Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 18, June 2026

Turning Japanese: War Crimes and Propaganda

My thanks to the editor, Tim Gardiner, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award:

doomsayer

spitting out bile . . .

flecks of sea foam

#FemkuMag, Issue 41, Spring 2026

My thanks to guest editor, Vandana Parashar, for inclusion in this International Women's Month issue. I'm honoured to know that "genocide" received the Best of Issue Award and that it has been nominated for a 2026 Touchstone Award!

genocide

flags of olive leaves

at half-mast

hurkle-durkle

it's been that kind

of morning

Shadow Pond Journal, Issue 6, December 2025

Honoured to know that this haiku was nominated by the editor, Katherine Winnick, for a Touchstone Award:

snow-eater wind

an ensō forms around

your headstone

Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 17, October 2025

Turning Japanese: On the Road

My thanks to the editor, Tim Gardiner, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award: 

map turtle

we follow until

we get there

Kokako, Number 43, September 2025

Grateful to have a lovely review of "Random Blue Sparks" by the editor, Graham Bates, included in this issue. It can be accessed under the book's title tab of this blog. I'm also honoured that "homelessness" was nominated by the editor for a 2025 Touchstone Award!

homelessness

the driftwood's hole

filled with a stone

rime ice

the spikes of burrs

grow longer

childhood days

spent digging for treasure

on the beach

you still wear the pendant

I made from pirate glass

the wind

strumming ocean waves

what music

do you have in store

for me tomorrow

#FemkuMag, Issue 39, Summer 2025

Honoured to have "bully culture" nominated by the editors for the 2025 Touchstone Awards and for the Red Moon Anthology!

fogged in

a friend jumps off the bridge

to nowhere

bully culture

six coyotes surround

a mule deer

if we had one

to call our own . . .

star nursery

Note: this issue also includes a lovely review of Random Blue Sparks. It can be accessed under the Random Blue Sparks tab of this blog. My deepest thanks to Rowan Beckett Minor for the sensitive reading and commentary.

 

Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 16, June 2025

Turning Japanese: Crossroads

My thanks to the editor, Tim Gardiner, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award:

autumn winds

a shift in the balance

of power

The Haiku Foundation: The Touchstone Award for Distinguished Books, 2024

I'm honoured that my haiku collection, Random Blue Sparks, was selected for the following honours. My thanks to the esteemed panel of judges, and to John Barlow of Snapshot Press!

April 3, 2025:

Thrilled to say that Random Blue Sparks was one of 76 books longlisted for the 2024 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award!

April 10, 2025:

Doubly thrilled to say that Random Blue Sparks was one of 18 books shortlisted for the 2024 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award!

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 11, Petulah, April 2025

Honoured to know that the editor, Steliana Voicu, nominated this poem for a 2025 Touchstone Award:

Translated into Romanian

hanafubuki

the many words

for snow

Acorn, Number 54, Spring 2025

My thanks to the editor, Susan Antolin, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award:

hurricane lantern

we drop anchor

between planets

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 10: Luminaria, December 2024

Honoured to know that the editor, Steliana Voicu, nominated this poem for a 2024 Touchstone Award:

Translated into Romanian

the magic hour

tree ferns become

fountains of light

#FemkuMag - Award Nominations 2024

Thrilled to have the following poems nominated by the editors!

Nominated for the 2024 Touchstone Award:

ill winds of autumn i'm still spitting up leaves

#FemkuMag, Issue 35, Spring 2024

stunted lilac

the baby's grave

rooted to earth

#FemkuMag, Issue 36, Summer 2024

Nominated for the 2024 Red Moon Anthology:

bleached whale ribs the|bars|on|this|window|of|disability

#FemkuMag, Issue 37, Autumn/Winter 2024

Shadow Pond Journal, Issue 3, June 2024

Honoured to know that the editor nominated this haiku for a Touchstone Award:

the aurora

a wolf's breath becomes

part of it

Humana Obscura, Issue Number 9, Summer 2024

Thrilled to have two photographs and a haiku selected for this issue!

Impending

The Way of Windflowers

Honoured to know that the editor has nominated the following haiku from this issue for a Touchstone Award:

solar eclipse

the loon's call echoes

then fades

The Haiku Foundation: The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2023

There were 1671 nominations, and I'm honoured that the following haiku is included in the longlist of 54 poems. My thanks to the editor of Folk Ku, Jodie Hawthorne, who nominated by work, and to the judges for taking the time to read!

snow grains

the field dad had no time

to plant

Folk Ku, Issue 1, May 2023

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press - Award Nomination 2023

Thrilled to have the following poem nominated by the editor and longlisted by The Haiku Foundation for the 2023 Touchstone Award:

snow grains

the field dad had no time

to plant

Folk Ku, Issue 1, May 2023

Frogpond, Vol. 46, Number 1, Winter 2023

Thrilled to have the following poem nominated by the editors for a 2023 Touchstone Award:

funeral lilies

our hands gilded

with pollen

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 2: Haikustyle, June 2023

Honoured to know that the editor, Steliana Voicu, nominated this poem for a 2023 Touchstone Award!

Translated into Romanian

taffeta sky

crows stitch the edges

together

Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 11, April 2023

Turning Japanese: The Great Depression

My thanks to the editor, Tim Gardiner, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award:

tumbleweeds

my breath becomes part

of the gale

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 1: Traditions, April 2023

Honoured to know that the editor, Steliana Voicu, nominated this poem for a 2023 Touchstone Award!

Translated into Romanian

homecoming train

we leave the winter

behind