The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls: An Oceanic Literary Magazine, April 2024

I dreamt

the oracle of oceans

left your voice

inside an empty shell

for me to find at dawn

Atlas Poetica 37, 2019

ocean waves

advance then retreat

shy lovers

teaching the shore how

to make the stones sing

Blithe Spirit 26.3, 2016

this is the song

of our humpback hearts

when we listen

to the ocean breathing

blood returns to water

Skylark 4.1, 2016

The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls: An Oceanic Literary Magazine, March 2023

herring shoals

the ocean turns itself

inside out

2nd Place, Shintai Haiku

World Haiku Review, Winter 2021-2022

rippling waves

you teach me how

to film the wind

Grand Prix

10th Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku Contest

bioluminscence

I skip a pebble across

the universe

Seashores 2, 2019

1st Place, 2019 OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition

light spills

through a fallstreak hole

onto water . . .

if nothing else,

this will be enough

Honourable Mention

2017 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest

a star tortoise

carries the universe

on its back . . .

are we slowly moving

away from each other

2nd Place

2019 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senruy and Tanka

The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls: An Oceanic Literary Magazine, July 2021

July 3, 2021

sea pebbles

glistening in the sun

we, too

lose more of ourselves

with every passing wave

Honourable Mention

2020 British Haiku Society Awards

July 4, 2021

I carry

an ocean within

my pocket . . .

this blue lace agate

etched with ancient tides

Honourable Mention

2018 Fleeting Words Tanka Competition

July 5, 2021

the ocean

was in a rage last night

but today,

these peace offerings

of blue mussels and kelp

1st Place

2018 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest