Poems are listed in the relevant section in reverse chronological order. Haiku are listed in the speculative section if they have some kind of explicit speculative element (typically science fiction or fantasy), although my non-speculative haiku often contain imagery that borders on speculative anyway. The haiku section also contains links to some essays I’ve written about haiku.
Books
- A New Resonance 9
- Red Moon Press, 2015 – A multi-author haiku collection.
- Stray Cats
- self-published, 2015 – A single-author haiku chapbook.
Speculative Poetry
- “Stargazing”
- Eccentric Orbits 5, October 2024
- “The Vespiarist Speaks”
- Eccentric Orbits 5, October 2024
- “For Those Who Will One Day Come Home”
- Eccentric Orbits 5, October 2024
- “big shot,” “saplings,” “starting over,” “After the Storm”
- Scifaikuest, February 2023
- “The Three Laws of Poetics”
- Asimov’s, November/December 2022 – read online
- Winner, 37th annual Asimov’s Readers’ Awards – read press release
- “Transformation Sequence”
- JOURN-E, September 2022
- Giant Robot Poems, forthcoming
- “feverbright”
- Carmina Magazine, September 2022 – read online
- “An Opened Door, A Haunting Rain”
- The Fantastic Other, August 2022 – read online
- “atom-scattered”
- Star*Line, 45.1 (January 2022)
- “Rewilding”
- Eccentric Orbits 3, January 2022
- Halsing for the Anchylose
- Fantasy Magazine, October 2021 – read online
- The Priestess Considers Her Fate
- Star*Line, 44.3 (July 2021)
- “sealskin”
- Frozen Wavelets, 4 (Winter 2020) – read online
- “Saturn’s rings”
- Eye to the Telescope, 32 (April 2019) – read online
- The Fragmented Poet Files a Police Report
- SFPA 2017 Poetry Contest, first place, long division – read online
- Night Shift
- Lakeside Circus, March 13, 2015
- A dust mote
- Scifaikuest, November 2013
- “Contact!”
- 42 Magazine, Fall 2012
Haiku, Senryu, and related forms
- “the sound of rain”
- Cattails, October 2024
- “my resolve”
- Modern Haiku, 55.2
- “cavelight”
- tinywords, May 2024
- “late winter”
- Kingfisher 9
- “speed trap”
- Kingfisher 9
- “late winter”
- Modern Haiku, 54.1 (Winter 2023)
- “empty streets”
- Haiku Presence, 72 (spring 2022)
- “winter gardening”
- Otoroshi, summer 2022 – read online
- “old pond”
- Shamrock, 47 (March 2022)
- “late October mist”
- Modern Haiku, 53.1 (winter/spring 2022)
- “full moon”
- tsuri-dōrō, Jan/Feb 2022 – read online
- “squall”
- Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2021/2022
- “starry night”
- Hedgerow, 136 (December 2021)
- “old dreams”
- The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue, December 8, 2021 – read online
- “sunny afternoon”
- Modern Haiku, 52.1 (winter/spring 2021)
- “that leaky faucet”
- Modern Haiku, 51.2 (summer 2020) – read online
- “Basho’s death day”
- Instincts, October 2019 – read online
- “her tangled hair”
- Frozen Wavelets, Fall 2019 – read online
- “a dark horse”
- Modern Haiku, 50.2 (Summer 2019)
- “sky dancing”, “infinity”, “left behind”, “mossy cliff face”
- Star*Line, Summer 2018
- “autumn dew drop”
- Modern Haiku, Winter 2018
- “spring-fed creek”
- Asahi Haikuist, December 1 2017 – read online
- “the afterimage”
- Skylark, Winter 2015
- “standing stones”
- Chrysanthemum, October 2015
- “tide pool stars”
- Frogpond, Autumn 2015
- “mud pies,” “his promise,” “sometimes all I want”
- A Hundred Gourds, September 2015
- “I learn to tell”
- Modern Haiku, Autumn 2015
- “an argument”
- Modern Haiku, Winter/Spring 2015
- “a hawk,” “river fog,” “sunlight”
- Bamboo Hut, December 2014 – read online
- “another lunch-time walk,” “revolution again”
- Haiku Per Diem, November 2014 – read online
- “jackdaw”
- Frogpond, Fall 2014
- “cold moon rising,” “notice of default,” “they will grow up”
- A Hundred Gourds, September 2014 – read online
- “starlight”
- Skylark, Summer 2014
- “out of one fog bank”
- Frogpond, Summer 2014
- “last sunset”
- Haiku Presence, Summer 2014
- “a room full of boxes”
- MOONGARLIC, June 2014
- “Cloaks”
- Bones, June 2014 – read online
- “a debate,” “Three Arch Rocks,” “were I to pass”
- A Hundred Gourds, Summer 2014 – read online
- “woodsmoke”
- tinywords, May 30, 2014 – read online
- “reading Takuboku”
- Asahi Haikuist Network, April 4 2014 – read online
- “between,” “seen from beneath”
- Kokako, March 2014
- “another winter,” “narcissus blooms,” “the chill,” “what does it matter”
- A Hundred Gourds, March 2014 – read online
- “a distinct lack,” “road map”
- Modern Haiku, Winter/Spring 2014
- “wilderness park”
- Shamrock, January 2014
- “another summer,” “getting everything,” “today”
- A Hundred Gourds, December 2013 – read online
- “runcible moon”
- Bones, December 2013
- “another talk”
- Frogpond, Fall 2013
- “skywriting,” “trickle-down economics,” “underneath”
- Prune Juice, November 2013 – read online
- “unemptied garbage”
- Acorn, Fall 2013
- “sepia moon,” “stray cats”
- Crysanthemum, October 2013 – read online
- “alone at sunset,” “backlit afro,” “boiling pot,” “fireworks,” “foreclosure sign,” “hawk-spur moon,” “midsummer storm,” “potato salad,” “spring festival”
- Under the Basho, Fall 2013
- “always,” “fresh-raked coals,” “marina sunset,” “shadows”
- A Hundred Gourds, September 2013 – read online
- “served with a sprig of mint”
- Heron’s Nest, Fall 2013 – read online
- “all the things”
- Frogpond, Summer 2013
- “election day”
- Modern Haiku, Summer 2013
- “b’ak’tun”
- Heron’s Nest, June 2013 – read online
- “edged with wildflowers,” “orchid tree”
- A Hundred Gourds, June 2013 – read online
- “spring cleaning”
- Acorn, Spring 2013
- “fantasy story,” “finally sent her”
- Prune Juice, July 2012 – read online
- “low on money”
- Prune Juice, Winter 2012 – read online
Essays and Criticism
- “Objects Coloured by Subjective Feeling: Hagiwara Sakutarō and Haiku.”
- Modern Haiku, Autumn 2021
- “Fishing for Bashōs: Interpretive Communities and Haiku in English.”
- Modern Haiku, Winter/Spring 2015
Want to learn more about writing haiku?
These short poems are surprisingly rewarding, and even if you don’t write for publication they can really open your eyes to the world around you — and the world inside your head.
Michael Dylan Welch has a great page called GraceGuts with a wealth of amazing resources.
I’m a big believer in learning by example, too. The Heron’s Nest is a great magazine of the form, and publishes free-to-read issues every March, July, September, and December. (Disclaimer: I’ve been the web editor there since 2013.)