My haiku from "Ginyu"

"Ginyu" is an international haiku magazine published in Tokyo and edited by Ban'ya Natsuishi. He was my original inspiration for breaking away from tradition and exploring the vast realm of free haiku. His encouragement has been a major support for me as a writer. You may visit the "Ginyu" website online at http://www.geocities.jp/ginyu_haiku/.

These first four are from "Ginyu" No. 39 (July 20, 2008, Ginyu Press, Japan):

1

In Antarctica
we sail to the island
of poison fumes

2

Each
in their own darkness
worms and stars

3

Iceberg
rising and falling
tsunami passes

4

Mayan Princess
to save the children
she turns into a lawyer

The next four haiku are from "Ginyu" No. 18 (April 20, 2003, Ginyu Press, Japan):

5

Nightmare --
dragonflies sit
in perfect rows

6

between each step
bottoms of the feet
exposed to light

7

on the moon
how peaceful
the absence of waterfalls

8

My birthplace --
on a hill
a gray tower smolders


The next six haiku are from "Ginyu" No. 10 (March 20, 2001, Ginyu Press, Japan)


9

amulet found on X-ray
she sleeps still unwrapped

10

winter so old
there is even dust
on the moon

11

oil slick rainbows
in the street light
of dinosaur blood

12

the clouds no one ever sees
the dinosaurs love them best

(This and the next two haiku also appeared in my book "Step Into Sky."

13

falling asleep
I see them
caves on the moon

14

afternoon moon
dry sponge
thirsting in the Blue Desert

15

Colors
of gardens long dead
travel toward the stars

16

What can
a little bat tell me
at evening by the sea?

17

In the invisible castle
tapestries
woven of starlight

18

With mist and mirrors
trying to locate
the invisible castle

19

Fairies
never speak
of the invisible castle

20

So frail and tattered
thousand year old cloud

21

By the time I returned
from peeing
the cloud had died

(This haiku is from my book, "Wrinkled Sea.")

22

In Utah they watch
a ten-ton rock
poised on a ledge