the flower’s essence

lingers long after

its bloom wilts

remembering the lives

she touched on earth

Modern English Tanka

Vol. 2, No. 1, Autumn 2007

parade watching

from his wheelchair

he fingers 

the Purple Heart

over his feeble heart

eclipse
in haikuland
Hortensia is gone

In memory of Hortensia Anderson of New York, a fellow poet who just passed away, from a silent admirer not only of her poetry but her tenacity to cling to life dealt to her... May you rest in peace!

Search for inner peace

he roams

the rocky hills

in search of inner peace

which his world

cannot give

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 1

January/February 2011

Fleeting life

I know now

why our embrace

was so tight

your last farewell

to fleeting life

Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 1

Jan/Feb. 2011

moving in 

alone in my new 

retirement house

the chilly welcome

of Santa Ana wind

rain forecast
even the crickets
refuse to sing

World Haiku Review
April 2012