Sunday, January 04, 2026

2024 Poems

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SEPTEMBER 2024

raining tusks we’ve elevated whomp oink latte mini need a need xo sandwich phonic ox screwtape lester’s lard of course one goss & one grove heaven likes a science & that after trademark trout this r-r-r the tree of the herald harold mars partnership nothing is too colorado kool-aid but of coors toad toad row you tow boar grass beneath me iron is the middle duane fish loses fish the yellow under the yellow rationing carbon broken is broken rationing carbon broken is broken (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
fish loses fish the yellow under the yellow (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
grass beneath me iron is the middle duane (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
toad toad row you tow boar (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
colorado kool-aid but of coors (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
mars partnership nothing is too (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
r-r-r the tree of the herald harold (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
& that after trademark trout this (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
one goss & one grove heaven likes a science (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
screwtape lester’s lard of course (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
xo sandwich phonic ox (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
oink latte mini need a need (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
raining tusks we’ve elevated whomp (monostich) : #Ranger Issue #7
dumpty erstwhile now not whey (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
limping ice cold velveeta beet sprite (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
please neatly bee star lamb anchor (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
of suns set forth o allied orgone axis (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
at dusk what if pirate einkorn? (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
opine, etheric soursphinx! I AM (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
patter onus peach I’d name dust (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
the reptile deli of goodland : Utriculi Issue 1 Part 1
in the shape of your day : Utriculi Issue 1 Part 1
when breaking from workfired : Utriculi Issue 1 Part 1
o o o o o o o o o : Utriculi Issue 1 Part 1
anotherworld : Utriculi Issue 1 Part 1
Haiku (“January fly”) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Haiku (“overcast morning”) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Haiku (“my mother’s birthday”) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Haiku (“tail end of July”) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
Haiku (“afternoon rainstorm”) : Lothlorien Poetry Journal
this one is too fake too this one is too fake (monostich) : dadakuku
One-line haiku (“lightning against the dark sky I remember a dream come true”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“crabapples on the tree some red some green some red & green”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“morning crow morning crow come on everybody it’s the morning crow”) : Cold Moon Journal
One-line haiku (“why presupposes everything one random car horn blast”) : Cold Moon Journal
grape ÷ graph : Moss Trill
w/o strawberries : Moss Trill
Haiku (“someone’s forgotten”) : Spillwords.com
One-line haiku (a crow calls before six you’re early this morning) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (Memorial Day three unsharpened yellow pencils by the dumpster) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (red rocks pink at sunrise I wake up to check my phone) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (nephew’s 13th birthday whitecaps on the lake) : Synchronized Chaos
One-line haiku (sky grows darker sunset or storm clouds?) : Synchronized Chaos


AUGUST 2024

almost the 5th let’s hope they run out of fireworks soon (one-line senryū) : failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu Issue 102
seniors shop for groceries this morning Ozzy on the sound system (one-line senryū) : failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu Issue 102
neighbour of nothing I keep it (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
needles to say s (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
barcode yeti calder’s batmobile (monostich) : Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku (“not one star is out”) : 5-7-5 Haiku Journal
chalk outline of the sun : New Generation Beats 2024 (print anthology)
noted aroma I needn’t (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
mineralist foam glum somersault (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
what else mayoral I’d widen it (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
rabid grounds for clipped clap clothing (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
we’re in agreeance the fructose of edinburgh (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
terrific silence earwig wax tachyon (monostich) : Synchronized Chaos
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