gray day
smoke from a mill meanders
over the river
(Editor's Choice The Heron's Nest 1:3)
(Reprinted in The Ohio Haiku Anthology 2020)
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first snow
my child's footprints no longer
fit inside of mine
(HM The Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award 2006)
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one limb at a time
the falcon calls her fledglings
nearer to flight
(The Heron's Nest 1:2)
(Reprinted in The Ohio Haiku Anthology 2020)
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by late evening
the points on a picket fence
lost to snowfall
(AHAPoetry)
(Reprinted in The Ohio Haiku Anthology 2020)
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farmer's scythe
a harvesting song
in each sweep
(2009 Betty Drevniok Award, Third Place)
(Reprinted in The Ohio Haiku Anthology 2020)
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motionless sky
twilit limbs release
a bald eagle
(Published in pine shade" HSA 2011 Members' Anthology)
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home
cricket sounds
in every nook
(Third Place Penumbra 2001)
(Published in Tallahassee Writers' Association)
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becoming daylight
a fallow deer retraces
its own hoofprints
(Placed in Japanese Contest)
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car bumper
the crackle of icicles
in a pee stream
(published in Taboo Haiku)
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after its first flight
the young gerfalcon's talons
tighter on my glove
(Winner British Haiku Society Contest)
(Reprinted in The Loose Thread Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku)
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valentine's day
the zoo chimpanzees
groom each other
(Published at Sketchbook)
(Reprinted in the 2010 Haiku Society of America's Members' Anthology)
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june bugs
under the porchlight
a goodnight kiss
(The Heron's Nest June Issue)
what's fallen I found
the ilk of an autumn leaf
colors my morning
(HM California Urban Forests Council Contest 2020)
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from my red-striped bag
an elephant trunk chooses
the biggest peanut
(Winner 2003 Fartherst North Haiku Contest, and published in Permafrost University of Alaska Fairbanks, Vol 25)
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snowflakes
crossing the river
before me
deep woods
the slow shallow flow
of a creek
(Published in Ardea)
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before you, burning ban, free of spring bulbs, must I too, Christmas wheat, and sidewalk cafe (all published in Fire Pearls, Short Masterpieces of the Heart 2006)
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celestial space
geese touching their wings
to the clouds
(ist Place at "In Buddha's Temple Contest, and published at "In Buddha's Temple".
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prairie dust settles
in the mare's sway back-
summer evening
(WCtournament winner, and published ainthe World Haiku Club Review)
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a day of spring
the street musician's cap
fills with rain
(Published in The Road Between Mountains)
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washed windows
a place to splatter
the spring rain
fluttering breeze
the moth sticks its legs
through a screen
country kitchen
stray strands of cornsilk
glisten in the sun
bitter cold
the juniper berry parts
the jay's beak
humid afternoon-
flat on our backs in the grass
analyzing clouds
slash burning-
a scarlet tanager hits
a high note
ice moon
an elk touches its tongue
to the salt lick
first spring wash
colors from the sundog
bleed through a cloud
virgin snow
a pine needle enters
point down
daymoon
the branch of a birch
laden with crows
(all 10 published in The Heron's Nest)
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mountaineering-
the hawk was here before me
white streaks on grey rocks
(Winner in the 2nd Creating Reality Haiku Competition UK 2004)
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a lit cigarette
in the cool night air
falsetto voices
(Published in Crosswinds)
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pink twilight
through each flamingo's legs
another flamingo
(Published Midwest Poetry Review, and featured at Poet's Profile)
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family reunion
the old wisteria hugs
a whitewashed wall
(editors' pick at Haijinx)
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produce box
a banana spider
far from home
(Published prune juice)
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summer solstice
the chestnut stallion
out of his sheath
(Published in Frogpond)
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cloud portal
a tidal wave moon
in the rising
(kaji 10)
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spring woodnote
the sunburned knuckles
on a birdwatcher
(Published in frogpond)
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hospital window
the resident bluebird
a picture of health
(kaji 10)
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leafless trees
the multi-hued sounds
of walking
(haiku-kai-III)
(Emerald Arts Gallery Show, Springfield Oregon)
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long drought
the scotch tree bough lowers
its needles
skipping along
an empty desert highway-
the tumbleweed
on a hunch
turning on the porchlight-
first snowflakes
(the 3 above published Sketchbook)