Saturday, December 21, 2024

Fujisan Tanka Contest, 2024

Honoured to receive 2nd place in the 2024 Fujisan Tanka Contest. My thanks to the judges!


I climb higher
up this sacred mountain
meeting your spirit
halfway along the path
toward enlightenment


Triveni Awards, 2024

Honoured to receive 1st Place in the inaugural Triveni Awards! My thanks to the judges, Susan Antolin and Kala Ramesh, for their lovely comments:


refugee train
small hands starfished
against the glass


Commentary by Susan Antolin:

The verb "starfished" is brilliant in this poem. It feels essential that the verb is in the passive rather than active form. The word "starfished" accurately describes the shape of children's hands spread wide against a window and also evokes the sense that both starfish and refugee children are at the mercy of forces larger than themselves. The refugee children are themselves like starfish, carried by the ocean and deposited on the shore. Here they are on a train, looking out at the world they have been thrown into. The reader cannot but hope these small hands will be carried to safety.

Commentary by Kala Ramesh:

We went through the first, second and third selection lists and in each list, this poem scored full marks. In our final Zoom meeting, this poem surfaced to the first position. I echo Susan's sentiments, which she has voiced extremely well.


Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume XLIX:3, August 2024

May - July 2024


garden zazen
a stray kitten nestled
inside an empty pot


bus stop bench
a drifter whistling
up the day


thunderstorm
flocks of crows scatter
the wind


family photo
a quokka grinning
for the trail cam


Summer Challenge Kigo: firefly, fireflies, hotaru


fireflies
the glow-stick halos
of graveyard angels


Honoured to know that "garden zazen" and "thunderstorm" were included among the "Voted Best" (7 or more votes) in the subsequent issue!


Also honoured to know that "garden zazen" and "thunderstorm" were included among Dojin Patricia J. Machmiller's favourites, and that "bus stop bench" was included among Dojin Emiko Miyashita's favourites!

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Haiga Holiday Celebration, December 2024

Delighted to have the following haiga included in the slideshow:




The Haiku Foundation, re: Virals, November 2024

re: Virals 479 - November 29, 2024


The Haiku Foundation's weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week's poem was chosen by Lakshmi Iyer (thank you, Lakshmi):


krill migration
humpback whales
scoop up the stars

The Heron's Nest, Volume 24, Number 4, December 2022

The Haiku Foundation: Haiku of the Day (formerly Per Diem), December 2024

Selected by Jackie Chou for the theme of "Reflection": December 6, 2024


flood plain
a red barn succumbs
to its reflection

Kokako, Number 36, April 2022
 

Humana Obscura, Issue Number 11, Winter 2024

winter solstice
your lantern disappears
over the hill

featherweight




Shadow Pond Journal, Issue 4, December 2024

misty glen
a sheepdog practices
its army crawl

Half Day Moon Journal, Issue No. 2, December 2024

hairstreak this butterfly and i


orca above murmurating herring below
 

Haiku Talk: Podcast Episode 113, November 25, 2024

Honoured to have the following haiku featured by the podcast host, Ben Gaa. I'm grateful for his sensitive and insightful commentary!


roofless barn
the stars begin
to hoot

Kingfisher, Issue 10, October 2024

Eucalypt, Issue 37, December 2024

this day
was made for mourning . . .
snowflakes
melt into the dark night
of a raven's wing

Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, December 2024

Featured Artist: December 20, 2024


Note: this haiku was first published in Presence 77, 2023


 

Friday, December 13, 2024

Triya Mag: Sharad Edition, Anniversary Special, October/November 2024

Translated into Hindi


autumn arrives
in a whirl of leaves
this body
withering, too, despite
my best intentions

2nd Honourable Mention, 2022 San Francisco Int'l Haiku, Senryu and Tanka Contest


geriatric ward
burning matchheads begin
to droop

Highly Commended, 2023 Gloucestershire Poetry Society Haiku Competition

Shining Wind Haiku Anthology, 2024

Thrilled to have the following haiku on the theme of "light" selected for this collaboration between the British Haiku Society and Bulgarian haiku poets. My thanks to editors A.A. Marcoff, David Bingham, Iliyana Stoyanova, Vladislav Hristov, and to assistant editor, Maya Daneva. Special thanks to the translators, Darina Deneva, Iliyana Stoyanova, Maya Daneva.


Translated into Bulgarian


inner shine
ensōs of ice define
each pebble

Prune Juice, Issue 44, December 2024

 


Poetry Pea, October 2024

The Haiku Pea Podcast


Series 7, episode 41 - "Contemporary Tanka Poetry" - October 18, 2024 (selected by Guest Editor, Vandana Parashar)


a raven
believed it could fly
through me
unaware that I am glass,
pretending to be sky

3rd Place, 2020 San Francisco Int'l Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka

Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, December 2024

 Curated by Lavana Kray


December 6, 2024


(Note: this haiku first appeared in Geppo, May 2022)


Mariposa, Number 51, Autumn/Winter 2024

petroglyphs
a kayak claimed
by the rocks


let fall
the things that drag
you down . . .
pine trees begin to shed
their snowy burdens

Haiga in Focus, Issue 77, December 2024

 Curated by Claudia Brefeld


Translated into German





GUSTS, Number 40, Fall/Winter 2024

willows bend
to stroke the river
as it passes . . .
I caress your face
for the final time


a box of earth
on your bedside table . . .
frail hands tend
this garden that grows
for no one but you


canola fields
lit by a pink brume
of aurora . . .
harvesting can wait
for another night