Dear Readers,

I am pleased to tell you that I have just published my 3rd book, ABC to Enlightenment. It's not a book of poems but weekly words of advice sent to my children and grandchildren through the magic of email. I wrote them for consecutive 26 weeks, January to July 2011 starting with letter A for Action, B for Beauty, C for Courage to the last letter Z for Zeal. More information on these sites (Copy and paste the URL to your browser or search engine):

https://www.createspace.com/3900289

http://www.amazon.com/ABC-Enlightenment-Guideposts-lifes-journey/dp/1477607439

summer advent

she watches the hummingbirds

with unopened book

With the warm weather fast approaching, smile, no laugh once in a while!

uncontrolled laughter
grandpa's denture falls
in his bowl of soup 

Just discovered a review of my book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest, in Lynx, a Journal for Linking Poets in its June 2012 issue. Here's the link:

http://www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/272bookreviews.html

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!