The following haiku have been published in various journals during 2021. Thanks to all editors for their support: Chrissi Villa, Michael Rehling, Ian Storr, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Patricia Prime, Gautam Nadkarni.
lilac light / on the arch of
moonrise / two silvereyes Frameless Sky, March, 2021.
bush koan the sound of one
twig snapping Failed Haiku 6:61, 2021.
sunken stars / in a muddy
river / last year’s goals Failed Haiku 6:61, 2021.
jet lag / a street cat
stretches / into the night Failed Haiku 6:61, 2021.
plastic bags / filled with
wrap and tinsel / landfill truck Failed Haiku 6:61, 2021.
empty pen / transfusion needed / for the muse Failed Haiku 6:62, 2021.
in the hands / of the
puppeteer / . . . shadow cabinet Failed Haiku 6:62, 2021.
quarantine / I begin to unlock / my
inner self Failed Haiku 6:66, 2021.
election year / the wish-wash of storms / and promises Failed Haiku 6:66, 2021.
searching for / the middle
way / the labyrinth Failed Haiku 6:66, 2021.
starlit jungle / a pride of
lions / light years away Presence 69, 2021.
returning swallows — / my father's
discharge / telegraph Presence 70, 2021.
ikebana / she arranges her
new year's / resolutions Stardust Haiku 49, January 2021.
feather moon / above the treetops / one last hymn
Stardust Haiku 52, April 2021.
spring dawn / I empty myself
/ into the light In the Stardust, Stardust Haiku 53, May 2021.
brief encounter / a magpie
in dinner suit / chats up a snail Kokako 33, 2021.
steak house / two
politicians / attack their lunch Cattails, April 2021.
