Below is a sampling of Wayne's hundreds of published poems in over 45 poetry journals and anthologies in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland.
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When the Prophet Comes Home
Pushcart Prize Nomination
Nominated by California Quarterly (2025)
The world is a humongous whale,
drifting through an ocean of galaxies.
We are all small fish.
That is bona fide.
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The full poem is published in the book
"If I Have Wings."
I Wish I Knew How to Paint Happiness
Pushcart Prize 1st Runner Up for Nomination by Quill & Parchment (2025)
Tiny pale buds.
Small apple-blush blossom.
Green Gala foliage reflects the light.
Shiny, polished, under the sun.
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The full poem is published in the book
"If I Have Wings."
I Still Remember the Walk
Published in Christian Science Monitor (2024)
Fifteen and a half years ago,
right after I flew back
from visiting my ninety-year-old father,
my granddaughter had her first birthday party.
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The full poem is published in the book
"If I Have Wings."
In the Basho Temple
Published in Acumen-UK (2025)
It all started with a violin lesson;
navigation of hand, wrist on the bow,
rhythm phrasing,
ears perk up, eyes on the notes.
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The full poem is published in the book
"If I Have Wings."
Hummingbird
Published in The Lyric (2020)
I dream at night and reverie is my life,
pretending to work while whirring both wings,
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The full poem is published in the book
"Do You Hear What I Sing."
Oh Tides
Published in Ibbetson Street (2022)
There’s time to retreat, time to arise,
time to reveal, time to disguise.
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Feedback from Harris Gardner, Editor of Ibbetson Street:
"Oh Tides," a poem in rhymed couplets, blends the imagery of ocean tides' ebb and flow with the ebb and flow of human emotions and the human condition. There is a certain potent force at work in this poem.
The full poem is published in the book
"A Man on the Tightrope."
Yesterday
Published in Wisconsin Review (2023)
“It was like yesterday,” riding bike to school
under the sun, playing with buddy and chum,
hit a home run, kick and score a goal;
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The full poem is published in the book
"New and Selected Ballads."
My Haiku Teacher
Published in Haiku Canada Review (2026)
He loved haiku, so do I, for a different reason. He showed us the clip from a major Japanese newspaper that published his haikus, on and off.
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The full poem will be published in my forthcoming book
"When the Storyteller Comes Home."