state fair
no line for fish kebabs
on this Gazan street 

steaming cup 
a stray cardinal stares back
at my fresh fern frost 










First published in Asahi Haikuist Network/David McMurray, February 7, 2014, ajw.asahi.com

In the wake  of super typhoon Haiyan ...

post sea surge 
her son clutches a photo 
of grandpa 

toxic rain 
Basho's frog leaps out  
of grandpa's pond

all day sun
the left-leaning snowman drops
his M&M smile

empty beach 

a weathered conch crowds 
his coffee table 

By the pond in the park...

mom hovers 
over her fledglings... 
first teacher 







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Published in Asahi Haikuist Network, The Asahi Shimbun, 05 April 2012

thanksgiving 

the bags of leaves are still 

on the curb 

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First published in "Haiku in English," Mainichi Daily News (Japan), January 26, 2012.