weighing
one
word
.
.
.
a
text’s
gravity

tsuri-dōrō (Issue #27, May/June 2025)

reflecting pool

a mallard swims

through our legs

cattails (October 2025)

empty swing

beneath the campus oak…

spring break

tsuri-dōrō (Issue #28, July/August 2025)

after the break-up

picking blueberries

from the kitchen floor

Akitsu Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2025)

trouble parking a dream

Frogpond (Summer 2025)

empty pint glass

metabolizing

her memory

tsuri-dōrō (Issue #27, May/June 2025)

flame in the foam

the cardamom latte

singes my tongue

Akitsu Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2025)

the groom’s tears

as she walks the aisle

summer rain

Wales Haiku Journal (Summer 2025)

last thing touched

before she left

shriveled flowers

HSA Member Anthology (2025)

late summer eve

a snail’s shell

on the slow walk home

Modern Haiku (56:3 – 2025)