young stonemason
slowly his work improves
on the old cathedral
(Brussels Sprout, Sep 92; Shiki, 97-98)
abandoned church
sunbeam and two squirrels
in the pew
(Parnassus, Sum 92; Shiki 4/15/97)
afterwards
the cat
opens Christmas
(Pine Needles, Winter 1990)
hen nesting
quietly in the corner
a rooster crow
his first Christmas
unwrapping the package
popping the bubbles
(LYNX, 4:1:16, 1992; Shiki, 12/3/98)
walking from church
into the higher canon
of wind and trees
(Haikuforum, 1/30/00; Shiki, 02/1597; New Cicada, Win 1991)
Sunday sermon
first a glance then a tap
on the watch
(Shiki, 7/6/97; Haiku Headlines, Nov 1992)
