Shai Afsaiawakened from a nap
by loud snoring –
my own
haikuniverse, 30 August 2021
sunset –
red-haired beauty
readying for sleep
Better Than Starbucks, November 2021, p. 31
in the poetry aisle
her cloth mask slips off –
I’m six feet away
haikuniverse, 15 January 2021
snow day –
shoveling replaces
the labor of teaching
The Poetry Pea Journal of haiku and senryu, Spring 2021, p. 50
nowhere to hide
no end in sight –
Zoom meeting
The Poetry Pea Journal of haiku and senryu, Spring 2021, p. 81
overhearing a conversation,
I wonder:
are my stories this boring, too?
haikuniverse, 26 July 2022
languishing in line
with other addicts –
Starbucks at dawn
Failed Haiku – A Journal of English Senryu 6:65 (May 2021), p. 57
borrowed book,
overdue and unread –
a ghost story
Failed Haiku – A Journal of English Senryu 6:65 (May 2021), p. 57
alone with a new moon
and glass of wine –
I’ve felt worse
“Valentine’s Day Haiku,” haikuniverse, 14 February 2021
vegetarians
do not eat turkey at all –
pass the potatoes
“Birdless Thanksgiving: a senryu,” My Word Wizard, December 2020