Haiku and Tanka

spring winds
rearrange
reality

Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, April, 2025

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sounds of football—
apple pie
in my father’s lap

Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, September, 2025

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praise
for the friend
who brings pecan pie

Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, November, 2025

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red glare
of a rusted pickup –
the barn’s early light

New Verse News, December 9, 2025

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no red this year
among the orange and yellow
leaves . . . 
my father never failed
to be the life of the party

Quail Eggs, Issue 3, December 13, 2025

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wear in the fabric
of her favorite chair
the weight of time

Sense and Sensibility Haiku Journal, January, 2026

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