erecting landmarks in the field of why 



unsolving 'x' i kill my darlings 



psychoanalyzing a comma on the dark side 



magnum opus and yet and yet 



heart sutra      untying the fabric of my universe 



only as a matter of fact winter sunrise 



loopholes       the steel in your spine 

(Note: A found haiku remixed from Trump's State of the Union address)

old doorways —
the nerve palaces
of midnight

pulling sins out of a dreamer conscience

self-referential this late monsoon rain

pulling sins out of a dreamer conscience

Under the Basho (ku section), 2018

winter dusk…
the hive mind
of crows

dangling modifier
the stories we leave
incomplete

abandoned shrine
the gods as lost
as us

tea dregs
remnants from a wanton
night

memory
what do sparrows
sound like?

dragonfly pauses on its shadow

nightfall the gull enters into

candle march
each flicker carries
the dark

snowflakes
he seeks his
twin brother

clear sky
kite's threads hang
from a bare branch

book fair
dad engrossed
in e-book

failed haiku vol-2 issue 20

social distancing...
even the sea looks
bluer to me

lockdown...
clang of vessels upon vessels
the only music

digital footprints...
a year later he dedicates
my ku to me

pacman —
I fight against the same
ghosts again

thaw
a child speaks her
first syllables

winter night
just the note of
a match struck

indigo evening
the sea refuses
to sleep

silently
the gossip spreads
evening rain

Haiku Presence, Issue 64

twilit beach
every ebbing wave takes
a little of the day

Frogpond, Issue 43:1

skipping pebble . . .
the day's colours dissolve
in ripples

autumn dusk . . .
a feather falls through
the skylight

summer noon . . .
the wind wakes up
the cane fields

as though darkness
could absorb sounds . . .
night rain

winter night
the fog thickens around
a long lullaby

a child spots
every animal she knows...
summer clouds

spring morning
the deadwood shines
with green moss

rice sparrows
hover over leftovers
those hungry kids

global warming
frozen minds
still frozen

Hiroshima Day paper crane I tried a mushroom

firefly in the cave full of light

job cuts scarecrows outnumber sparrows

window seat for them I see outside

sleepless street
Edison ends my journey
into myself

war hero
stealing the light of
thousand widows

slicing a pumpkin
mother talks of my sister
elsewhere

Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2019 issue

way to graveyard
summer river lets us take
a shorter route

12th Yamadera Basho haiku contest