March 2026 Publications

Publications:

ancestor work

all the spirits

distilled

The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, March 2026

the nightmare

I can almost remember

ghost apples

tsuri-dōrō, Issue 32, March/April, 2026

whiskey

in my red solo cup

bonfire smoke

           tsuri-dōrō, Issue 32, March/April, 2026

warm sun

on the white stray cat

crawling fleas

NVHA Haiku in Action, March 21, 2026

singing a song

to the baby we lost

the cuckoo cries

The Solitary Daisy, Issue 71, March 28, 2026

liquifying the navel a mayfly attaches from the inside

Modern Haiku, Issue 57.2

diagnosing the unholy spring departs

Sonic Boom, March 2026

Nine Weeks: A Gunsaku

finding out

that I’m pregnant. . .

mayflies

first ultrasound

trouble finding

my left ovary

carrying you

these few short weeks

cactus blossom

dead of summer

still no growth

on the sonogram

swallowing pills

to induce the miscarriage

morning dew

still waiting

for the bleeding to start

deep summer

writhing in pain

from another contraction

sunset red

two weeks

until I can bathe

oversteeped lady grey

postpartum

dark spots growing

on the apple

Sheila-Na-Gig Online, SPRING Issue, March 2026

Awards:

edits at midnight

I can’t decide if I need

the Oxford comma

2026 ACES Grammar Day Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention

Acceptances:

Kingfisher, Issue 13

The Cicada's Cry, Spring 2026

tinywords, Issue 26.1

Prune Juice, Issue 48 (x2)

cattails, April 2026

Only Human, Issue 1 (x4)

tsuri-dōrō, Issue 33

The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, June 2026

Modern Haiku, Issue 57.2