brightness
swaying through tundra
night train from Churchill
song circle
in the baggage car
rolling on permafrost
a carved bear
sleeps in my hand
northern lights
haiku have appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Acorn, and other journals. His work is anthologized in A New Resonance 5 (Red Moon Press, 2019), as well as in the Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VII: North Carolina (Texas Review Press, 2015). Dave is a founding member of The Haiku Foundation, and he organizes events for the North Carolina Haiku Society.