rusting memories
between our palms

rust-flecked silo
our songs still echo
hallelujah

Gnarled Oak, Issue 2, February 2015

I was honoured to have my phrase "the velocity of night" chosen by the editor, James Brush, to be the title for issue 2 of Gnarled Oak.

Gnarled Oak, Issue 1, December 2014

a wild sky
tethered to earth . . .
chain lightning

Gnarled Oak, Issue 3, April 2015

These Hands


These hands cradled the window-stunned sparrow, and caressed the stiff hairs on the hide of the elephant.

These hands tended the garden, strummed the strings, and focused the lens on all things abandoned and broken.

These hands held the walking stick up the mountain, over the frozen river, and down the path of enlightenment.

These hands kneaded the dough, carried water from the well, and kindled the fire of longing . . .


bone-white
gnarled driftwood
these hands
no longer able to play
the soft notes of your skin