Loneliness

starved for a woman's touch

he indulges in fantasy

and falls prey to a flirt

beneath the cloak of night

alone,he weeps

In my book,

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Cycle of life

Mother"s Day
my daughter brings her daughter
as a peace offering

eighteenth birthday
she dances with strangers
my daughter's daughter

a cocoon rides
the autumn wind
her empty room

early spring
my daughter"s daughter
now a new mother

From my book. Rustle of bamboo: Selected haiku and other poems.

Bullying

in the news
bullying is worse
than child abuse

Ash Wednesday

dust we are
to dust we shall return
Lenten lesson

Tagalog

abo tayo
sa abo rin ang tungo
aral ni Kristo

Valentine's day

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th
I shoo a black cat
from my driveway

Winter storm

icy deadly storm
man's ingenuity still no match
to nature's fury