Haiku

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2021 Issue

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Poetry Pea, Summer Journal

Shadowless Hunter

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in Plum Tree Tavern on September 24, 2020

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in Poetry Pea, 2021 Summer Journal

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in The Zen Space in its Summer 2020 Showcase

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in Cold Moon Journal on August 13, 2021

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in Plum Tree Tavern on September 20, 2020

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Bear Creek Haiku, Spring 2021 Issue (March, 2021)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern on September 13, 2020

Blossom Flurries

Irritated Treasure

Bands Bathed in Sunrise

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Ariel Chart on October 20, 2021

red sandstone bands
expose ray by ray
to rising sun

Painted Desert

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Ariel Chart on October 19, 2021

fiery-orange rays
paint sands
brushed by desert winds

Rising on Command

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Ariel Chart on October 18, 2021

cobra
raises its hood
fanning fear

Seizing Royal Scepter

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Ariel Chart on October 17, 2021

Pharaoh eagle-owl
descends from Egypt’s sky
claiming desert throne

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Cold Moon Journal on October 26, 2021

Zen garden
plucking of silk strings
resonates within

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Cold Moon Journal on November 12, 2021

Spanish moss
bathed in moonlight
drapes romance by the bay

By Douglas J. Lanzo
Published in Cold Moon Journal on November 13, 2021

yesterday’s paper
lines homeless man’s dreams
with what could have been

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2021 Issue (November, 2021)

releasing its grip
holly blue flutters
into fading light

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal on December 9, 2021

even the pier
creaks with delight
summer evening stroll

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Red Eft Review on December 17, 2021

crumpled newspaper
lining homeless man’s dreams
with stories of strangers

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Asahi Haikuist Network’s special page in the Asahi Shinbun on December 17, 2021 (the second largest newspaper by print circulation in the world)

circle of the moon
draws me into…
its radiance

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal on January 5, 2022

fading hopes
trails of stardust
sift through my fingers

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Bamboo Hut Issue 1 2022 First Quarter, 2022

train whistle
my mind retraces
wistful paths of youth

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Bamboo Hut Issue 1 2022 First Quarter, 2022

pink December bloom
the endings
that could have been

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal on March 28, 2022

blue and yellow
encircle the night
London Eye

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal on April 16, 2022

raising his sights
young boy unspools
his kite string

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Bear Creek Haiku, Issue 182 (May, 2022)

summer sun so fierce
even gators
nap through lunch

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Bear Creek Haiku, Issue 182 (May, 2022)

sprinkling salt crystals
over fragranced coconut
Caribbean soap

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Bear Creek Haiku, Issue 182 (May, 2022)

stilt dancers
color beachside fires
with pleated pageantry

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (May 18, 2022)

fading with sunset
line of refugees
blends into next day

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Bear Creek Haiku, Issue 182 (May, 2022)

handmade island soap
each bar cut
by guitar strings

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (June 15, 2022)

black on green
silhouette of fruit bat
hanging from banana leaf

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (June 10, 2022)

sea-blown winds
hints of bagpipe
through pleated rock

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal (Issue 5:2: Spring/Summer Issue released in June, 2022)

sheath of ash
peels off white birch
healing from within

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Starlight SciFaiku Review  (Issue #2; June 30, 2022) 

first memory
of planet earth
forged from outer space

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Starlight SciFaiku Review  (Issue #2; June 30, 2022) 

penal exile
sent to the moon
that no one visits

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Starlight SciFaiku Review  (Issue #2; June 30, 2022) 

approaching
the speed of light
stretching out my thoughts

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Starlight SciFaiku Review  (Issue #2; June 30, 2022) 

first neutron bomb
dropped from space
no footprints in the ash

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Starlight SciFaiku Review  (Issue #2; June 30, 2022) 

grand opening
of alien zoo
first contact

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in sharing my solitude anthology: Cafe Haiku’s 5th Poetry Anthology (July, 2022) 

spray of moonlight
tidal forces
draw us closer

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (July 22, 2022) 

gust of lake wind
the diving osprey tucks
a moment early

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (August 15, 2022) 

Land of the Rising Sun
yellow iris
tinged by dawn

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (September 14, 2022) 

refreshing mist
remnants of thunder claps
from white-frothed sea

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (October 8, 2022) 

scent of mint
morning mist rising
over bamboo tea house

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (October 19, 2022) 

balanced on old shipwreck
reddish egret
fades into rust

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in tsuri-dōrō, Issue #10 – July/August, 2022  

praying
for every being
until mosquito bites

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (October 26, 2022) 

floating kelp forest
translucent hues of green
glint in eye of storm

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (November 13, 2022) 

trimming insects
off our rose bush
morning sparrows

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (November 16, 2022) 

breathlessly close
mountain peak stars
fingertips off summit

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Autumn Moon Festival, a special edition of Plum Tree Tavern (November 20, 2022) 

receding patter
of trembling raindrops
cancer whispers spread

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Haiku Way of Healing: Illness, Injury and Pain, an anthology edited by Robert Epstein (October 12, 2022) 

the songbird’s beauty
piercing the silence
this war-torn spring

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Haiku Way of Healing: Illness, Injury and Pain, an anthology edited by Robert Epstein (October 12, 2022) 

last shaft of light
streaks grandma’s gravestone
marking my pain

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Haiku Way of Healing: Illness, Injury and Pain, an anthology edited by Robert Epstein (October 12, 2022) 

sprayed by sunlight
glinting off the crests
of healing waters

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Poetry Pea Journal Issue 2:22 (Fall, 2022) 

osprey
punctuates its dive…
exclamation!

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Poetry Pea Journal Issue 2:22 (Fall, 2022) 

crossing Mars
in rover vehicles
red seas parting

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal (January 8, 2023)

shaking free
of chrysalis
newly enlightened monk

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (January 22, 2023)

pressed black tea
tannins of peat
stain sea bay

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Bamboo Hut (Issue 1, Winter 2023)

symphony of sound
raindrops filtered
through forest canopy

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Bamboo Hut (Issue 1, Winter 2023)

Nutcracker Suite
a pod of seals
swirl through strands of kelp

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Bamboo Hut (Issue 1, Winter 2023)

tea house fountains
misted scent flowing
through gardens of mint

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Free XpresSion Volume XXX, Issue No. 2 (February 2023)

buckled plateau
the weight of ages
shimmering in desert heat

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (January 23, 2023)

perfect dahlia
too much beauty
to breathe in

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (March 12, 2023)

Mountain elk
graze snow-brushed grass
tilted antlered sky

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (March 1, 2023)

sockeye salmon
steely-eyed resolve
spawning red, upstream

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (March 30, 2023)

moonlit walk
cascading steps
of evening stream

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal (May 8, 2023)

nursing newborn
in sweet spring shade
honeysuckle

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Plum Tree Tavern (May 10, 2023)

last elephant
lurks at forest’s edge
disappearing with the trees

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in The Sciku Project (June 8, 2023)

sentient sea play
upside-down tentacles swirl
through schools of minnows

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Frameless Sky, Issue #18 (June 30, 2023)

our twin sons
crouch by a tulip bed
inspecting depths I didn’t

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Frameless Sky, Issue #18 (June 30, 2023)

sifting memories
father’s ashes cling
to the passing breeze

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in cattails, April, 2023

thick maple syrup
French toast webbed
to tiny fingers

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in haikuNetra, Issue 1.2 (October, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in haikuNetra, Issue 1.2 (October, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in haikuNetra, Issue 1.2 (October, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (November 19, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Autumn Moon Journal, Issue 7.1, Autumn/Winter (2023-2024)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (November 19, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Poetry Pea Journal, Winter Issue (December, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Poetry Pea Journal, Winter Issue (December, 2023)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Password (January 2024 Issue)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal (February 2024 Issue)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (April 5, 2024)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (April 5, 2024)

By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Cold Moon Journal (April 5, 2024)