lights out at last
shedding the burden
of her shadow
cattails journal (UHTS) - Jane Reichold memorial haiku (2016)
between peonies
two cock sparrows
fight over a crumb
on ice
the sister
I could have been
transit camp
dust tracks deepening
on the child’s face
Ephemerae Issue 1 (2018)
describing snow whispering
the bright red tattoo
on the side of her arm
a fading palm print
upon reflection
the diving duck disappears
right into itself
final reminder
dropped through the letterbox
cut price funerals
Boston Literary Magazine (Winter 2015)
snowflakes falling
on the child’s upturned face
the stillness of stars
Winner: Haiku Now! contest 2013 (traditional category) (the Haiku Foundation)
winter funeral
we stand unbelieving
the cloudless sky
Haiku Ireland newsletter
fortieth birthday
fastening my old belt
at a new hole
Haiku Presence issues 13 & 25 & Haiku Spirit
summer thunderstorm
filling air with tension
she crosses her thighs
Chrysanthemum (Aug 2012)
not a bird for days
yet somehow the seed feeder
completely empty
Bottle Rockets (Aug 2012)
late autumn haze
a constellation of gnats
skywriting ampersands
Frogpond Autumn 2011
after the service
we gather at the wake
raising spirits
A Hundred Gourds (Dec 2011)
cattle reflected
in the river’s meander
summer clouds
Acorn (2011)
skimming the surface
of a mirror flat sea
the full moon
Paper Wasp
mist on far hills
her eyes in shadow
reflect the distance
Bare Bones magazine issue 8
pulling the bowstring
against held breath
wind in the yews
Snapshots Magazine issue 12
staring into flames
an old man and his old wife
their dancing shadows
Snapshots Magazine issue 3 (also Daily Haiga website)
drifting mist
the swinging lantern
slowly disappears
Haiku Presence issue 34