21 March 2026 (new moon)

new moon knowing you won’t read this

in loving memory of Tobey Levine, dear friend and longtime supporter of my haiku blog

14 January 2026 - in memory of Bruce Ross

The haiku community lost Bruce Ross this week. He was a past president of the Haiku Society of America, founding editor of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, and author/editor of Journey to the Interior: American Versions of Haibun; Writing Haiku; A Vast Sky: An Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku; Haiku Moment: An Anthology of Contemporary North American Haiku, and several haiku collections. Here are some of his haiku:

still winter field

the repeated bark of

a solitary crow

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icy dawn . . .

the sparkling window frost

in the unused room

*

Thoreau’s gravesite:

the smell of woodsmoke

on the cold spring air

*

silence

the snow-covered rock

under winter stars

26 May 2025 (memorial bench)

memorial bench

she sits and listens

for a cardinal

21 September 2024 (an oyster shell)

an oyster shell

left on the oldest headstone

island cemetery

2 May 2024 (blooming in time)

blooming in time

for his memorial

my neighbor’s cherry

18 October 2023 (memorial bench)

memorial bench . . .

yesterday’s rain fills

the etched letters

21 September 2023 (moment of silence)

moment of silence

in the island church . . .

the shushing of waves

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in memory and celebration of Sue Jenkins, a wonderful human being

25 February 2022 (memorial)

one year already . . .

flowers left in falling snow

for the boy lost

15 March 2019 (memorial)

memorial service

hoping it means something

heron overhead

March 19: Departure

sense of loss

driving to the airport

roadside memorials

September 11

Remembering.

Goldenrod shakes under

the weight of bees.