picking strawberries
grandma’s rolled up sleeves reveal
pale tattooed numbers
far from home
an empty swing
half my size
my son and i
counting fireflies
counting stars
“far from home” – Frogpond XIX:3 (1996) (for Anita Virgil)
“picking strawberries” – Commended, Basho 300th Anniv. International Haiku Contest (1994); HIA (1996)
“my son and i” – First Prize, Penumbra (1999); included in The Thin Curve: RMA 1999
from dagosan:
sultry Sunday
freezer pops and
blue tongues
[July 17, 2005]
potluck buffet – closed for July