scratching round the corner of my thoughts a fly
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Journal December 27th 2024
my body within these walls the skin breathes
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Journal December 27th 2024
Hunter's moon...
the scent
on the swamp
The Mainichi December 16th 2024
fireflies...
forgotten thoughts
within the mist
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal December 2024
moonflower
as you close your eyes
we open ours
Kyoto Peace Project February 2024 &
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryū Volume 9 Issue 97
drifting
into the pyre -
fallen leaves
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryū
Volume 9, Issue 97
the moth
eaten kimono
in the cupboard
monsoon
the moonflower
awakens
Cold Moon Journal January 5th 2024
As a child living in Sudan, I was fortunate enough to meet a tribe of whirling dervishes. The impression they made on me has been long lasting.
sun worshippers
spinning to the ends
of the earth
Daily Haiga January 25th 2024
midnight curse
the willows wind
passes through me
Horror Senryu Journal February 1st 2024
puddles forming
a stranded jellyfish waits
to return home
Ourselves in Rivers and Oceans Anthology
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press 2024
winter's breath
the wind passes
through me
drifting snow
the hum of traffic
in the distance
Basant edition Triya Magazine February 2024
With Hindi translation
paddy stalks
the evening crows
chatter
S7E9 Poetry Pea Podcast & Poetry Pea Journal 1.24
magnolia moon
eight migrations later
I'm home
Another haiku that opens with a strong image. I can see how the plate-sized blossom of a magnolia might remind us of the full moon in all its pearly glory. Magnolias grow in many places and are among the oldest trees going back 95 million years. Perhaps ‘magnolia’ is alluding to other myths or meanings, but to me, it suggests a full moon that makes this homecoming special. It also reminds us that through eight migrations, one repeatedly goes through the moon’s phases. The moon is our constant companion. Note, too, the alliteration of ‘magnolia/moon/migrations’ and how lovely it is to read this haiku aloud. ‘Magnolia moon’ offers a sense of celebration to this lovely homecoming.
The Haiku Dialogue shortlist on the topic of migration with commentary by Carol MacRury
February 28th 2024
pouring song into the teacup lullaby
Daily Haiga March 1st 2024
verdant green fields
a Buddha seated
at the table
Ekphrastic Challenge
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press
March 2024
mistletoe -
the twinkle
in his eye
Red Robin Haiku Journal March 2024
white swans glide
red ribbons laid bare
- call a truce
lost
an age of innocence
- Gaza strip
the toad leaps
at the sound
of gunfire
doves fly down
bringing messages of calm
flooded by peace
Ceasefire Anthology Alien Buddha Press 2024
black sweet tea the fortune teller
Daily Haiga March 11th 2024
S7E13 Poetry Pea Reading & Interview of
To Live Here Anthology
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press
my black leggings
matching
the ravens walk
Horror Senryu Journal April 1st 2024
white heron
made of stone -
a single purple flower
autumn leaves
blushing
ruby moon
shooting stars -
a butterfly dances
on airwaves
silently
the petals fall -
autumn breeze
The Sakura Magazine April 2024
relocation -
a refugee
in my own land
Right away I felt the music of the English language in this haiku. The alliteration of ‘relocation/refugee’, the assonance within ‘relocation’ and ‘own’, all things that delight the mouth and the ear when read aloud. And it has the one thing I love most about haiku – understatement. We can’t know the reasons for the relocation, whether anticipated or forced, nor can we know the reason the person feels like a refugee, but we can certainly enter this haiku on an emotional level. Have they moved to a place where they don’t fit in? Is it time-related, such as returning home and feeling like a refugee because the world has gone on without them? Or like true refugees, are they facing various levels of persecution due to race, religion, and other forms of persecution? I, too, have felt like ‘a refugee in my own land’ on occasion.
The Haiku Dialogue shortlist on internal migration with commentary by Carol MacRury
moonscape
I come
full circle
Femku Issue 35
wolf moon
a solitary daffodil
waves in the wind
Cold Moon Journal April 20th 2024
enso -
I find
my way home
Failed Haiku- A Journal of English Senryū Volume 9 Issue 99
day moon
the blackbirds song
deepens
The Mainichi April 29th 2024
tea ceremony
my home
becomes a temple
Blithe Spirit Volume 34 Number 2
blossoming sakura
the moment I decided
to become a poet
beneath the petals
the scent of cherry blossom
she finds her feet
Consulate General of Japan in Toronto April 2024
Cutting Letters an Anthology
Nun Prophet Press 2024
barren sky
barren land
- cicadas cry
Haiku Dialogue longlist on topic of drought
May 2024
spring breeze I bathe myself in sunlight
Fowl Feathers Review Issue 64
everlasting flowers-
childhood dreams
come to fruition
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal Issue 8 with
Romanian translation
cumulus glory
I hop from river stone
to river stone
Haiku Dialogue June 2024 longlist
breathless -
the fishes' gills
filled with plastic
Ekphrastic Challenge
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press
June 2024
strawberry moon
this year
with a stretch of sun
Haiku Girl Summer June 25th 2024
dawn meditation -
how to be
a peace activist
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryū Issue 100
whale song -
follow the moon
to my heart
Haiku Girl Summer 6th July 2024
Facing Goodbye Anthology
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press 2024
a lizard -
silence
upon the dewdrop
Daily Haiga July 16th 2024
jacaranda -
sharing my pillow
with a stranger
Haiku Girl Summer July 17th 2024
acid rain-
wings of a dove
embrace me
Kyoto Peace Project Summer 2024
her eyes
full of sky
forget-me-knots
The Leaf Journal Issue 4 August 2024
lining up crystals plum rain
Blithe Spirit Volume 34 Number 3
Sakura Jishidi
shadows of sparrows
amongst the pink
Presence Issue 79
set in moon
deepening tides
awaken me
Fowl Feathers Review Issue 83
cornflower -
a piece of sky
in my eye
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal Issue 9
with Romanian translation
trickle here cloud there blossom
Daily Haiga August 25th 2024
feather duster -
I wipe clean
my dreams
Failed Haiku- A Journal of English Senryū Issue 102
tea in the moonlight
autumn drizzle feeds
the herb garden
Ekphrastic Challenge 7
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press 2024
vermillion roses
strumming his guitar
my heart skips a beat
Peace Rose
Art saves lives campaign
September 2024
her silhouette
the moth
and the moon
solar eclipse
a piece of sky
in my eye
fanning the moon
the storks wings
take flight
mandarin duck the rainbow touches gold
dusting out the darkness fireflies
wallflower -
her flushed cheeks
just as scarlet
Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Autumn 2024
invisibility...
a red thread
connecting us all
Fowl Feathers Review Issue 98
a flood of light fireflies drive by shooting
Femku Issue 36
observing...
life playing out
in miniature
Haiku Dialogue longlist topic looking out
September 2024
later life tango at dawn in red heels
door slam the slippery lizard loses his tail
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Journal Sept 24th 2024
lunar eclipse...
her shadow self
comes to the fore
ghost butterfly lavender speaks her language
Horror Senryu Journal September 2024
an egret calling my name...strawberry moon
Daily Haiga October 6th 2024
the Mediterranean the distance between us
inner alchemy the moment I saw you
midnight moon I plant my dreams
Cold Moon Journal October 15th 2024
seated in a bed of hydrangeas my sanity
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Journal October 17th 2024
behind the peacocks fan a red camelia
The Haiku Nook October 2024
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press
Komodo -
he takes
the last bite
Fired Up Anthology
Bicadeideias Publishing 2024
Mount Fuji-
swallowing
a sky of blue
cattails October 2024
Sunday Mornings at the River Poetry Diary 2025
bird whistle...
following the sounds
of my soul
Failed Haiku- A Journal of English Senryū Volume 9 Issue 104
through the looking glass matisse's blue
This poem by Katherine is jam-packed with allusion, ekphrasis and references. Pretty amazing for a 6-word monoku. First there is an allusion to Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. It is the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alice again enters a fantasy world but this time through a mirror that reverses everything, including logic. This is like the room in Miró’s “Harlequin’s Carnival.” There things are illogical as well. I think Alice would be right at home in it. In addition to this allusion there is a reference to ‘matisse’s blue.’ It is well known that Matisse loved blue. Not the pale, baby blue of a background but a loud, punch-in-the-face kind of blue. The “Harlequin’s Carnival” has a window painted in a Matisse-like blue. There is also more of the blue inside the room. In Matisse’s painting, “The Blue Window,” he connects the outside with the inside. But Miró uses it more as a place of calmness for the eye to rest when the activity in the room becomes overwhelming. Thank you, Katherine!
Haiku Dialogue shortlist "Harlequin’s Carnival " commentary by Lafcadio November 2024
Haiku Dialogue shortlist "Harlequin’s Carnival " commentary by Lafcadio November 2024
S7E44 Poetry Pea Podcast Judging "Madku"
November 2024
Guest editing The Haiku Nook The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press November 2024
Picasso's smile...
hidden behind
shadows of time
Ekphrastic Challenge
The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press
November 2024
rice paddy the scent of her perfumed sari
church bells counting the rosary beads one by one
Sharad edition of the Triya Magazine November 2024 with Hindi translation
midlife crisis
the technician fits
new eyelashes
Humour Anthology British Haiku Society 2024
kite flying...
I recall
my childhood
Blithe Spirit Volume 34 Number 4
drifting back
into the pyre
...mother's ashes
through the Autumn window haiku seeds sprout
The Leaf Journal Issue 5 December 2024
saffron moon
a moment
of ephinany
Cold Moon Journal December 2nd 2024
morning brew...
thoughts sifting
through coffee grains
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry Journal December 4th 2024
temple bells
the peony and the bee
at one
Zen Garden Pills
Poetry Pharmacy
2024
frosted lace
mistletoe brings us
together
Sunday Mornings at the River Poetry Diary 2024
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