Lily, v.3 n.2 January 2006

Inspired by the remarkable life of Alexandra David-Neel

Tanka Café, Winter 2005 v.1. n.4

when the page
no longer pulls
the light from my pen
it seems that I can always
find a poem in her eyes

AHA! POETRY

“The fact that the smallest literary form – haiku – has the most rules never ceases to amaze and astound. The only real comfort one can find in this situation is the concept that this affords a wider range of rules from which a writer can pick and choose. You cannot follow all of the rules and several of them are so contradictory that there is no way to honor them both at once. You must always choose. In order to make a choice, you have to understand the reasons and methods.”

FRAGMENT AND PHRASE THEORY
Jane Reichhold

Roadrunner V:3 August 2005

sunny day-
sweet music fills
the busker’s cup

LYNX XX:2 June 2005

Late Show

Full Moon, April 2005

spring morning-
a sparrow offers
sage advice

Tanka Café, Spring 2005 v.1.no.1

I seek a gift
to make amends again for
infidelities
this lovely box of chocolates
each piece looks so inviting

The Heron’s Nest, March 2005

winter dawn-
waiting for the school bus
kids pretend to smoke

Shedding writer’s block

“Retreating to the confines of a tiny shed is the first step for many writers in freeing their imagination.”

Noel C. Paul, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
November 21, 2001

LYNX XX:1 February 2005

orange peels
off the setting sun…
other hues remain