The Take 5ive Journal, August, 2023

Theme: Neurodiversity

there will be

no carnival with noise

and neon lights . . .

a hypersensitive boy

riding life's roller coaster

wave after wave

of heat and humidity . . .

the child

who can't bring herself

to taste ice cream

the weather

in this mountain valley

so unpredictable

your moods shape-shifting

into light and shadow

Taj Mahal Review, Volume 23, Number 1, June 2023

Thrilled to have the following continuous one-line sketch tanka art selected for this issue:

One Moment at a Time, Tanka Society of America Members' Anthology 2022

Edited by Jim Chessing

Honoured to have the section "Caressed by Ferns", named for the following tanka:

newly turned,

this earth where soon

you will lie

caressed by the soft

fingertips of ferns

NeverEnding Story, September 2023

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Labor Day

pens and brushes,

the tools of my trade . . .

I wield them

like swords in this fight

against infirmity

Tanka Society of America 

Twitter Work Special Feature, April 2023

Humana Obscura, Issue Number 7, September 2023

Grateful to the editor, Bri Bruce, for choosing me as the Featured Artist for this issue with selections from my blurred image series, "Indistinct/ion", which explores the disability challenges (tremors and impaired vision) facing this photographer :

A Touch of Snow

Following the Light

Mellowing

The Turning Season

Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, September 2023

 Curated by Eric A. Lohman

Featured Artist: September 4, 2023

(Note: this haiku first appeared in Frogpond 44.1, 2021)

Featured Artist: September 17, 2023

(Note: this monoku first appeared in Haiku Canada Review 17.1, 2023)

Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, August 2023

 Curated by Eric A. Lohman

Featured Artist: August 17, 2023

(Note: this tanka first appeared in Blithe Spirit 32.1)

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, September 2023

buzzwording this deep dive into a cloud of fish

AI winter : everything nothing but a memory

corroded bones reducing me to rust

from out of nowhere

the grizzly bear

and a bicycle

Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 8, Issue 93, September 2023

My thanks to editor Hemapriya Chellappan for selecting the following haiga:

(note: this poem was longlisted for the 2023 Trailblazer Contest)

Daily Haiku: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, August 2023

40 Poems Selected on the Theme of Borders

refugees

try to cross the border . . .

this tree well

lined with frozen bits

of moss and rabbit fur

The Take 5ive Journal, July 2023

 

Creatrix Poetry and Haiku Journal, Number 62, September 2023

buckskin chaps

he learns to live life

on the fringes

open range

thistles grow through

a cowboy's hat

Bottle Rockets, Vol. 25, Number 1 (or #49), August 2023

twitchers

beating around the bushes

for something more

Blithe Spirit, Volume 33, Number 3, August 2023

marionette lines level four drought

otter pup

a red crab tickles

its whiskers

ring-necked dove

the teenager's hickey

begins to fade

bells ring

throughout the night

mendicants

offer silent blessings

and prayers for peace

 

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2023

vespers

the mantis begins

to sway

winter solstice

the sun wedged between

standing stones

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2023

let them say

what they will . . .

mistral winds

Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 12, August 2023

Turning Japanese: AIku

language processing the inandoutput of subwords

Half Day Moon Journal, Issue No. 1, August 2023

spring thaw : the ice steps out of its skin

the once upon a time nevermore of it all

backscatter the almost of an echo

old

the

from

emerging

life

new

ecology

carcass

 

Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, August 2023

 Curated by Lavana Kray

August 12, 2023

(note: this haiku was first published in a different haiga in Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2021)

Prune Juice, Issue 40, August 2023

Thrilled to have the following work selected by Mike Rehling for the 2023 H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest:

foetal/fatal the absence of almost-presence

Highly Commended

The Wise Owl, Russet and Gold Edition, August 2023

Thrilled to have the following digital collage series, "Seasonal Snippets", featured in this edition: