Chopped tree

the widower explains

to his visiting son

why he chopped their shade tree

twice there he drawls

I tried to hang myself

In my book,

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Widower's gardeb

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

from my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Widower

widower's first date

her aggressiveness

unsettles his driving

oh how he wishes

he's ten years younger

from my book,

Haiku and Tanka Harvest © 2012

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I shadow 

my shadow

to her grave

From my book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest

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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

gathering dust
in the garage
his late wife's wheelchair

new widower

a brisk wind blasts open

his empty mailbox

World Haiku Review

December 2012

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

World Haiku Review, August 2011
Honorably Mention, Neo-Classical Haiku

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

In my 2nd book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest
but first published in World Haiku Review
August 2011

Widower

the widower explains
to his visiting son
why he chopped their shade tree
twice there, he drawls
I tried to hang myself

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009

Widower's love

buds burst
in the leafless tree
this early spring
the widower’s love
reawakens

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 2007

Feeling alone

often
I feel alone
amidst a crowd
still hard to fill the void
you left behind

Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010

Widower's first date

widower’s first date
her aggressiveness
unsettles his driving
oh how he wishes
he’s ten years younger

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009

All Souls Day

their room
fills with silence
this All Souls day
even her unrocking
rocking chair

I dread
the dark demons
that chase my dreams away
your touch is so real,
am I in love again?

Second love

Bewitched
by her charms,
can I ignore
the lure of second love
this time?