NeverEnding Story

English Original moving day a last look at the cactus that never bloomed                 Modern Haiku , 51:3, 2020 Bob Lucky            Chin...

English Original spring cleaning the mouse trap unsprung                                  Rattled , 2020 Bob Lucky            Chinese Transl...

English Original crowded café a fly goes in and out of our conversation                             tinywords , 20:2, 1 Dec 2020 Bob Lucky  ...

Thai massage   at the women’s prison -- she works on my feet  and plans her escape;  I can feel it Take Five : Best Contemporary Tanka , Vol...

English Original the sunflower’s last petal hangs on autumnal fog grandpa points at something not quite there                         ...

English Original after dinner the silence thickens -- the disagreement over how to reheat risotto still simmering Eucalypt, 19, 201...

English Original autumn evening the neighbors' leaves mingle with mine Modern Haiku, 46:2, Summer 2015 Bob Lucky Chinese Tran...

English Original watching sunlight slip in and out of the blinds -- my pile of unread books next to yours Eucalypt, 16, 2014 Bob L...

English Original squatting to tighten the bike tire the squeak in my knees louder every year Bright Stars, 1, 2014 Bob Lucky Ch...

English Original retracing my steps the bread crumbs of her parting words      Frogpond, 37:3, Autumn 2014 Bob Lucky Chinese Tra...

English Original another beheading ... I let the weeds run wild Presence, 51, Jan. 2015 Bob Lucky Chinese Translation (Tradition...

English Original a gust of wind and all the leaves but one flutter to the ground -- and then and then and then until the end          ...

English Original supper for one a bare branch taps at the window Cattails, April 2014 Bob Lucky Chinese Translation (Traditional...

English Original the fog doesn't come on little cat feet, Mr Sandburg; it shuffles in the wake of the minimum-waged                     ...

English Original spring thaw my wife undresses with the lights on             Asahi Haikuist Network, 6 March 2015 Bob Lucky Chi...

English Original fading light dad tells the only story he remembers                                                 Modern Haiku ,...

English Original new moon the missing button on her blouse                                    Presence , 38, 2009 Bob Lucky Chine...

English Original heat wave the mailman fans himself with my bills                                                The Heron’s Nest, 9:...

English Original after the journey there’s always the laundry -- the rattle of a foreign coin in the tumble dryer                     ...