2008





                                                                    flashlight shadows
                                                                    the storyteller's head
                                                                    fills the ceiling

                                                                    The Heron's Nest
X:4, December 2008




birdless oak
I listen to the song
of a winter wind

The Shiki Monthly Kukai November 2008




                                                                    late night drizzle
                                                                    the panhandler asks me
                                                                    to smile

                                                                    Modern Haiku 39.3, autumn 2008




lakeside drive
   one more time around
       the radio dial

The Heron's Nest X:3, September 2008





                                                                    starless night
                                                                    I crush the emptiness
                                                                    from a soda can

                                                                    The Heron's Nest X:3, September 2008





spring warmth
we paint the baby's room
robin's egg blue

The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2008




                                                                    midnight —
                                                                    a cockroach brings out
                                                                    the killer in me

                                                                    The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2008




first warm day
she asks me if I still
want a divorce

The Heron's Nest X:2, June 2008




                                                                    child's piano
                                                                    the cluttered notes
                                                                    of our applause

                                                                    The Shiki Monthly Kukai May 2008





heat wave
a child waters
the fire lily

The Shiki Monthly Kukai May 2008




                                                                    a chessboard
                                                                    abandoned in the park
                                                                    cherry blossoms

                                                                    Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2008




spring cleaning
how much of this dust
is me?

Modern Haiku 39.1, winter-spring 2008




                                                                    Valentine's night
                                                                    we break up
                                                                    the chocolate heart

                                                                    Modern Haiku 39.1, winter-spring 2008




dragon ride
the screams of a child
not tall enough

Modern Haiku 39.1, winter-spring 2008




                                                                    talk of sex —
                                                                    a lime wedge slides
                                                                    down the bottle's neck

                                                                    Modern Haiku 39.1, winter-spring 2008





rainy night
a childhood favorite
on the motel TV

Frogpond XXXI:1, winter 2008




                                                                    winter drive —
                                                                    we settle on a song
                                                                    neither of us like

                                                                    bottle rockets Issue 18, February 2008




writer's block —
scribbling with a pen
until it bleeds

bottle rockets Issue 18, February 2008




                                                                    mathematics lecture —
                                                                    half of me
                                                                    wants none of it

                                                                    bottle rockets Issue 18, February 2008





stale cookie
I give away
its fortune

Gerald Brady Senryu Awards 2007






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