Translated into Japanese
a deep chasm
this yearning
for an echo
sea shanties
a sailor's beard dripping
with icicles
pressed flowers
the meadow I will give you
this winter
Note: these haiku previously appeared in Akitsu Quarterly
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2023
earth day all these tree-hugging squirrels
spring roundup
light drips off the rim
of a wrangler's hat
Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #15, May/June 2023
skijoring
the day passes by
in a blur
The Take 5ive Journal, April 2023
Theme: Earth Day
earth's forests,
the guardians of breath . . .
we hold
them hostage against
our better nature
Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 11, April 2023
Turning Japanese: The Great Depression
My thanks to the editor, Tim Gardiner, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award:
tumbleweeds
my breath becomes part
of the gale
Presence, Number 75, March 2023
threshing crew
the sun falls down
a gopher hole
foreclosure
a barn spider ties up
loose ends of light
a tall ship
at anchor in this bay
its furled sails
have fallen out of love
with the fickle wind
Kokako, Number 38, April 2023
change in the weather these clouds of consternation
our cottage
becomes a boat . . .
derecho
peeled plums
the mandala I make
with their stones
the older brother
we nearly had . . .
empty silo
barred owls
roost in the forest
dark eyes
conceal mysteries
too old for solving
GUSTS, Number 37, Spring/Summer 2023
flash floods
through sculpted canyons
hikers bathe
their feet in the ochre
of ephemeral rivers
dark clouds
lurking over this field
of sunflowers . . .
there is more light here
than we will ever need
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 1, April 2023
Translated into Romanian
theme: Traditions
homecoming train
we leave the winter
behind
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, April 2023
Featured Artist: April 7, 2023
Note: this tanka was first published in GUSTS 33, 2021
Swirling Haiku Challenge - Consulate General of Japan in Toronto, 2023
The following haiga was presented online for the Swirling Haiku Challenge:
Angel House Press: National Poetry Month, April 2023
Honoured to have the following asemic haiga chosen by the curator, Amanda Earl, for this feature on April 19, 2023!
Artist's Statement:
This asemic piece was inspired by my aunt's long struggle with the aftermath of a stroke, and by my fascination with mark making. Aphasia is a disorder that impacts the ability to communicate. It affects speech, as well as the capacity to understand the spoken and written word.
The Ogham Alphabet is an early medieval alphabet, sometimes known as the Celtic Tree Alphabet. It was not a spoken language, but rather, comprised of marks (characters) running along and across a central vertical line, and often engraved on standing stones.
Asemic writing is wordless, so I used this technique to illustrate the connection between the themes.
A Fine Line: The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society, Autumn 2023
forgotten grave
only the small bones
of leaves remain
Commended
2020 Polish International Haiku Competition
dandelion seeds
I smooth mother's hair
across the pillow
Selected
2018 Yamadera Basho Haiku Contest
Thursday, April 06, 2023
The British Haiku Society Awards, 2022
Thrilled to receive the following awards:
at the moment
I became motherless
something
brushed against me
softer than a feather
Winner, The Linda Jeannette Ward Tanka Award
Judge's comments:
This tanka shimmers with meaning. The essence of life hovers here, unspoken, unknown, implied, certain and resonant. This moment lingers, remains unforgettably, unexplained in our lives, our memory, touching us again and again, mothering us, and spurring on our creativity and a poetic sense of wonder. Beautifully shaped and expressed. This is what I wish for in tanka. Meaning, mystery and subtle magic.
—Kath Abela Wilson
skinny-dipping the moon snail's umbilicus
Runner-up, The David Cobb Haiku Award
Judge's comments:
There is something so regenerative about stripping down for a skinny dip in the moonlight! Once again, we have identification with nature, this time carried out in a more disjunctive fashion. The mention of "umbilicus" alludes to the process of birth and, in its turn, rebirth. Experiencing this piece, I feel the night air and its magic, the snail as mother. Any piece able to elicit this kind of ecstasy within its reader is, in my estimation, an extremely well-crafted ku.
—Kelly Moyer
(note: there were 437 haiku entries and 196 tanka entries)
Snapshot Press, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2023
Award Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2023 (for May)
Publication - The Haiku Calendar 2024 (Snapshot Press, 2023)
spring breeze
a porcupette's quills
begin to stiffen
Geppo, Volume XLVII.2, May 2022
Talking About Strawberries All of the Time, Issue 10, April 2023
Thrilled to have the following collage selected for this issue:
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Haiga Spring Ginko Celebration, March 2023
Delighted to have the following haiga included in the YTHS Haiga Spring Ginko Celebration slideshow:
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