passing showers -- a pail still

passing showers --
a pail still brimming
catches the moon

`

winter rain --
one flowered umbrella
at the funeral

First Place
Shiki Annual Kukai, 2003

`

the hot scent
of orange blossoms --
noonday quiet

The Haiga Pages

`

his old flannel robe
cut for rags --
the scent of musk

early darkness
the healing sounds of our
bronze gong

`

feeling a chill --
the scarlet maple
spills out of itself

World Haiku Review Vol: 3, Issue2
The First HoshinoTakashi Award: 2003,
Poems of Merit

`

almost home �
more stars than leaves
in the elm

`

first day alone �
rearranging gravel
in the Zen garden

`

autumn chill �
an unknown insect
in urgent flight

`

wooden footbridge �
dragonflies vanish
beneath my feet

`

muggy afternoon �
the same white cloud
as this morning

`

almost dawn
the first snow
becomes the sea

The Daily Yomiuri

`

almost midnight �
mom's crochet hook
warm in my hand

`

milkweed pods �
bits of silken down
in the breeze

`

wood smoke -
seeds beneath the snow
dream of spring

wildflowers -
an upside-down kiss
his head in my lap

`

thanksgiving -
old friends gather for
turkey and tofurky

`

smiling back
we share the old photo
of us

Haiku Pacific Rim (HPR), 2004

`

autumn leaves -
children crowd around
the fallen nest

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