Haiku

After the rainstorm

Hanging stars on a clothesline

A nighttime project

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Cooked poetry

My hand fell over the handle

The pot’s lid trapping

the aroma of bouillabaisse before

attracting any more attention

Such a lyrical dish

has many a fish tale

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Winter Haiku

Cold breath of winter
An exhale of snow falling
Still and silent

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Book Trailer teaser!

It’s alive!

Book trailers talk

Haiku for dinner

Off the beaten trail
Touts a diner’s blinking sign
Best blue-plate special

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When fiction is not …

Read all about it!

This is a story of freedom, risk, and unspoken truths; a time before and after the American Civil War and the eradication of the Aboriginal people in Van Diemen’s Land (today’s Tasmania).

Tanka time

Old Mamalulu
Unfolds her chair at the park
And waits for nightfall
The stars don’t care where you live
That’s the kindness of nature

Good cheer

Melancholy cure
Take a teaspoon of happy
Repeat once a day

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