the robin pulls
a worm taut
no word yet

[Mariposa 36, Spring/Summer 2017]

packed subway car
a mosquito attacks
the fluorescent light

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 47.2, Summer 2016]

wishing well
an old woman
reaches in

[A Splash of Water, Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2015]

waiting for beer foam to collapse my comment

[Mariposa 32, Spring/Summer 2015]

baptism
on the church steps a moth
blends in

[Mariposa 32, Spring/Summer 2015]

riverbank
the long wait
for darkness

[Tinywords, Issue 14.2, Nov. 17, 2014]

festival
the boy too young
not to dance

[Tinywords, Issue 14.2, Oct. 23, 2014]

summer dusk
the outline of the baseball
in the bruise

[Frogpond, Vol. 37:2, Spring/Summer 2014]

kleenex flower --
putting the kids to bed
over the phone

 From the Haibun "Tween"

[Frogpond, Vol. 37:2, Spring/Summer 2014]

first star
I make up
a reason

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 45.2, Summer 2014]

red light the tribe of this street corner

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 45.2, Summer 2014]

goose down
drifts to the floor
baggage claim

[Mariposa 30, Spring/Summer 2014]

trekking alone the path of a satellite

[Frogpond, Vol. 37:1, Winter 2014]

Indian summer --
stepping into the path
of her perfume

[Tinywords, Issue 13.3, Nov. 22, 2013]

spring moon
the alpine lake
refreezes

[Mariposa 29, Autumn/Winter 2013]

pine needles pressed in snow
the weight of a full backpack

[this world,  Haiku Society of America 2013 Member's Anthology]

Gutai at the Guggenheim

staying behind the line splatter art

thick swirls the neat signature

installation lingering in the bathroom

admiring the curves hand on her hip

intersecting lines a boy draws on the wall

Gutai the teacher tells the children what to see

[Frogpond, Vol. 36:2, Spring/Summer 2013]

first day of spring
not waiting for the kids
to fall asleep

[Frogpond, Vol. 36:2, Spring/Summer 2013]

holiday shopping carts collide

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 44.2, Summer 2013]

belly full
of black lager
dead of winter

[Mariposa 28, Spring/Summer 2013]

noon sun
pigeons peck
an empty bag

from the haibun "Jazz"
[Frogpond, Vol 35:2,  Spring/Summer 2012]

new year
the yogini next to me
copies my mistake

[Mariposa 26, Spring/Summer 2012]

Monday meeting --
the campfire scent
in my beard

[Mariposa 26, Spring/Summer 2012]

reunion
we talk about the last
reunion

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 43.1, Winter-Spring 2012]

empty sky
the soup kitchen line
stands still

[Mariposa 24, Spring/Summer 2011]

moonset
the dog places his paw
on the yoga mat

[Mariposa 24, Spring/Summer 2011]

dawn glow
the smell of her
shower steam

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 42.2, Summer 2011]

record cold
the half-empty tray
of rat poison

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 42.2, Summer 2011]

alley wind
a drunk asks
if I'm okay

[Mariposa 23, Autumn / Winter 2010]

lunch-hour yoga
a pigeon tiptoes
along the window sill

[Mariposa 23, Autumn / Winter 2010]

first day of spring
someone else's fortune
in my cookie

[Mariposa 23, Autumn / Winter 2010]

winter solstice
blue sky forming
on the jigsaw puzzle

[bottle rockets, issue 23]

autumn dusk
the subway preacher
counts his tips

[bottle rockets, issue 23]

august twilight
the tween gossips
with the grown ups

[bottle rockets, issue 23]

piano bar
the tip glass full
of morning light

[Frogpond, Vol. 33:2, Spring/Summer 2010]

talking politics . . .
brightening stars
hide Polaris

[Mariposa 22, Spring/Summer 2010]

downward dog
yoginis stretch
their tattoos

[Mariposa 22, Spring/Summer 2010]

funeral motorcade
through the financial district
January rain

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 41.2, Summer 2010]

autumn dawn
a dealer paces
his corner

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 41.2, Summer 2010]

sunrise
sunflowers painted on a fence
stretch toward it

[HPNC Newsletter #56, Winter 2010]

Times Square
a tourist photographs
herself

[Modern Haiku, Vol. 41.1, Winter-Spring 2010]

home office
my wife sends me an email
from the bedroom

[First place, senryu category, 2009 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, Tanka and Rengay, Sponsored by the Haiku Poets of Northern California]

long flight
finishing my book
before take off

[bottle rockets, issue 22]

camping alone

the big dipper turns

right-side up

[Mariposa 21, Autumn/Winter 2009]

shavasana

a stranger and I

brush fingers

[Mariposa 21, Autumn/Winter 2009]

haircut

the stylist flirts

with my son

[Prune Juice, Issue 2, Summer 2009]

lunch alone

lotus stems drift

in my soup

[Prune Juice, Issue 2, Summer 2009]

Baja midnight

stray dogs call

a truce

[A Travel-Worn Satchel, The Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology, 2009]

lunch hour

lobsters duel

in the tank

[Frogpond, Vol. 32:2, Spring/Summer 2009]

summer yoga

sweat rolls

up my nose

[Mariposa 20, Spring/Summer 2009]