Poems as Tribute to Lady Sonja Sanchez B

The historical haikus

1934

I have checked today
in calendar - you were born
just on Sunday

1943

how it feels that new
home is becoming Harlem
with muses' feelings

1955

dream-education
of political science
at Hunter College

1965

the start of teaching
muse of wisdom lived in you
in San Francisco

2010

haikus' publishing
fulfillment with Beacon Press
angels in our heart

2018

in Philadelphia
your party with dreams about
dew as well as dawn