TANKA Published 2024

 haikuKATHA

#27 January 2025

        the Aegean
        a writhing swath of blue
        below the bluffs …
        so potent, this reverie
        of an old summer romance

        breaking dawn . . .
        on our anniversary
        I remove
        the two wedding rings
        I’ve worn since your passing

#28 February 2024

        old pin oak
        the last of the fledglings
        takes wing
        I wonder how many springs
                              are left for me 

        a hummingbird
        whirs among the aloes
                  remembering
                  your turquoise eyes
                  but not your name

Ribbons (journal of the Tanka Society of America)

20.1, spring/summer 2024

        twilight's
        lavender shadows . . .    
        this hour
        in a pine-scented breeze
        singing with crickets

20.2, fall/winter 2024

        snipping herbs at dawn
        a few pewter clouds drift
        between 
        streaks of pink and gold,
        stands of rooster song