2008
we'll never meet
but I imagine the sound
of her voice
as I climb inside
one of her poems
Ribbons vol 4 no 3, autumn 2008
a worm
wriggling in mud
after the rain
I struggle to keep
a secret
Magnapoets Issue 2, July 2008
late night storm . . .
I lock the door and hope
the children are safe
in the unruly boroughs
of their dreams
TSA International Tanka Contest 2008
*Third Prize
a sudden hailstorm —
we listen to it
obliterate
whatever it was
we were fighting about
Ribbons vol 4 no 2, summer 2008
the setting sun
splatters a field
not quite rid
of its floodwaters . . .
it sinks in that she's gone
Ribbons vol 4 no 2, summer 2008
(The Tanka Café)
moon
get drunk with me tonight!
I made a promise
I would never drink alone
again
Modern English Tanka vol 2 no 4, summer 2008
child by child
the swimming pool fills
with laughter
I find myself sliding
into old summers
Modern English Tanka vol 2 no 4, summer 2008
a crowded nest
of day-old meadowlarks
bursting with song
as if this day
is the last
Modern English Tanka vol 2 no 4, summer 2008
in a courtyard flooded
with tourists and pigeons
how wild
these thoughts of you
roaming through my mind
Modern English Tanka vol 2 no 4, summer 2008
mile after mile
but I'm not any closer
to the horizon
who left me out here
to walk in this body alone?
Ribbons vol 4 no 1, spring 2008
(The Tanka Café)
gone
but we still talk about
the shooting star . . .
another empty bottle
on the windowsill
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
I tiptoe slowly
through the seasons
every year
a shorter distance
between birthdays
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
the baby leaves
a fingerprint on my glasses
I look at the stars
wishing I could know
his view of our world
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
ant leads ant
around a dead oak's
skeleton
still no end
to war
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
sunlight
fills the windowpane
as if I needed
another excuse
to hate my job
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
driving for miles
with nothing to say
she waits
until my favorite song
to start a fight
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
writer's block —
if only I could remember
the poem
that won all the awards
in last night's dream
Simply Haiku vol 6 no 1, spring 2008
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