misty afternoon
she takes a last look
at the leaving train

From my book, Rustle of bamboo leaves

Before the cherry blossoms all fall down, here's a collaborative work of Janis Lukstein and me, a picture poem called Haiga.

Today is National Haiku Day. Here are some old and new poems to share.

just beyond the lane
wildflowers welcome
haiku lovers

widower's garden
her roses bloom side by side
with weeds

total strangers
come to aid other strangers
Boston bombings

we join the world
in collective prayers
for the victims and kins

Here's the original picture of my wildflower poem below.

first marital row
the silence between them
is deafening

From my book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest © 2012

wrong trail turn 

the scent and sight 

of wildflowers 

Tagalog

maling daan

bango at tanawin

bulaklak na ligaw

A family friend, Joe, just passed away leaving his wife Daisy and their only child Elizabeth. My heartfelt condolences to them and here are my haiku/tanka poem offerings. May he rest in peace and join in His resurrection!

my friend Daisy shares

her childlike emptyness 

on her husband's death

meantime Liz scrawls 

her love and affection

in a letter she wrote 

to her dad the day

before he died