one more espresso

before leaving...

snowfall

first published in

Chrysanthemum 2007 Vol. I

punting trip -

in silence back 
to Hoelderlin's Tower

first published in

World Haiku Review  2005

plum blossom -

glancing again and again
at the strange face

first published in

World Haiku Review  2005

covered moon

in the glade

I touch her breasts

first published in

World Haiku Review  2005

blossom feast -

in the crowd 

a scent without name

first published in

World Haiku Review  2005

long hug

the snow on their coats

melts away

first published in

World Haiku Review  2005

the arbor
green with wine again -

afterglow

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2004, June

covered by snow

at the backdoor

a bird

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2004, April

on bare branches

raindrops congregate

and catch the light

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2004, Feb.

a blackbird lifts off

its shadow on the wall

drops deep behind it

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2004, Jan.

the train packed full -

a girl draws a heart

on the steamy pane

first published in

Asahi Shimbun 2003, Nov.

declining sun -

the last rays stretch deeper

into the woods

first published in

Simply Haiku  2005, March

jackhammer -

the little one hugs

her doll harder

first published in

Simply Haiku  2005, March

the birch...

a new bridge

over the brook

first published in

Simply Haiku  2005, March

apple tree -

it's blossoms still

dripping with rain

first published in

Simply Haiku  2005, March

dark moon

on the night train

back home

first published in

Simply Haiku  2005, March

summer meadow -

in your hands

I turn to ice

first snow 

I'll stay

after all