spring sun augmenting areas of exposed skin

a blackbird bathing in what's left of the rain

high season roadworks —
along the congested road
ruminating cows

a housefly
on the tax form...
all day rain

a long line
at the car wash —
first warm day

first love...
another scar
in the beech bark

broken friendship —
the iridescence
of a magpie's tail

fingerprints
on the windowpane
a fly rubs its legs

monkfish stew...
out of my father's mouth
the first ever praise

a rubber rabbit
her only companion...
tonsillectomy

forsythia buds...
the whistle
of the south-bound train

fishing town
a widow's bag drips
with octopus ink

moon halo
my bocce partner
misses again

st. patrick's day
nothing green
among the rubble

the earth axis moved... when was it the last time i travelled

a ficus leaf
turns yellow --
appraisal interview

a break in the clouds
just enough
for a haiku

clouded moon
a moth taps on the window
from the outside

the rising sun
glows red --
radiation

the flutter
of butterfly's wings...
earthquake in japan


aftershock
crocuses sway
in a breeze


chaffinches
bathing in a pool --
tsunami aftermath


tremors
across the pacific
a butterfly's
death


dedicated to all affected by the recent rage of mother nature...

sunday matinee
the boy beside me keeps telling
what happens next

what was it i said?
my written apology
remains unanswered

the scarecrow
in a designer jacket -
shrove tuesday

Dr. Emoto
did you send this cloud
of snowflakes?

hedgehog ball...
i always was
the odd one out

colleague retired...
three weeks on
the ficus droops

to learn about pine...*
yew
i've come to you


*alusion to the famous Basho's quote, "Go to the pine if you want to learn about pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about bamboo."

snowflakes...
the white mare's whinny
lifts a cloud

gusting bora ...
the lipizzaner's
white mane

march hares snapping at your every remark