Dried up Christmas tree / Tossed onto summer bonfire / Lights up one last time.

This single white hair— / A message backwards in time / From a future crone.

Booming explosions— / Dog's least favorite holiday / Is spent under bed.

After thirty years / Just the same, and yet better / These dear high school friends.

The decades dissolve / As time loops back on itself— / Laughter transcends years.

In the waiting room / License for guilty pleasure– / Gossip magazine.

Sunlit turquoise sea— / All words drown in its beauty / Except "Blue! Blue! Blue!"

Summer in Humboldt— / We invent new words for fog / Hoping for shadows.

The almost-full moon, / Growing brighter every night, / Awaits your return.

August afternoon / Just-picked blackberry, so sweet / Summer explodes in mouth.

Sunscreening my back / My young son practices / For his future children.

Virtuous breakfast / Of brown rice and soy sauce — / Cookies at ten.

hotel breakfast buffet / all you can eat / but nothing you'd care to.

farmer's market / summer's last peaches / bittersweet

we're not really friends / but Facebook thinks we should be— / awkward encounter

old anxieties / wind tugs at browning leaves / time to let go

driving lesson / half the parking lot / far enough for now

stuffed pork loin / for Thanksgiving dinner— / turkey gives thanks

whispered message / of each new wrinkle and gray hair— / rejoice! you're still here

spider stuck in tub / runs from my rescue attempt / missing big picture

Mom has been busy / recycling bin overflows / with empty soup cans

dark winter's day / finally we replace / the burnt out bulbs

you stepped off the world / now it hangs / askew

the scent of white lilies / in the photo you smile / as you did in life

busy crosswalk / my dog stops to make / his ablutions

winter night / the dog crawls deeper / under the covers

cracking an egg / how quickly a world / can end

beneath the sailor's cap / the sparkling blue ocean / of his eyes

an ice cube / dropped in the soup bowl / homemade climate change

rosehip jam / last summer's sweetness / slathered on toast

family dinner / the air jammed with / silence

morning sun / how our cobwebs / sparkle

scudding clouds— / raindrops on the clothesline / hanging out to dry

your skin so warm— / outside, the wild currant / blossoms into pink

I come home early / he hurriedly turns off / the opera

tide pool / the sea too / is full of stars

breath follows breath / how many more / left in the queue?

ghostly sandals / still crisscross bare feet / summer's end

volcano spews / sometimes the earth / just needs to vent

sick in bed / my child comes to read me / fairy tales

blonde wig / the checkout clerk / checks her out

hospital x-ray / his hidden heart / revealed at last

dark bedroom / an unexpected French kiss / from our French poodle

wind on the lake / the round yellow moon / breaks into ripples

rain beats down / my bedside lamp / glows yellow

the dog zips ahead / chasing the scent / of spring

This must be profound / 'Cuz it fits five-seven-five; / Gee, haiku's a cinch!

deep recession / the gnarled old plum tree / lavish with blossoms

her old toddler shoes— / all that remains is the box / holding her makeup

ponderosas / our skis swish through / the stillness

tucked behind / the Burger King— / Mount Shasta

following us / all day on the trail— / the mountain

leave taking / I hug my children tight / plum blossoms

meeting me here / in this faraway land / the moon from home

grandfather's clock / only one of them / still ticking

crowded Kyoto bus / a lovely young geisha / slips out her cell phone

spring equinox / plum blossoms luminous / against dark rain

homecoming / on the bare oak / tiny leaves

mountain shrine / snow-laden pine trees / bow to the earth

I try to resist / but desire surges through me— / lips part for chocolate

cherry blossoms / after ten thousand haiku / still so lovely

suddenly / through my windshield / cherry blossoms

April Fools / our riverside stroll / ambushed by rain

gentle spring rain / by the hospital door / a woman in tears

rising moon / caught in tree branches— / tangled dreams

day before Easter / a jackrabbit streaks past / working overtime

steady rain / hiding Easter eggs / in the sofa

small sandpaper tongue / the cat decides / I need grooming

adding machine / summing up our year— / tax day

fallen blossoms / she asks me to scatter / her ashes

morning chill / rain-soaked cherry blossoms / cling to the branch

After your passing / Your cherry trees bloom again— / Such fragile beauty

April morning / a moth flutters over / fallen petals

April clouds / wood chips slowly / weathering

blue sky morning / two golden suns / fry in the pan

playful wind / cherry trees release / swirls of confetti

sun at last— / the lavender blooms / with honeybees

cloud sun cloud / my restless shadow / comes and goes

break between rains / the distant hum / of lawnmowers

dust motes— / the abiding presence / of redwoods

spring planting / father and son / put down roots

home office / low tide exposes / a sea of papers

slow dance / findinglosing finding / our rhythm

fear of goblins / again tonight / three in the bed

California poppies / small orange suns / dot the riverbank

forest floor / the hidden power / in a redwood seedling

following me / all through the house / a furry ball of love

potluck party / cuisines boldly mingle / but I don't

virtuous breakfast / of brown rice and soy sauce— / cookies at ten

Mother's Day / her milk still flowing / through me

a hike with my boy / sunlight dapples the trail / where dinosaurs roamed

Mother's Day / their hand-drawn cards / break my heart wide

my baby's navel / once connected us, but now / she wants to pierce it

middle age / maiden and crone / share the mirror

blue brushstrokes / the sea laps at the edge / of the paper

bright sun / turns to crescent moon / solar eclipse