crust

snow crust

a gray squirrel

nibbles blankness

take-off

cleared for take-off

a flight attendant

adjusts her bra strap

[First published in Prune Juice]

new journal

Prune Juice, in which the senryu posted below was first published, is a new journal, edited by Alexis Rotella, devoted to senryu and kyoka. It's available online and in print and can be accessed by clicking on "prune juice" in the sites list to the left.

singles

singles bar

she tells him she always

picks losers

[First published in Prune Juice]

hand in hand

I just posted this at Nathan's blog, in response to and inspired by a poem of his:

hand in hand . . .

they talk about

boundaries

snowflakes

snowflakes

a sidewalk vendor

scrapes his griddle

[First published in White Lotus]

facebook

Facebook

unfriended by somebody

I never liked

O brave new world! This one is pure fiction, since I've never entered the universe of Facebook et cetera. Some of you may remember this earlier one

MySpace

I keep

MyDistance

photo

old photo

I recognize

my father's silence

[First published at Temps Libre}

Red Moon Anthology

I am honored to be included for the third year in a row in the Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku. The poems chosen by Jim Kacian and the editors are

midwinter

the child is learning

subtraction

***

a stray dog

going my way

early spring

***

barefoot

the earth

pushes back

["midwinter" was first published in Sketch Book; "stray dog" first appeared at the Shiki Kukai; "barefoot" was published in acorn; "stray dog" and "barefoot" have also appeared at this blog.]