the ranger
discusses invasive
species
I pause to examine
my European roots 


Atlas Poetica 31

walking beside
a fence I used
to climb
thirty years
and sixty pounds ago


Atlas Poetica 34

climate changes what I thought was middle age


Otata 39

the night sounds
of sick children
swallowing the moon


is/let October 2018

under a hood
with buds in my ears
I slip through
a crowd of other
people’s shadows


Atlas Poetica 32

after the bomb

a clock

with no hands

Modern Haiku 49.2

tossing
aside the umbrella -
summer lust


Prune Juice July 2018

hyacinth buds ...
a hunger deeper
than lust


Leonard Cohen Haiku tribute

cross-country skis
slide through powdered snow -
the path
I might have taken
in a parallel life


Presence 61

the homeless
between buildings
night fog


Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2018

midnight jazz ...
a crow caws
out of time


Presence 61

open grave ...
examining the depth
of my shadow


Otata Nov 2017

stop light
a beggar feeds
on traffic


tinywords 16.2

curling up
before the fire ...
autumn leafs


Bamboo Hut, Spring 2018

late March
snow falls through
the hoop

The Heron’s Nest, Sept 2017

winter wind ...
a pallbearer tightens
his grip


hedgerow winter 2017

more bruise
than banana
autumn deepens


Wild Plum Fall 2017

bird seed
he scatters a handful
of change


Modern Haiku 49.1

the long arc
of a fly ball ...
prairie sky


Acorn 39

one last spin
of the merry-go-round ...
summer's end


hedgerow autumn 2017

washing out
the big dipper ...
autumn rain


Akitsu Quarterly Winter 2017

rolling
smokes for grandpa
evening light


Haiku Canada Review, Feb 2018

genetic code
my children slowly
break me


Presence 60

empty urn
my uncle forms
the wind


Failed Haiku Dec 2017 

night frost
her reptilian
DNA


Haiku Canada Review Oct 2017

his new car
makes an impression
morning snow


Failed Haiku Dec 2017

all that shines
in a magpie's nest ...
morning frost


Presence 59

a hoop
above the driveway
shooting stars


Presence 58

last call
a drunk staggers into
my headlights


Scryptic June 2017

another trip round
the monopoly board
spring rain


hedgerow 115