amber light
the aspens
don't hold back
muted gold
the burning tapers
of tamaracks
Thursday, October 09, 2025
Haiku Page, Issue 11, 2025
you taught me
to find the silver lining
in all things . . .
this moth-eaten shawl
pinpricked with stars
a swarm
of funnel clouds comes
from nowhere
your mood changing
into something darker
this beach,
nearly deserted . . .
the sand
in summer's hourglass
running on empty
Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, September 2025
Curated by Eric A. Lohman
Featured Artist: September 16, 2025
(note: this haiku first appeared in Paint Me, 2024 NZPS Anthology)
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, September 2025
winter light pillars making the most of insomnia
fortune teller there will be (s)crying in my future
Daily Haiku: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, September 2025
Daily Haiku Special - September 25, 2025
campfire nights
we ride in on the back
of a song
3rd Place
2025 New Zealand Poetry Society International Haiku Competition
sugar maples
small boys running
until they can't
Shortlisted, Best-of-Issue Award
Presence, No. 81, March 2025
Dadakuku, September 2025
Clothing Does Not Equal Consent
they say it's her fault the (basal) cleavage (of mica)
Monday, September 08, 2025
Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #29, September/October 2025
woodland floor
the carpet patterned
with cowslips
shipped oars
the circle-dance
of loons
Modern Haiku, Vol. 56.3, Autumn 2025
Honoured to receive a lovely review of "Random Blue Sparks" by Paul Miller in this issue. It can be accessed under the book's tab of this blog.
mosquito bites
the taste of foraged
saskatoons
Haiku Girl Summer, 2025
Curated by Allyson Whipple
August 30, 2025
sand dunes
this path leading
to the clouds
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 10, Number 111, September 2025
Honoured to have the following work selected for this final issue of the journal. I'm beyond grateful to Mike Rehling for his generous support over the years, and to all of the editors and guest editors who have selected my work. Special thanks to Kelly Moyer for putting together this last issue - a labour of love for all concerned!
Creatrix: Poetry and Haiku Journal, Number 70, September 2025
food bank
the chipmunk's cheeks
half-full
ice needles
our shoreline pinned
to the lake
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
The Abstractaphy Initiative, August 2025
Curated by Richard Grahn
(note: this haiga first appeared in Sonic Boom 11, April 2018)
(note: this haiga first appeared in Failed Haiku Senryu Journal 6.62, 2021)
(note: this haiga first appeared in Failed Haiku Senryu Journal 3.28, 2018)
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume L:2, May 2025
February - April 2025
an evergreen decaying from the top down dementia
thunderstone
your death a bolt
from the blue
rain-strung branch
the upside-downness
of redpolls
bag lady
a halo of pigeons
circling her head
Spring Challenge: Dandelion, tampopo
pesticide-free
the wild manes
of dandelions
Honoured to know that "rain-strung branch" was included among the favourites of Dojins Patricia J. Machmiller and Joan Zimmerman!
Also honoured that "rain-strung branch" was chosen for commentary in the subsequent issue:
Dojin's Corner:
There is so much to like about this haiku, starting with its phrase "rain-strung" to indicate that it has rained, has stopped raining, and has left jewels of rain hanging on a branch. Line two affirms the hanging beads of water through its newly minted and lovely noun "upside-downness" (from the adjective "upside-down").
The haiku pivots on that into line three's redpolls, acrobatic and energetic small finches with a tendency to hang down to forage, gleaning branches from below for insects and seeds. The haiku also feels acrobatic and energetic. A delight.
—Joan Zimmerman
Such a perfect way to characterize the redpolls' acrobatic feeding movements as "upside-downness." One word says it all.
—Patricia J. Machmiller
At least I guessed the correct category: redpolls=birds. Although refusing to keep a life list, I do consider myself a moderate birder, but I had to look up "redpolls" to appreciate this haiku. Smaller than house finches and purple finches I doubt that I'll ever see one, as in the winter they only migrate as far south as Canada and the far northern parts of the midwest and eastern United States.
—Alison Woolpert
Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume L:1, February 2025
November 2024 - January 2025
Grateful to have a mention of my new book, Random Blue Sparks, included in this issue!
soup kitchen the salt and pepper hair of a veteran
light ricochets
off a snowy owl's wing . . .
ice pellets
hot tenting
the sudden sizzle
of northern lights
new year's thaw
all the snowmen
losing weight
Winter Challenge Kigo: Winter Mountain, fuyu no yama
clouds crash
into the winter mountain . . .
pain flare
Honoured to know that "soup kitchen" and "new year's thaw" were included among Dojin Patricia J. Machmiller's favourites!
Also honoured that "new year's thaw" was included among the "Voted Best" (7 or more votes) in the subsequent issue,
The Haiku Foundation: HaikuLife Film Festival 2025
The Haiku Foundation, New to Haiku: Kire and Punctuation, March 2025
Grateful to Julie Bloss Kelsey for including the following work in her article "Kire and Punctuation" (for the section titled "Parentheses") on May 2, 2025:
Fata Morgana the (in)visibility of my (dis)ability
2nd Place, 2021 Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest
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