The theme for week 17 of the Haiku Dialogue was “a shiny instrument.” Since Memorial Day was close at hand, I felt inspired to write this:

soldier’s bugle
the gentle tapping
of rain

You can read the other poets’ work here!

The theme for week 16 of the Haiku Dialogue was “an empty can.” Here’s what I wrote:

empty paint cans
not enough sun
for a sunset

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The theme for week 15 of the Haiku Dialogue was “A colorful insect.”

I ended up writing this:

late spring
counting the spots
on a ladybug

Here’s this week’s Haiku Dialogue!

The theme for week 14 of the Haiku Dialogue was “an old flower pot.”

It took me a while, but I managed to come up with this:

shattered flower pot
I sweep up the last shard
of spring

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The prompt for Week 13 of The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue was “An exotic spice.”

I came up with this:

allergy season
I ask for extra
wasabi paste

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longest day
an extra syllable
in the rooster’s crow

I wrote the above haiku a while back and it was accepted for publication by Shamrock Haiku Journal. To my surprise and joy, I just found out that it’s a runner-up in their 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Every issue of Shamrock is always packed with great haiku. Read their latest issue here!

model plane kit
a piece missing
from my childhood

I wrote the above haiku for The Haiku Foundation’s most recent Haiku Dialogue. The theme was “a hand-me-down toy.” The purpose of the dialogue is to explore the possibilities of the medium of haiku. Check it out here!

lone glove
why am I still
holding on?

My haiku, as seen above, is being featured in a Haiku Dialogue by The Haiku Foundation. Lots of great poets contributed. Read all their work here!

A new haiku of mine is featured in the latest issue of The Heron’s Nest:

raindrops
one memory slides
into another

You can read the rest of the issue here!