God paints evening sky
across watercolor clouds
with autumn’s palette
ultimate kintsugi
02 Aug 2025 6 Comments
in haiku, senryu Tags: broken, gold, healing, kintsugi, pottery
broken, not ruined
God binds our wounds together
life’s cracks heal, gleam gold
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Inspired by japanese pottery and Dawn Minott’s blogpost here…
dem bones done walkin’
06 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: bison, bones, prairie
dry bone collectors
follow slaughter of bison
bleached white on prairie
siren song
28 Jan 2025 1 Comment
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: beach, mist, seagulls
hear seagulls crying
salty mist caresses dunes
come walk shrouded beach
french documentary
14 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: forest, mountains, stag, storks
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stags wander forest
storks build nest atop chimney
breathe blue mountain air
decadence
04 Nov 2024 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: autumn, fire, leaves, maple, rain
rain soaks cold branches
red maple stripped bare of leaves
autumn’s fire quenched
watering new grass…
23 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: grass, robins, shower, sprinkler, worms
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curious robins
sit…wet, under sprinkler
free shower, fresh worms
hangry haiku
17 Sep 2024 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: cornfield, crows, harvest, hungry, walk
black crows glean cornfield
startled by walker on road
accusers fly off
haik-coo
13 Jun 2024 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: birdbath, finch, praise, robin, sing, turtledoves
pair of turtledoves
coo-cooing from tree and roof
to welcome us home
algae in birdbath
orange oriole takes sips
disturbed reflection
sing praise at day’s end
robins echo each other
my heart joins chorus
heartland
07 Feb 2024 7 Comments
in haiku
sun sets on cornfield
murderous row of black crows
never satisfied
haiku published
18 Nov 2023 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: geese, skein, sky, sweater, winter
jagged vee of geese
unravel skein of grey sky
winter’s sweater snagged
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My haiku included in Lyrical Iowa 2023 (received 2nd Honorable Mention).
a poem in my pocket 
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