
after the rescue

baby-faced
the new mother shows off
new year abs
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: baby
.
milky way…
the baby licks
her lips
.
Kigo entry, Shiki Kukai, September 2013
9 pts
…
bird pecks at pumpkin
the scarecrow’s
third eye
.
Free Format, Shiki Kukai, September 2013
6 pts
New Year’s Eve –
at the marble cherub’s feet
mother and baby
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: marble
on home turf-
feeding watermelon seeds
to the hens
.
“On Home Turf,” Haiga, in “A Baker’s Dozen,” issue 4, 15 December 2012
…..
.
.
.
a fig is not a fig without your mouth
.
a pyromaniac’s dream on top of the world
.
In “Bones: Journal for Contemporary Haiku,” No 1, 15 December 2012
…..
at the bottom of the sea the bottom of the sea
.
raining stars
how the begging tin
sounds
.
in “Presence” #47, December 2012
…..
past her nails
a truth worth
holding on to
.
in Notes From The Gean, #14, p. 28, December 2012
…..
shooting star –
a baby slithers out
of the womb
.
frost bite
the winter bares its teeth
.
In “A Blackbird Sings: a small stone anthology”
edited by Fiona Robyn & Kaspalita Thompson, 2012
pomegranate
she starts losing
her baby teeth
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: evolution (sort of)