8:30 Friday July 9

8:30 Friday morning It’s as cool as September The early harvest Of green beans, mint, and parsley Wet with silver Continue reading →

Sherry

After gardening Is this good tired or just tired I’ll take a shower Then pour a glass of sherry Rest Continue reading →

Kintsugi

What do you do with a broken heart? Put it back together and let time fill in the cracks.

TikTok

Listless flakes drifting Down, snow like a video On endless repeat If I watch it carefully Will I find where Continue reading →

Breaking my mother’s plate on Lynn’s birthday

1Olga’s red plate fellBroken into three piecesShattered on the floorI glued it back togetherBut will always see the cracks 2A Continue reading →

Critic

More fun than haiku: Telling people their haiku Is not real haiku (plus this is now senryu) (I mean a Continue reading →

A gardener’s complaint

It is always hot in mid-October. So why does the sun-still bee-buzzed heat feel unexpected? OctPoWriMo #10

Writers block

Words on a white page Won’t behave Gasping for air like a fish In too-shallow water Plague series #31