war orphans 

dandelion seeds waiting 

for the wind 

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Published in Haiku in English, Daily Haiku Selection, Mainichi Japan, September 12, 2011

Fukushima leak 
the sand under my feet
feels warmer 

Shakespeare in the park
a child plays peek-a-boo
with the moon

moon eclipse 

this loss of face 

so brief 

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Published in Haiku in English, Daily Haiku Selection, Mainichi Japan, June 14, 2011

The following piece was included in Mainichi Daily News' Haiku in English: Best of 2010. See all the selections (especially, the haiku of good friends Ralf Broeker, Karol Rosiak, Rudi Pfaller, and Marek Kozubek) and comments made by Isamu Hashimoto, judge of Annual Selection 2010.





all souls' day
the missing jigsaw pieces
I count alone

(December, 2010)






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Source: Reuters/Umit Bektas, 05/01/2011


... May Day protesters in Ankara ...

May Day march
the red tulips next door
are blooming 










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morning coffee 
spring rain stirs 
the old pond 

cherry blossoms
the Vietnam Wall remembers
their names