hot hose water
turning cool on my palm
August afternoon

(First published in Modern Haiku 49.2, Summer 2016 – thanks to the editors)

scattered applause
among the dark trees
slow summer rain

(First published in Frogpond 41.2, Spring/Summer 2018 – thanks to the editors)

still holding the shape
of the absent turtle’s shell
a mound of dead leaves

(First appeared in slightly different form in Modern Haiku 48.3, Autumn 2017. Thanks to the editors.)