World Haiku Association, February 2016

139th Monthly Haiga Contest

World Haiku Association, January 2016

138th Monthly Haiga Contest

Wild Plum, Issue 2:1, Spring & Summer 2016

setting sun
dandelion seedheads
bend the light


skipping stones
the expanding ripples
of our universe

The Heron's Nest, Vol. 18, Number 1, March 2016

bobolinks
perched on thistle heads
the rain-streaked sky

Spent Blossoms, Tanka Society of America Members' Anthology 2015

camping
in bear country
all night
the large noises
of small creatures

Ribbons, Volume 12, Number 1, Winter 2016

four crosses
in a roadside ditch
will no one
stop and read the names
of our beloveds

Red Lights, Vol. 12, Number 1, January 2016

the chatter
of elderly trees
in wind gusts
bony branches scrape
the lowering sky


a kettle
of migrating hawks
riding thermals
through the boiling sky
we drink it all in


sunset's soft blush
through black lace leaves
why did I reveal
so much more of myself
than I had intended

Prune juice, Issue 18, March 2016

our last time fishing with grandpa the catch in my throat

Presence, Number 54, February 2016

from sand nests
loggerhead turtles
make their way
summoned by the sea
we wash our feet in stars

One Man's Maple Moon: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Tanka, Volume 2, 2016

Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu


crossing over
the bridge of sighs
I felt you
folding into me
folding into prayer


Gusts 19, Spring/Summer 2014

NeverEnding Story, February 2016

Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu


wishing seeds
cartwheel through warm air
how quiet
this fleeting moment
this belief in miracles


2nd Honourable Mention
2015 UHTS Fleeting Words Tanka Contest

NeverEnding Story, March 2016

Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu


rusted gate
old lilacs blooming
for no one


Selected Haiku
7th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest 2015


Chen-ou's comments:

The contrasts (man-made vs natural, inanimate vs animate, rusted vs blooming, ...) between the two parts of the poem open up an interpretative space for the reader's imagination.

Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Issue 3, March 2016

birch bark canoe . . .
pasted in a scrapbook
strips of her life


shore lunch
the summer taste
of rainbows


snapdragons
we pop corn over
the campfire

Hedgerow Poems, Number 69, March 2016

Resident Artist

Hedgerow Poems, Number 67, March 2016

Resident Artist

Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 10, Number 1, February 2016

ice jams at breakup there is nothing more to say


lilac buds
no one notices
the bruises

Gnarled Oak, Issue 6, February 2016

End of the Road

Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Issue 2, February 2016

tangled vines
the bittersweet terms
of divorce


wind quintet
the circular breathing
of our lives

Butterfly Dream: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku, Vol. 2, 2016

Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu


on the tundra
caging a winter sky
caribou bones

Third Place
2014 Hortensia Anderson Awards

Brass Bell, March 2016

old books the oddments of my past lives


day moon
(dis)appearing
sister's thin face


first chemo
a yellow leaf caught
in her hair