“phoebe, phoebe”
my father used to
answer
alone
corking
the empty bottle
Modern Haiku vol. 35 no. 3 Autumn 2004
phoebe
06 Monday Jun 2022
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06 Monday Jun 2022
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“phoebe, phoebe”
my father used to
answer
alone
corking
the empty bottle
Modern Haiku vol. 35 no. 3 Autumn 2004
05 Sunday Jun 2022
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hospice window-
in and out of view
the cardinal
Modern Haiku v. 33: no.3 Autumn 2002
04 Saturday Jun 2022
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longer than my break
the spring sun
holds me
honeybees
living in the wall –
the realtor’s frown
the parking lot full
of glittering chrome
Custer’s Battlefield
after the party
undressing
myself
Modern Haiku vol. XXIV, no.3 Fall, 1993
04 Saturday Jun 2022
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side by side
answering nature’s call
man and dog
Modern Haiku vol. XXXII, no. 3 Fall , 2001
03 Friday Jun 2022
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the formal garden-
a cabbage butterfly’s
whimsy
Modern Haiku vol. XXIV, no.2 Summer, 1993
01 Wednesday Jun 2022
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the young pirate points
‘there!’- on the crayon-colored
treasure map
Popeye…
our four-year old with zeal
eats his greens
Modern Haiku v. XXIII, no.3 Fall, 1992
31 Tuesday May 2022
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end to end
three Ramblers take part
in the overgrown field
everyday she waits
at the bus stop ;
just to wait
cleaning the poop out…
his little Superman
underpants
Modern Haiku vol. XXIV, no.1 Winter-Spring 1993
30 Monday May 2022
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morning zazen:
marriage counseling
ourselves
daybreak frost
the sound of leaves falling
through leaves
Modern Haiku v. 23, no.2 Summer 1992
27 Friday May 2022
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alone in the waiting room
checking the plant
for reality
Woodnotes #9 (spring-summer 1991)
26 Thursday May 2022
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the day done-
in silhouette bees still work
the redbud
Modern Haiku 27:3 (fall 1996) , 10