From the poetry collection published in 2021 containing poems written in 2020, The Immediate and No Sooner.

Haiku 865
10/9/20

The patterned pillow
tells off the cool gray sofa
The romance breaks up

Tanka 211
10/9/20

byzantine plot twists
hectic loves and wild intrigues
the book you’ve hidden
under the sofa cushion
quick! when your mother walks in

Haiku 866
10/12/20

one bite of the pear
the fall-in-love spell is cast
a crisp sweet voice speaks

Haiku 867
10/12/20

the orange ridged cap
great traction for my fingers
twisting out glue drops