A split sequence is basically three haiku that links with the lines of one central haiku. This was my second time collaborating with Reid, and we wanted a mellow mood with the ocean and its various avatars. Layers upon layers of different feelings surfaced.  These were mostly haiku. We were going to send it to a…

I've always felt that if something happened three times, it's a sign of sorts. So when my haiku got featured three weeks in succession, I looked for meaning behind it. For yours truly, whose confidence is usually skimming the bottom of the barrel, who usually has a bad case of the imposter syndrome, this felt…

I had heard of Ben Gaa from his poetry and heard him on Patricia's Poetry Pea podcast, which incidentally is my first haiku school. The one I very clearly remember is this one Pea TV Uncut Workshop: Ben Gaa – Haiku without meWhen Reid Hepworth, my gifted haijin friend forwarded me the YouTube link where Ben…

 In 1996, Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month. Poetry keeps me grounded, helps me heal, helps me climb the mountains I was never prepared to overcome. How about you? To celebrate, I will try to participate in the National Poetry Writing month NaPoWriMo. Yea, yea, "Do or do not. There is no try" but life,…

 No good news. Not even meh news. It's war. It's tears. It's the worst of human nature.Open door poetry magazine's March issue was a cry to rally behind Ukraine. I knew I just had to be a part of it.  And I wonder when will it stop? When?

Winter seems to run into swings and with the spring solstice so close by, my mind goes back a few months ago, to the longest night of the year. Now, I hear and watch news and feel that the night keeps going on and on.The night that humanity is under, keeps spreading its ink. Just…

 I'm so excited to be counted among the writers to present at the Morningside After Dark series, on January 31st 2022. But nervous as well, just look at the lineup! This event was to be held in person but then the omicron variant struck and now we have an opportunity for even more people to watch…

Life has this way with people. You are walking along happy with yourself, with your company, the skies are blue or exactly how you want it. And then...Bam!Dark clouds roll in and it pours or forest fires or some such. But that is no excuse for not moving on. So to all my readers and…