looking for a sign
your little cement handprint
catches autumn leaves

looking for a sign
your little cement handprint
catches autumn leaves

sunflowers turning
the foster child switches
to first names


pine sap
sticking to
our story

dragon-shaped cloud
a boy names a stick
Excalibur

The Arts Council of Appling County recently held its first poetry contest. My poem came in second!
Here it is:
Most Insincere Form
Photographs of snow do not melt.
No wives are widowed by paintings of soldiers.
My echo is more talkative than me
And my shadow’s taller.
The lovers I meet in my dreams
Are gone by sunrise.
And not a word on this page
Was handwritten.
The man in the mirror
Reflects well on me.
Such insincere imitation
Must be flattery.
Check it out! I placed first in the 2017 Revista Haiku Contest’s English Division! It’s pretty rare for me to write a 5/7/5 haiku, and unheard of for me to write one that rhymes, so it was definitely something different. Click the link above and scroll down to read the poem!

flash flood warning
my ex
drunk dials me
First published in Modern Haiku.
Like I promised, I’m going to be sharing more of my recent publications!