
haiku medley



Two of my haiku appear in the May 2025 print issue of Scifaikuest which specializes in scifaiku and other minimalist poetry forms forms, notably senryu, haibun, and tanka, as well as cinquains, fibonacci, etc.
I hope you enjoy them. As always, THANKS for looking!!


the short night —
owl wingtips slapping snow
tiny branches quiver
~ with a nod to Buson’s series of ‘short night’ haiku
the short night —
owl wingtips slapping
snow off tiny branches
I received a $2 payment – don’t laugh; most journals don’t pay anything at all! – AND a contributor’s copy in the mail today for two poems that I’d forgotten had been accepted – in JUNE of 2022!
The form is called scifaiku (sy-fi-KU) and the journal is called Scifaikuest. Here’s their blurb:
“Scifaikuest” is actually two magazines–one online and one print–specializing in scifaiku and other minimalist poetry forms forms, notably senryu, haibun, and tanka, as well as cinquains, fibonacci, etc. Both online and print magazines feature poetry and articles.
My poems, er, scifaiku, don’t appear online so here are a few snaps from their lovely journal. Thanks for looking! 🙂



April cherry blossoms
haiku fundamentals
dusk recedes
a few more minutes
every day
enlightenment
the ache for beauty
whence comes
spring to rescue us all?
puppy pulls on his leash
how does he know
I’ll follow him anywhere?
quiet snowfall
beaded whirlwinds
a gentle white
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