in the news -
lack of sleep adds inches
to your waist

she shrieks
at the mirror
and cries she's heavy
I reassure her
she's just healthy

In my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest

autumn dusk

grandpa gazes at the bird

flying alone

In my book, 

Haiku and Tanka Harvest © 2012

but first published in

World Haiku Review

Vol. 5, Issue 2, January 2007

hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand

In my book, 
Haiku and Tanka Harvest © 2011
but first published in
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010

the silent sound
of her absence
fills their room
only the echoes
of yesterday remain

Tagalog version

napuno ang kanilang silid
ng tahimik na ugong
nang kanyang pagkawala
gunita ng kahapon
siya lang naiwan

Published in my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest
© December 2001

end of summer
our daughter's vacation
gets shorter each year

The Heron's Nest
Vol. XIII, No. 1, March 2011

football fever

she hugs his pillow 

for company

their bed grows colder

each passing game

Ribbons, Vol. 2, No. 2

Summer 2006