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2024 HIGH/COO Chapbook Series

I'm grateful my haiku & tanka chapbook A Lost Prophet was selected by Randy and Shirley Brooks as a 2024 HIGH/COO Chapbook and is now available!

http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/chapbooks/2024-Salzer-LostProphet.html

 

The other winning chapbooks are: The Alchemy of Love by Susan Burch, Unthrown Stones by Evan Coram, and Natural Consequences by John S. O’Connor.

To receive a copy of each winning chapbook, a $30 subscription is available to purchase at:

https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/chapbooks.html#2024

Published Work (Haiku & Senryu)

The following is a selection of my haiku and senryu published in books, websites and journals.

All haiku & senryu are copyright © by Jacob D. Salzer

tangled shadows
in the prisoner’s letter
a winter sea

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, September 2024

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minus degree wind . . .
the tomb of a man
and his factory

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, September 2024

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wildflower meadow—
a door gently closed
in his eyes

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, September 2024

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a single flame
in forest darkness
the scent of ink

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, September 2024

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a ship’s skeleton
at the bottom of the sea
the whale’s dream

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, September 2024

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receding shoreline . . .
the bones of her necklace
in the evening tide

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, September 2024

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before the thought

of you and I

the endless sea

 

Mayfly issue 77, Summer 2024

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her dreamcatcher—

a missing thread

in the spider's web

 

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2024 edition

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ocean fog . . .

the ghost of a colonist

in my lungs

 

Password. Very Short Poetry Journal, issue 1.3, 2024

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a single word

re-ignites the fire

Chinook wind

 

2024 HSA Members' Anthology

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woodsmoke . . .

the afterlife

of ants

 

Under the Bashō, 2024

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a revolving dream

of her returning . . .

the evening tide

 

Under the Bashō, 2024

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fresh snow

a trail of footprints

in the raven's dream

 

Presence, issue #79

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empty nest . . .

a cold moon settles

in the ghosts of trees

 

Presence, issue #79

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mother's voice

on the answering machine . . .

melting snow

 

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2024 edition

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sea wind—

the pearls of her necklace

in the raven's nest

 

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2024 edition

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strands of a web —

the secret

she let go

 

tsuri-dōrō May/June 2024 issue #21

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a bruised apple in his voice the scent of rain

 

cattails, April 2024 issue

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reaching the shore . . .

a cold wind howls

in the pines

 

Hedgerow #145, 2024

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a lost key

in a room in her body

summer rain

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, Jan./Feb. 2024

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distant thunder

in pine tree darkness

the raven's dream

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, Jan./Feb. 2024

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grandma's ashes . . .

the Columbia River flows

into the sea

 

Seabeck Haiku Anthology, 2021; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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scent of green tea

in my travel mug

the forest's darkness

 

The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIII, Number 4: December 2021; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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barely audible downstream sounds of a lonely warrior

 

Is/Let, October 28, 2021

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cold wind seeking a flame— the river’s darkness

 

Is/Let, October 28, 2021; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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in the wet garden strands of her leaving

 

Is/Let, October 28, 2021; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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dinosaur bones . . .

the length

of my shadow

 

Frogpond 44:3, Autumn 2021

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smell of moss

on our ancestor’s headstone

my father’s shadow

 

H.S.A. Members Anthology 2021; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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polished stone

the hidden messages

in her smile

 

Failed Haiku, Volume 6, Issue 66

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sign language

the stories of a farm

in her hands

 

Presence #70, 2021; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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iPhone factory –

the many parts

of the ego

 

Prune Juice #34, July 2021

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scent of cedar lake fishing in a new canoe 

 

Frogpond 44:2, Spring/Summer 2021

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dream tunnel a worm enters the fallen apple

 

Heliosparrow Journal, April 24, 2021

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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sea shell —

the old man curls

into a fetus 

Heliosparrow Journal, April 24, 2021

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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plum blossom...

before the baby

has a name

The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIII, Number 2: June, 2021

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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forest mist . . .

thoughts drift

into other worlds

Chrysanthemum 29, spring issue 2021

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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morning mist . . .

the cold breath

of a soldier    

Modern Haiku 52:2 (Winter-Spring 2021)

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picking kale—

the darkened veins

in grandma's hands   

Kingfisher, issue #3, 2021

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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lost

in my digital footprint . . .

the weight of snow

Kingfisher, issue #2, 2020;

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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cherry blossoms...

a puddle fills

with stars

Second Place, Haiku Sanctuary Kukai, April 2020

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heavy net

the eyes of a fish 

become still  

Featured in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Masters of Japanese Prints 2020 website exhibition

 

Inspired and displayed with a print: Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge, 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro I (1753-1806) - Mb4757

 

SOURCE: https://exhibitions.bristolmuseums.org.uk/japanese-prints/haikus/

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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friendship...

a gold koi swims

between stars                                

(for Sharon)

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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electric guitar 

the reverberation

of teenage dreams 

Under the Basho, 2019 (Modern Haiku category) 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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tuning the guitar 

the tension

between us 

Under the Basho, 2019 (Modern Haiku category) 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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noisy highway... 

homeless tents

in the wind

Frogpond 42:3, Autumn 2019  

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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darkness...

a moth carries

its own light 

The Heron's Nest, Volume XX, September 2018

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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painting

another sunrise

morning rain 

Under the Basho, 2017 (Modern Haiku category) 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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guitar solo

a seagull hovers

above the water

Under the Basho, 2017 (Modern Haiku category) 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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fishing after dark river sounds never fading 

Under the Basho, 2017

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka 

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empty of desire a room floods with light

Under the Basho, 2017

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bold winter shapes New York Times 

Under the Basho, 2017

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sunset . . .

the rust on Grandpa's

license plates

The Heron's Nest, Sept. 17 issue, 2017 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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winter rain

headlines trickle down

a vacant driveway

The Heron's Nest, XIX, Number 1, March 2017 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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check-mate

shadows become still

on the marble steps

Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum No. 19, April 2016 

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence 

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flash-back

I adjust the time

on my camera

Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum No. 19, April 2016 

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence 

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staring

at a familiar stranger

sunset

A Hundred Gourds, 5.3, June 2016 

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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smell of lavender

foreign words drift

in the wind

 

Under the Basho, 2016 (Modern Haiku category)

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

 

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heavy rain

a forest trail

lost in mud

 

Under the Basho, 2016 (Modern Haiku category)

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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this orange

touched by so many hands

I eat with gratitude

 

The Heron's Nest XVII, Number 3, September, 2015

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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no longer attached

thoughts come and go

the sound of waves

 

Chrysanthemum 18, October, 2015

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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no thoughts

light filters through

the shape of glass

 

Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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how many

become one

sound of rain

 

Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015

The Living Haiku Anthology

Haiku Commentary

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2020)

Desert Rain: Haiku Nook Anthology (Lulu, 2022)

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

autumn moonlight . . .

how quietly she appears

in my dream

 

2023 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest Press, 2024)

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returning without you and i the endless sea

 

Whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, February 2024

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rows of yellow corn . . .

a dead end sign

on the one-way street

 

Trash Panda, issue #6

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a deafening silence

in slow drifting fog . . .

charcoal trees

 

Trash Panda, issue #6

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fish bones

in the river's darkness

a bear's dream

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 1, 2023

https://heliosparrow.com/2023/12/6-43/

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a cold wind—

will she remember me

in the next life?

 

2023 Seabeck Anthology, 4th place in the kukai

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empty clam shell—

the sound of her voice

in the evening tide

 

2023 Seabeck Anthology, 4th place in the kukai

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winter rain . . .

the hidden roots

of my family tree

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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burned cottonwood seeds from a past life

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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a long journey . . .

in mother's clothing

the scent of snow

 

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 7:1, Autumn/Winter 2023

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mother's voice

beyond the church wall

a trail of moss

 

Chrysanthemum 31, Fall issue 2023

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standing dead tree —

an angel's breath

in the understory 

Haiku Canada Review, October 2023 issue

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her last breath . . .

between patches of snow

a violet in full bloom

 

Kingfisher #8, 2023

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mountain wind . . .

a Luna moth's journey

between stars

 

Hedgerow #143, 2023

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displaced logs

from a colonial cabin

the sound of a creek

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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sapphire ice

begins to thaw . . .

the elder's story

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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climbing

the Seminary Hill forest

a Pacific Wren's song

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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in the darkness

of a hollow tree

the owl's dream

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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the red sun sets

between pale white sails

a turbulent sea

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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her tears . . .

the river ice melts

into a song

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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oak trees rising

from old church ruins —

voices in the wind

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

Fractured by Cattails: 2023 Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology

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dripping icicle . . .

I step into

someone else's dream

 

Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku

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darkness shapes the timeless river returning stones

 

Hedgerow #142, 2023

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finishing her sentence the cicada's cry

 

Hedgerow #142, 2023

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overgrown cemetery—

the tangled roots

of my family tree

 

The Heron's Nest, Volume XXV, Number 2: June 2023

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forest trail . . .

at the end of a thought

a robin's song

 

deepening leaves: 2022 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest Press, 2023. Edited by Lisa Gerlits & Antoinette Cheung)

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sudden downpour —

the sound of my friends

clapping 

deepening leaves: 2022 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest Press, 2023. Edited by Lisa Gerlits & Antoinette Cheung)

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winter rain . . .

the untold stories

in his obituary

 

Haiku Canada Review, February issue 2023

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forest sunset . . .

grandpa turns off

his iPhone

 

Hedgerow #141, 2023

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tree roots descending into darkness the horse's dream

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 22, 2022

https://heliosparrow.com/2022/12/5-37/

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washed ashore

the bones of yesterday  

the future of me

 

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 22, 2022

https://heliosparrow.com/2022/12/4-45/

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crescent moon —

a glimpse of salmon

in the river's darkness

 

Sing the Salmon Home Anthology, 2023

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a long hug

at the train station

evening fog

 

Frogpond 46:1 Winter 2023

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river mist...

the faint whispers

of a lost prophet 

 

The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIV, Number 3: September 2022

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twisted metaphors

in the gnarled oak tree

a robin's song

 

Frogpond 45:3 Autumn 2022

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a gentle tide

entering my dream

the call of a loon

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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trail dust ...

climbing Mount Hood

with my shadow

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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campfire embers ...

my mother's voice

drifting to sleep

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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winter rain —

on my resume

the weight of ink

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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sunbeams

in a trail of dust

a moth in flight

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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first confession —

a heavy stone falls

into the sea

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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revisiting

her tombstone

the scent of moss

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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among endless

trees and deep valleys

the mystery of me

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

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unplugged—

I walk into the forest

without a sound

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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family game night

the lantern's hum

gathering moths

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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distant thunder ...

lifetimes echo

in the oak tree 

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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darkness in the old Redwood voices 

 

Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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past lives

from my acoustic guitar

the scent of spruce 

 

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXIV, Issue 2, June 2022; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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grandpa’s stream

the long journey

of mountain rain

 

First Frost, issue #3, Spring 2022; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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Saturn's rings . . .

the ghost of a marriage

on her finger

 

Failed Haiku, issue 74, 2022 (sci-fi edition)

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finally

without a business suit

summer wind

 

Frogpond 45:1, Winter 2022

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a homeless man

mumbles something to himself

winter wind 

 

Hedgerow #137, 2022; 

Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)

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forgetting my name

the hook disappears

beneath the water

 

A Hundred Gourds 5.1, December, 2015

Haiku Commentary

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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crashing

against the shore

moonlight

 

Modern Haiku 47:1, Winter 2016

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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solar eclipse

the untold stories

in grandma’s eyes

 

Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2016

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence 

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

 

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as if Jazz

wasn’t enough

rain

 

Haiku Canada Review, February 2016 Issue

 

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her hands unfolding a butterfly

 

Under the Basho, 2015

Yanty’s Butterfly: Haiku Nook: An Anthology, 2016

How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence

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dead insects

on a stagnant pond—

the distant rapids

Birds With No Names: Haiku Poetry

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dementia . . .

a snowfield devoid

of footprints

Birds With No Names: Haiku Poetry

Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka

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tall stalks of bamboo 

reaching over

my old neighbor's fence

The Sound of Rain: Haiku Poetry

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under one blanket

small whispers

falling asleep

The Sound of Rain: Haiku Poetry

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