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• Flying Colors

  February 28, 2026

  Haiku, Japanese Poetry, Senryū

  into the new year
  with flying colors—
  ballistic missiles

  Written on January 1, 2026

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• Series: Ink Bleeding into Meaning

  February 28, 2026

  Sumi-e, Painting, Meditative Art, Art

  

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• Overnight Bus

  February 27, 2026

  Japanese Poetry, Senryū

  overnight bus
  all the trees sticking
  to their roots

  Written on February 27, 2026

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• Lily Harvester

  February 26, 2026

  Haiku, Japanese Poetry

  croaking frog
  there’s no pleading with
  the lily harvester

  Written on November 19, 2024

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• Ballparking

  February 25, 2026

  Japanese Poetry, Senryū

  ginko
  ballparking
  a kigo

  Written on January 13, 2025
  Edited on February 25, 2026

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• Boiled Corn

  February 25, 2026

  Haiku, Japanese Poetry

  boiled corn
  half of the boy’s half
  to the dog

  Written on December 14, 2025

• Red Clovers

  February 24, 2026

  Japanese Poetry, Haiku

  red clovers
  a butterfly unfazed
  on the swing

  Written on February 24, 2026

• There’s Something Wrong with the Muse

  February 24, 2026

  Poetry, Free Verse

  anguishing over
  coming up
  with fresh creative works
  in a world that offers
  as inspiration
  the same violence
  every day
  every night

• Scavenging

  February 24, 2026

  Japanese Poetry, Haiku, Visual Poetry, Haiga

  

  fledgling sparrow—
  scavenging for
  a thick enough scarf

  Written on January 2, 2026

  Featured in Triya magazine, Basant edition, 2026.

• Trek

  February 23, 2026

  Haiku, Japanese Poetry

  two numb legs
  first leg
  of the trek

  Written on January 27, 2025