22 June, 2022 № 3

the hot dog lies down
on the cool tile floor downstairs
an evening bird chirps

Lafayette, Colorado

22 June, 2022 № 2

I say morning prayers 
three rabbits in the alley
watch me walk the dog

Alley between East Simpson Street & East Cleveland Street

22 June, 2022

I scratch my forearm 
two squirrels chase each other
around a tree trunk

East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado

21 June, 2022 № 3

on this longest day
the hens have enjoyed themselves 
now oats & apples

Lafayette, Colorado

21 June, 2022 № 2

the field is now gone
& the yellow yarrow, too —
new house construction

South Foote Avenue & East Cleveland Street, Lafayette, Colorado

21 June, 2022

first day of summer 
days will start to grow shorter
& this makes me sad

North Foote Avenue & East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado

20 June, 2022 № 3

the buzz of a fly
& the chirps of a cricket —
the dishwasher’s hum

Lafayette, Colorado

20 June, 2022 № 2

the last night of spring —
a fly’s buzz, a cricket’s chirps
here in my bedroom

Lafayette, Colorado

20 June, 2022

Mom says that she saw
a big rabbit in the yard 
the last day of spring

Lafayette, Colorado

19 June, 2022

one, two, three, four, five,
six squirrels here for peanuts —
happy Father’s Day

Lafayette, Colorado

18 June, 2022 № 2

a lone moth flutters
in the light of the streetlamp —
a cool, welcome breeze

South Michigan Avenue & East Chester Street, Lafayette, Colorado

18 June, 2022

most of the stars are
obscured by clouds this evening —
chance of thunderstorms

East Cannon Street, Lafayette, Colorado

17 June 2022

three hens gobble up
bits of peanuts from my hand
heat advisory

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Cold Moon Journal, 30 September 2022

16 June, 2022 № 4

two butterflies dance
in the air before sunset —
it’s still hot at eight

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

16 June, 2022 № 3

the green cattail stalks
sway in the warm evening breeze —
this was once a pond

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

16 June, 2022 № 2

crepuscular rays
stretch halfway across the sky —
a late spring evening

Lafayette, Colorado

16 June, 2022

out back with the hens —
Mom rescues a garter snake
caught in a mousetrap

Lafayette, Colorado

15 June, 2022

yesterday’s full moon
in the western sky at dawn —
bats in the thin light

Lafayette, Colorado

14 June, 2022

after three hot days
a cool & breezy morning —
the last week of spring

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

13 June, 2022 № 3

a bush with fifty
deep red blooms in someones yard —
Rose Moon tomorrow

East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado

13 June, 2022 № 2

hazy horizon —
a rose bush with fifty blooms
in a neighbor’s yard

East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado


13 June, 2022

the smell of smoke from
wildfires in Arizona —
sunlight through the haze

Lafayette, Colorado

12 June 2022 № 4

a brown rabbit hops
in the middle of the street—
moon before sunset

Burlington Avenue, Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 19 August 2022

12 June, 2022 № 3

minutes before dawn —
as I write two bat haiku
I see three more bats

Lafayette, Colorado

12 June, 2022 № 2

minutes before dawn —
as I write a bat haiku
oh! another bat!

Lafayette, Colorado

12 June, 2022

a bat above us —
a few stars and a planet
minutes before dawn

Simpson Mine Park, Lafayette, Colorado

11 June, 2022

the middle of June —
everything is lush and green
in spite of the drought

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

10 June, 2022 № 2

waxing gibbous moon —
Aunt Evelyns favorite
sky-blue pink tonight

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

10 June 2022

a dove coos nearby
the three hens in the bushes
scratch & peck for bugs

Lafayette, Colorado

Published at Asahi Haikuist Network, 16 September 2022

9 June, 2022 № 2

the black dog listens
to a cricket near the fence —
the rich smell of earth

Lafayette, Colorado

9 June, 2022

the weeds in the ditch
have grown to six feet in height —
voices from the tree

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

8 June, 2022 № 2

unsure when I’d see
the first one of the season —
two bats flap at dusk

Lafayette, Colorado

8 June, 2022

completely silent
the white chicken lays an egg 
my niece’s birthday

Lafayette, Colorado

7 June, 2022 № 3

after bedtime corn
the three hens wipe off their beaks —
now the wind picks up

Lafayette, Colorado

7 June, 2022 № 2

every day at dawn
a bird outside my window:
chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp

Lafayette, Colorado

7 June, 2022

in the midnight sky
one of these stars scintillates

red-white-red-white-red

Lafayette, Colorado

6 June, 2022 № 4

clusters of mushrooms
on the neighbor’s lush, green lawn 
water restrictions

Lafayette, Colorado

6 June, 2022 № 3

I can see from here
that its raining in Denver —
three-foot high green wheat

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

6 June, 2022 № 2 (senryū)

three short poems at once —
I remember the first two
& forget the third

Lafayette, Colorado

6 June, 2022 (senryū)

I need a notepad —
I try to write three short poems
in my head at once

Lafayette, Colorado

5 June 2022 № 5

late snow turned ours brown
but not the ones at the park—
fragrant lilac blooms

Simpson Mine Park, Lafayette, Colorado

5 June 2022 № 4

now the rainbow fades—
its remaining end touches
the nearby landfill

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

5 June 2022 № 3

the dog & I walk—
near twelve purple irises
an alert rabbit

East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado

5 June 2022 № 2

has there ever been
a rainbow quite so vivid?
after the shower

Lafayette, Colorado

5 June 2022

three hens take shelter
on the covered patio—
thunder & lightning

Lafayette, Colorado

4 June, 2022 № 3

I fill the birdbath,
set down a water pitcher —
the hens’ inspection

Lafayette, Colorado

4 June, 2022 № 2

two hot air balloons
& then four, & then one more —
now we can see six

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

4 June, 2022

all of a sudden
the black dog stops & looks up
two hot air balloons

Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado

3 June, 2022

coming soon

2 June, 2022 № 2

just before sunset
a neighbor revs the engine —
the hens don’t like it

Lafayette, Colorado

2 June, 2022

you are so pretty” 
the brown chicken tilts her head
and closes her eyes

Lafayette, Colorado

1 June, 2022 № 2

the first night of June 
after two grey, rainy days
I can see the stars

Lafayette, Colorado

1 June, 2022

the first night of June 
after two grey, rainy days
I can see my breath

Lafayette, Colorado

31 May, 2022 № 2

June first tomorrow 
one yellow iris survived
the late May snowstorm

Lafayette, Colorado

31 May, 2022

a bird starts to chir
when I look up at the clock
its 5:00 AM sharp

Lafayette, Colorado

30 May, 2022

big, white clouds lined up
across the plains to the east 
Memorial Day

Lafayette, Colorado

29 May, 2022 № 2

the white chicken squawks 
the black dog runs out to see
how he can help her

Lafayette, Colorado

29 May, 2022

what is that ruckus?
the hen squawks at the robin
perched atop the fence

Lafayette, Colorado

28 May, 2022

whats that in its mouth?
a squirrel with a mousetrap
climbs into a tree

Lafayette, Colorado


27 May 2022

the hen eats her corn
& that of her two sisters
therapy today

Lafayette, Colorado

26 May, 2022

today at the vet’s
the black dog was sedated 
a slow walk tonight

Lafayette, Colorado

25 May, 2022

there had been yelling 
the three chickens check to see
if I am all right

Lafayette, Colorado

24 May, 2022

a blue jay swoops down
for a peanut on the fence 
today’s school shooting

Lafayette, Colorado

23 May, 2022

bedtime for the hens 
two wait for shredded apples
one has gone to bed

Lafayette, Colorado

22 May, 2022

at sunset 
white hen squats
black dog sniffs

Lafayette, Colorado

21 May, 2022

the chickens eat
what's been left for the rabbit

Lafayette, Colorado

20 May, 2022

as snow falls 
I carry one hen
& two follow behind

Lafayette, Colorado

19 May, 2022

late May 
86 degrees today
& snow tomorrow

Lafayette, Colorado

18 May, 2022 № 2

a moth finds the lilacs

illuminated by the streetlight


Lafayette, Colorado

18 May, 2022

a bird calls
& a dog barks —
three hens look around

Lafayette, Colorado

11 March, 2021

a foggy morning
before this weekends snowstorm 
the day of your birth

For Wallace

Lafayette, Colorado

8 June, 2018

born a week early the coyotes howl

For Winnifred

Lafayette, Colorado

1 November, 2015

All Saints’ Day supper 
Dad sends us a text message
with news of your birth

For Davis

Lafayette, Colorado

27 September, 2015

the total eclipse

of the moon at perigee —

puppys first night home

For Odin C M


Lafayette, Colorado


14 August, 2013

a new nephew the half-moon waxes

For Archer

Lafayette, Colorado

25 April, 2012

a cricket,
             once

Lafayette, Colorado

24 April, 2012

refrigerator light moth

Lafayette, Colorado

23 April, 2012

the cricket stops

Lafayette, Colorado

22 April, 2012

these footprints will be
at the bottom of the lake
this summer

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

21 April, 2012

100 dandelions gone to seed

Lafayette, Colorado

20 April, 2012

gutter rivulet carries blossom petals

Lafayette, Colorado

19 April, 2012



moonless
train whistle

Lafayette, Colorado

18 April, 2012

wooden wind chimes
        silence

Lafayette, Colorado

17 April, 2012

frogs? toads?
stars

Lafayette, Colorado

16 April, 2012

silver dollar dandelion

Boulder, Colorado

15 April, 2012

coolmoist

Lafayette, Colorado

14 April, 2012

wet pine boughs beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

13 April, 2012

St. Francis in the garden
beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

12 April, 2012

cloudnight

Lafayette, Colorado

11 April, 2012

lightning
1...      2...
thunder!

Lafayette, Colorado

10 April, 2012

no moon
jazz

Lafayette, Colorado

9 April, 2012

pink tulip
beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

8 April, 2012

Easter Sunday
a haggard coyote sniffs around the parking lot

Lafayette, Colorado

7 April, 2012

through the church window
Easter moon

Lafayette, Colorado


6 April, 2012

Good Friday winds

Lafayette, Colorado

5 April, 2012

the wind stirs the fallen blossom petals

Lafayette, Colorado

4 April, 2012

dandelion crow

Lakewood, Colorado

3 April, 2012

sunlight sparkles on the South Platte
                                                     snowflakes


Denver, Colorado

2 April, 2012

Aprilary

Lafayette, Colorado

1 April, 2012

sunset ant
on my elbow

Lafayette, Colorado