Haiku and Tanka

 

spring winds
rearrange
reality

Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, April, 2025


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

Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, September, 2025


 

praise
for the friend
who brings pecan pie

Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, November, 2025


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

New Verse News, December 9, 2025


 

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


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

Sense and Sensibility Haiku Journal, January, 2026


 

spring dawn 
a swath of orange
wraps the oak


“spring dawn” Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal, May, 2026


suddenly, dusk . . . 
the lilt
in a loon’s call


Blithe Spirit 36.2, May, 2026 


 

opening an umbrella
against the wind
spring hellebores

Blithe Spirit 36.2, May, 2026 


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