green zinnia
a bumblebee lands
on my purple shirt

Spring allergies--
a speck
in Buddha's eye

our frozen breath
the ox and I
share an apple

longest night--
the old cat
farts in his sleep

new diary
the whiteness inside
the tangerine peel

jury duty
nothing to read
but the constitution

summer rain--
yesterday's rice
molds before morning

writer's block
a tortoise eating cactus buds

Old River Jade
the day before
her cateract surgery

Organic Brain Syndrome--
white petals
falling away

camphor tree
in full bloom--
the sting of your good bye

the heaviness
of winter rain
under streetlights

warm autumn
a foxtail
caught in my sock

the jade merchant's hand in mine the haloed moon





Modern Haiku
Volume 38.2
Summer 2007

stray kitten
the place in her abdomen
where her ribs touch

first bat
echolocating
the equinox





July 2nd, 2007 (No. 697)
Mainichi Daily News
Haiku In English