2022 Publications List

Poems from the Rising Sun Collaboration

summer moon

the raven calls out

to her young

Under the Basho Journal August 2022

pleasure rain

the pink moon rests

- nights edge

Plum Tree Tavern Autumn 2022

exposed

the purple raindrop

lands

Haiku Pond Podcast Episode 3.02

dreaming of flowers

snowflake encrusted petals 

enveloping my soul 

Calendar 2022

wings of a dove

flying past my window pane

Valentine's blossom 

the language of love

your champagne kisses

elixir of life

a love crush

scented letters entangled

in red ribbon

peonies and roses

I pray you grow for me

like lovers do

Poets Unlimited Magazine Valentines

 a single snowflake

drifts past my windowpane 

the neighbour hides

The Japan Society London Autumn 2022

trees are poems

written in the sky

traces of time

river stones

flower bomb creations 

blades of grass

Poets Unlimited Magazine Spring 2022

billowing hair blown

East by the sea breeze

Auburn eyelashes

Und(h)erstory 

International Women's Day

Blood Moon Poetry Press 

poet

cast your line

says the fisherman

Cold Moon Journal March 2022

diplomatic 

Russian negotiations -

kabuki theatre

Tafader Publishing 

a frog gurgles

under the lilybpad

blossoming lotus

The Japan Society London 

a white flag

doves flying overhead

an olive branch

doves fly down

bringing messages of calm 

flooded with peace 

Kyoto Peace Project 

handmade doll

a different culture

every birthday

Cold Moon Journal May 2022

beneath the petals

the scent of peonies 

a bee

The Japan Society London 

my last love

with a memory 

of an elephant 

- epiphany 

ladybird

the beauty spots

red lady wearing lipstick 

a jewel of luck

Poets Unlimited Magazine June 2022

beneath the bough

of the cherry blossom tree 

I meditate 

scarlet strands

rain kissed blossoms

conquer the waters

Poets Unlimited Magazine 

featherlight jewel

at the nape of her neck 

containing arsenic

Cold Moon Journal June 7 2022

holding sakura

the scent wafts towards me

with petals dropping

whispers of love

cherry blossom blooming 

delicate strength

stretched out on the grass

spring yawned in the sun

cherry blossoms

Haiku for Your Soul Magazine May 2022

red droplet

scuttering along

ready to fly

Tafader-Publishing 

translucent being

blythe tones of white 

drifting past

The Haiku Pond Podcast 3.01

drenched beneath

raining ricepaper

monsoon

Plum Tree Tavern May 2022

a pair of doves

perched above a love house

bombing continues

Haikuniverse June 4th 2022

time travel

spinning through waves

of sound

The Haiku Pea Podcast on speculative Haiku

the sweat and tears

of the life of the hammam

- eyes of khol

tagine of spices

your cheffing skills surpass

the atlas mountains 

mint tea

brewing in the copper pot

- my hennaed hand 

belly dancer 

sand tuned curves are bestowed

upon you

Haiku for Your Soul Magazine on Morocco

a blue moth

dancing in the doorway

passing time 

The Japan Society London Haiku of the Week Summer 2022

the idea of you feathers away from me as time passes

Whiptail Journal of the single line

Feathers for Hena Collaboration 

our bloodline

beneath the setting sun

sturdy and proud

an open heart

leave corseted breaths

upon my soul

beside the waters

draped in blue velvet

faith renewed

Haiku for Your Soul Magazine 

girl before a mirror

Picasso's lover

and her reflection 

Poetry Pea Journal Winter edition

cross legged 

content with thoughts adrift

contemplating life

soul waiting

abating the view of life

held by thread

Poets Unlimited Magazine Issue 29

my torn kimono

along the seam 

of five summers 

Prune Juice Senryu Journal August 2022

burnt amber petals

blossoming 

the clock ticks

river stones

flower bomb creations 

blades of grass

trees are poems

written in the sky 

traces of time 

Haiku for Your Soul Magazine March 2022

the sun's gaze

upon resting petunias 

a bee nestles

Scarlet Dragonfly Journal August 2022

the path

uncovering the old

delight in the new

A Simple Act of Wonder by Walter & Zionel

Fabrica Art Gallery Response Magazine Brighton UK 

snake charmer

a serpent's tongue

flickering 

Under the Basho July 2022

squatting pigeon 

pecks the lamppost

breaking dawn

The Japan Society London 

pomegranate jewels

dancing on my tongue

bursting scarlet

The Japan Society London 

drifting rose petals 

breastfeeding to menopause 

twenty turns around the sun 

Under the Basho July 2022

breakfast in bed

a cacao ceremony 

in solitude 

still embers

truth in the sunset

silent whispers

fireflies dropping beads of light expired in the moment

my torn kimono

along the seam

of five summers

Under the Basho July 2022

"Home"

leaving

a world within a world

- red stamp

limbo

the earth spins on the axis

I stand still

twighlight 

I see the North star

- finding home

"Journeys from an absent present to a lost past"

Mohamad Hafiz

Fabrica Art Gallery Response Magazine 

Brighton UK 

trailing in the wind

drifting to an unknown end

a white feather

The Haiku Pond Podcast 3.03

crescent moon

while the city sleeps

I write

scent of the earth

a blank piece of paper

tracing shadows

Haiku for Your Soul Magazine Summer 2022

a lip for pouring

the juice of life

Abalone shell

made of water

I can be emotional 

flowing yet still

Haiku for Your Soul Magazine Spring 2022

shimmering moon 

swans gliding through darkness 

reflections abound 

ducklings rest beneath trees 

whilst a lotus blooms 

made to perfection 

origami paper crane 

hues of black and green 

depicting my forest walk 

and the cawing crow 

Moonink Tanka Anthology 

eye to eye

we meet

in silence

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Journal December 2022