sand

white sand

a child asks why

I'm wearing shoes

(Shiki Kukai, June 2008)

butterfly

a butterfly

rises from my fingertip

soft wind

breaststroke

breaststroke

rippling

sunset

gay

gay wedding

his father gave him away

long ago

(Published in Sketchbook June 2008)

catfish

catfish

a child's eyes widen

at the word

(Published in Modern Haiku)

drought

drought

the prayers she knows

by heart

(Published in The Heron's Nest)

one-way

one-way street

a mother and child

look both ways

(Published in Sketchbook)

midsummer

midsummer

a jazzman's trumpet

aims at the stars

(Shiki kukai, May, 2008)

lovers' garden

lovers' garden

a lily pad floats

on a cloud

(Shiki kukai, May, 2008)