Saturday

May 21, 2016

up the mountain
and all around us
morning fog lifts

Tuesday

January 6, 2015

chilly evening commute
Amtrak and Beethoven
blending horns

publication credit: 
Haiku Society of America 2014 Member's Anthology

Wednesday

Dec 24, 2014


dreary Christmas Eve
going thru grandpa's things
with the relatives

Friday

Nov 8, 2013





















new england lighthouse
faded paint
crusted with salt


Saturday

Oct 27, 2012

Mother's Day
a lost balloon soars
at dusk

ver date: 05/14/2012

Friday

Oct 26, 2012


crisp fall morning
dew drips from the car
as my wife drives away

ver date: 12/09/2012

Sep 21, 2012


Power failure
It is cool outside
On this fall morning
The house is very quiet
Very still
Insects chirp outside
While sunlight streams onto my face
It is very warm


ver date: 9/9/2012

Wednesday

Apr 4, 2012


outside the cancer center --
little stones
carefully stacked

ver date: 1/1312

Sunday

Sep 18, 2011

in summer's last wind
she moves
beyond us

ver date: 09/07/11

Monday

Sep 12, 2011

layers of blue
cross the Tetons
the sky

ver date: 8/9/2011

Saturday

Jun 18, 2011

sudden rain shower
cars pull away
leaving dry patches

ver date: 06/16/2011

Friday

Apr 15, 2011

planning college visits
little pencil impressions
on sunlit paper

ver date: 09/12/11

Sunday

Apr 10, 2011

African violets
old friends talking
about our teens

ver date: 3/23/2011

Feb 6, 2011

grey winter afternoon
vultures
above the trees

ver date: 4/10/11

Thursday

Oct 21, 2010

muted light
reflected off the chimes
blistering fall day

ver date: 10/17/10

Sunday

Sep 19, 2010

leaving grandma's farm --
dusty red soil
on the family car

ver date: 9/10/10

Wednesday

Aug 25, 2010

dry meadow --
two children
atop a roller coaster

ver date: 10/17/10

Sunday

Aug 8, 2010

butterfly bush:
tangled branches
under the sun

ver date: 08/08/10

Wednesday

Aug 4, 2010

a german shepherd
watches grandpa's hearse
then scampers away

ver date: 08/09/10

Friday

May 21, 2010

cool spring afternoon
sun emerges from clouds
so many beliefs

ver date: 3/11/10

Thursday

Apr 22, 2010

my neighbor fells a tree
as Eva Cassidy sings
Over the Rainbow

ver date: Earth Day, 2010
Reprints:
Published on the HSA "haiku Wall" exhibited in the historic Liberty Theatre Gallery at the Quarterly National Haiku Society of America Meeting in Bend, Oregon on June 3-5, 2011 as part of the downtown Bend Oregon First Friday June Art Walk

Wednesday

Mar 3, 2010

gliding
on the snow-covered lawn --
the hawk's big shadow

ver date: 2/26/10

Sunday

Feb 28, 2010

crooked icicles
hanging
on the shady side of the house

ver date: 2/26/10

Monday

Feb 15, 2010

windy morning
after the blizzard
snow clumps fall from branches
shadows dart across the lawn
pattering all around

ver date: 2/8/10

Thursday

Feb 11, 2010

during a blizzard
parents and teens shoveling
building a snow fort

ver date: 02/11/10

Thursday

Dec 17. 2009



cloud fingers
stretching...
far eastward

ver date: 8/08/10

Monday

Dec 14, 2009

weathered tricycle
resting on moss-covered bricks
at the little inn

ver date: 12/14/09

Saturday

Nov 14, 2009

overcast morning
crows thrashing in a squirrel's nest
leaves falling

ver date: 01/31/10

Wednesday

Nov 4, 2009

barbershop:
scent of her wrist
her reflection

ver date: 11/04/09

Friday

Oct 30, 2009

overcast afternoon
leaves falling from the maples
a flight of swallows

ver date: 10/30/09

Saturday

Oct 17, 2009

beating wings
bobbing petals
summer breeze

ver date: 8/5/09

Sunday

Sep 6, 2009

Antietam ranger stories blithering gnats

ver date: 3/31/10


appalachian roadtrip
poppop, father and son
summer rains

ver date: 7/17/09

Tuesday

Sep 1, 2009

after prom
left by the date
little pink petals

ver date: 08/29/09

Monday

Aug 3, 2009

summer road construction
boulders dropping
little gray dust cloud

ver date: 10/20/09
a strong wind blowing
leaves touching one another
throughout the forest