Saturday, August 10, 2024

2024 Poems

AUGUST 2024

Haiku (“come to think of it”) : 5-7-5 Haiku Journal
unit 6 old moon’s winnings (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“glad I caught the train!”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
One-line haiku (“caught in a torrential downpour nothing like wet socks”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“near dusk a crow caws twice as it flies over the apartments”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“daylight fades a cautious young deer crosses at the crosswalk”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“long day low battery charge your phone now”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“were crews able to put out the fire a bit hazy this morning”) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (“morning errands little horseflies bite my calves & ankles”) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (“staring contest a small rabbit hops out of a bush onto the sidewalk”) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (“near sunset summer’s first bat circles above Broadway”) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (“rose blooms of mid-June a dandelion gone to seed”) : Synchronized Chaos


JULY 2024

wrong progression a. sinks a. (monostich) : dadakuku
aloof goodgreen spider crystalline middlebox (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
controlled surf italia seatingly (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
militant salmon scythe wolven martian (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
bookish coppery elvis natural settee (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“I call Mom to see”) : 5-7-5 Haiku Journal
One-line haiku (secret garden the space between an evening nap & bedtime) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (ok moon behind the clouds we can see you) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (sudden shower at the bus stop landscapers turn on the sprinklers) : Cold Moon Journal
certainly I have t.t. old saint (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“flashes of lightning”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
Haiku (“downtown grasshopper”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
brackish dream conchcode again again again (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
wording how long is an idea diet (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
couth 2nd forest laughter in a tree (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
& now for the lake awol biology (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
salad flange witness of dreams (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
green sauce peppersalt pyrex (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku (“small bird in the air”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“electrical storm!”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“first day of July”) : Synchronized Chaos


JUNE 2024

One-line senryū (man on the bus talks to himself to everyone else) : failed haiku Issue 100
Haiku (“sunset’s reflection”) : 5-7-5 Haiku Journal
Haiku (“a blue dragonfly”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
Dreamku (“Grandpa swims in pond”) : dadakuku
teach ’em well : Unlikely Stories Mark V
dumb serf : Unlikely Stories Mark V
terrible terrible : Unlikely Stories Mark V
tranquil orbital delphic jonquil (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
iron lake tangible irony trigger (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
crimson criss wicket frosty chafe (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
moose availability bee & me (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
a perfect jangle a mirrored stew (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
door north immediate corn (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
dinner socks ghosting wet yet (monostich) : aswirl Issue six
meteor balm too much tincture (monostich) : aswirl Issue six
One-line haiku (thoughts of dewdrop universes roofers laugh in the wind) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (out of the corner of my eye crow & crow again) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (first leaves of spring now we’re talkin’!) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (logizomai I walk & walk but don’t advance) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (near the shelter where I lived grasshopper in my face) : Cold Moon Journal
glandular tigris frontier of sports knuckles (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“only May & it’s”) : 5-7-5 Haiku Journal
checkered bovine weirdly impoverished (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
could be risky hundreds & thousands (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
innocent antarctic parallel pines (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
forked doorknob the proof of prawns (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
o’dell of the forest namely nothing (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
head of the larks nightly news epaulet (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
icicle painted silver lord oh lord (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
alert owlet the wrong orange (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
gleem toothpaste pepper yogurt purple (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos


MAY 2024

mirepoix & cricket cake : Spillwords.com
Haiku (“cooler in the shade”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
radio nightworm the inner tomorrow (monostich) : Password: the journal of very short poetry issue 1.2
leaf in pocket oh we will (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“superhero gifts”) : Shadow Pond Journal Issue Three
Haiku (“the pale blue berries”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
Haiku (“time to feed peanuts”) : Asahi Haikuist Network (The Asahi Shimbun)
you wish : BlazeVOX Spring 2024
two hundred & the final fifth : BlazeVOX Spring 2024
the western is the western : BlazeVOX Spring 2024
Haiku (“would you call this stuff”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“moon thru the window”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“baroque music plays”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“he walks home wearing”) : Synchronized Chaos
blue could be blue (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
purple leaf you were there (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
borrowed earth now I am floating (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
leap year rambo a weird hundred (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
nothing I need saturn (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
outlawed parka ruptured eardrum (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
kenny baker the sword of viele lake (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
yep oh sunfish (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
enoch I control the pears (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
a world of pines effortless clouds (monostich) (reprint) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 32 (print)
Haiku (“The clouds swirl about”) : Heterodox Haiku Journal: Cutting Letters anthology
that name suddenly one hundred prowling frogs (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
grain chain the world after next (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
parakeet angle you redundant you (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
the wheel without the sun one could be (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
unlike lottery unlit so far it’s (monostich) : dadakuku
tulips in vitamins but we know (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
parquet ammonia filo annex (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
creeping hello we didn’t (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
peroxide truck carob (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
tightness wheat root beer ruby (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
beard comparison tulane spaghetti (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
silverback calculator a nothing in sauce (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
microbes in a boat unmasked tuxedo cat (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
gel can’t elixir clam a shouter (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Haiku (“orange spring sunset”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (monoku) on the night bus disorienting window reflections : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“I tell the houseplants”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (monoku) crows in the windy matrix the half day moon just is : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“the earth is still in”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“above the foothills”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“spring’s first honeybee”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“showertime prayers”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“appointment canceled”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“this is not a drill”) : Synchronized Chaos


APRIL 2024

time in the time of time (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
the trouble is soup scarf (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
hard part a cave inside of a cave (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
first fish friend hardness of quartz (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
coordinated apples raining old triads (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
on & on aren’t we worse than that (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“Kerouac’s birthday”) : Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
listen bug too-mato paste w/ bears (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
millerbot brownie rice chickpea rice (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
battle cake captain adenoid subculture (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
raspberry clown known maritime repellant (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
bowl of raisin brain taco filling in my socks (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“forgotten coffee”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“she gives me three words”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“windy day & night”) : Cold Moon Journal
why’s mined : dadakuku
sliced apple praying hands (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
fly is lectured idea rays (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
unless I am corrupt never it could not (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
c.r.ê.p.e. : dadakuku
Haiku (“slept all day & night”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“two deer & then three”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“green buds have appeared”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“tail end of winter”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“the humans come out”) : Synchronized Chaos


MARCH 2024

invisible room grapes free of change (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
toad that saturn neighbor to the north (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
window pizza purple instinct (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
near-earth insurance giant wonderfully (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
I am in the sink how is it a pelican (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
hashbrowns magpie may (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“halfway thru winter”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“I take out the trash”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“arctic blast day two”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“last week of winter”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“the first day of March”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“on this extra day”) : Synchronized Chaos
daylightened : Spillwords.com – ⭐ Nominated for Publication of the Month for March
Haiku (“very busy week”) : Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
crayola burger castle the variance of X (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“bus leaves without me”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“cups of coffee at”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“light snowfall tonight”) : Synchronized Chaos


FEBRUARY 2024

roar! (I got up) : purgatorio (wlovlow)
≠ what is : purgatorio (wlovlow)
now here : purgatorio (wlovlow)
NOT A FIRE : purgatorio (wlovlow)
chex mix : purgatorio (wlovlow)
3609 : purgatorio (wlovlow)
the G : purgatorio (wlovlow)
mark ER : purgatorio (wlovlow)
M1 nº 2 : purgatorio (wlovlow)
M1 nº 1 : purgatorio (wlovlow)
daylight crown aperture extra now (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
mysterious plaidness a letter in box 1 (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
now it is for it isn’t an eep (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
Haiku (“I’ve just missed the bus”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“weary of winter”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“February first”) : Synchronized Chaos
buildings oh halo : dadakuku
One-line haiku (snow on the couch on the front lawn) : Setu Volume 8; Issue 8: “Masters of Wabi” feature – ⭐ Nominated for The Haiku Foundation 2024 Touchstone Award for Individual Poems
Haiku (“starry sky tonight”) : Setu Volume 8; Issue 8: “Masters of Wabi” feature
Haiku (“dead man on the ground”) : Mad Swirl
Haiku (“Independence Day”) : Mad Swirl
Haiku (“titanium spork”) : Mad Swirl
Haiku (“I stayed inside of”) : Mad Swirl
Haiku (“grandfather’s birthday”) : Mad Swirl
Haiku (“here at summer’s end”) : Moss Piglet
spinning plates for laundry money a scene of freezing (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
paper snakes a panther painting (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
polk high a daylight coin sauce (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
transfiguration half-dollar (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
january pioneer stephen tomorrow (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos


JANUARY 2024

red gourd glue a peach pit to the air (monostich) : dadakuku
I’m not in the dream the day I seem to be (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
the odor of dollar bills you were in my dream (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
ouchminster brady a pair of socks (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
gene the green we’re swimming (monostich) : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
erosion (the myrrh) : Password: the journal of very short poetry issue 1.1
rapid unscheduled disassembly : Password: the journal of very short poetry issue 1.1
empower field mouse @ mile high : Password: the journal of very short poetry issue 1.1
building a planet moths moths moths (monostich) : dadakuku
five-doppler footlong : Synchronized Chaos
[major houlihan] : Synchronized Chaos
voices in the mire : Synchronized Chaos
tomorrow counts for corn : Synchronized Chaos
ink ink ink & we leave it : Synchronized Chaos
blue could be blue (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
purple leaf you were there (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
borrowed earth now I am floating (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
leap year rambo a weird hundred (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
nothing I need saturn (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
outlawed parka ruptured eardrum (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
kenny baker the sword of viele lake (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
yep oh sunfish (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
enoch I control the pears (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
a world of pines effortless clouds (monostich) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
cavewolf sprite : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
I’m sure that 100,000 : Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)
Haiku (“the mountain changes”) : Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
one more one than one & one more (monostich) : dadakuku
Haiku (“thin clouds race in front”) : Cold Moon Journal
Haiku (“without a coffee”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“the year’s shortest day”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“ol’ crow got sum’n”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“on the 38”) : Synchronized Chaos
Haiku (“the sun has come out”) : Synchronized Chaos