The Haiku Foundation, EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, April 2018

Theme:  Year of the Bird


glassy lake
flocks of snow geese
pull up the moon

1st Place, 2017 Autumn Moon Haiku Contest


cormorants . . .
we open our arms
to the sun

3rd Place, 2018 Jane Reichhold International Prize


snowy field
the owls we thought
were stones

Honourable Mention, 2017 9th Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition


last campout . . .
sandhill cranes call down
the northern lights

Honourable Mention, 2017 Robert Spiess Haiku Award


the whistle
of a wood duck . . .
her last breath

Honourable Mention, 2015 Betty Drevniok Award


the curve
of an avocet's bill . . .
sickle moon

Editor's Choice, Cattails (April 2017)


cloudless sky
a pelican's pouch
full of light

Editors' Choices, The Heron's Nest 18.2 (June 2016)