awakened from a nap
by loud snoring – 
my own
haikuniverse, 30 August 2021
sunset – 
red-haired beauty 
readying for sleep
Better Than Starbucks, November 2021, p. 31
in the poetry aisle 
her cloth mask slips off – 
I’m six feet away
haikuniverse, 15 January 2021
snow day – 
shoveling replaces 
the labor of teaching
The Poetry Pea Journal of haiku and senryu, Spring 2021, p. 50
nowhere to hide
no end in sight – 
Zoom meeting
The Poetry Pea Journal of haiku and senryu, Spring 2021, p. 81
overhearing a conversation,
I wonder:
are my stories this boring, too?
haikuniverse, 26 July 2022
languishing in line 
with other addicts – 
Starbucks at dawn
Failed Haiku – A Journal of English Senryu 6:65 (May 2021), p. 57
borrowed book, 
overdue and unread – 
a ghost story
Failed Haiku – A Journal of English Senryu 6:65 (May 2021), p. 57
alone with a new moon 
and glass of wine – 
I’ve felt worse
“Valentine’s Day Haiku,” haikuniverse, 14 February 2021
vegetarians 
do not eat turkey at all – 
pass the potatoes
“Birdless Thanksgiving: a senryu,” My Word Wizard, December 2020
 
             Shai Afsai
Shai Afsai