#1
agate
I carry
an ocean within
my pocket . . .
this blue lace agate
etched with ancient tides
Honorable Mention
United Haiku and Tanka Society Fleeting Words Tanka Competition 2018
#2
bioluminescence
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
1st Place
OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition 2019
Seashores, Volume 2, April 2019
#3
blue
blue sea glass
a man of war decays
in the sun
Honorable Mention
World Haiku Competition 2015
#4
bonds
the pair bonds
of prairie voles . . .
she asks
if he used to be
her husband
3rd Place
United Haiku and Tanka Society Fleeting Words Tanka Competition 2017
#5
braid
prairie dusk
the last braid of geese
comes undone
Commended
Iris - A Little Haiku Contest by the Croatian Haiku Magazine 2019
#6
centre
sun spider
I centre myself
in its web
Museum of Haiku Literature Award
Blithe Spirit 28.3 2018
#7
cloudberries
peat bog
the spreading fire
of cloudberries
Shortlisted for The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems 2018
Shamrock Haiku Journal, Number 40, September 2018
#8
cormorants
cormorants . . .
we open our arms
to the sun
3rd Place
16th Annual ukiaHaiku Festival, Jane Reichhold International Prize 2018
#9
embers
small embers
of rose hips in snow . . .
the look
in mother's vacant eyes
so hard to define
3rd Place
San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka 2018
#10
enso
on this night
of our awareness
the aurora
brushes an enso
across lake and sky
Honorable Mention
19th Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest 2018
#11
fallow
fallow fields a light dusting of snow geese
Shortlisted for The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems 2018
Mariposa 39, 2018
#12
fallstreak
light spills
through a fallstreak hole
onto water . . .
if nothing else,
this will be enough
Honorable Mention
18th Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest 2017
#13
flocks
glassy lake
flocks of snow geese
pull up the moon
1st Place
Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2017
#14
frozen
frozen trough
I cup the warm breath
of my horse
1st Place
7th Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2018
#15
graffiti
the graffiti
of chery blossoms . . .
night winds
Judges' Favorites
Golden Triangle Haiku Contest 2018
#16
halo
a halo around
the long night moon . . .
I find
another strand
of mother's light
Winner
10th Annual Moonbathing Tanka Contest 2018
#17
icicle
longer days
I knight my sister
with an icicle
5th Honorable Mention
Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition 2018
#18
iris
wild iris
a familiar song
in its throat
Runner-up
Shamrock Haiku Journal, Reader's Choice Awards 2018
Shamrock Haiku Journal, Number 40, September 2018
#19
kestrel
drought
the kestrel catches
a piece of sky
Highly Commended
New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2018
#20
labyrinth
labyrinth i walk into and out of myself
3rd Place Senryu
San Francisco International Competition of Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka 2018
#21
lichen
circles of lichen
I thought we would have
more time
3rd Place
30th Annual Kaji Aso Studio Haiku Contest 2018
#22
offerings
the ocean
was in a rage last night
but today,
these peace offerings
of blue mussels and kelp
1st Place
19th Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest 2018
#23
otoliths
the growth rings
of otoliths and trees . . .
when did she
become smaller
than her daughters
2nd Place
United Haiku and Tanka Society Fleeting Words Tanka Contest 2017
#24
pain
summer's end
we offer her pain
to the wind
Highly Commended
Santoka 2nd International Haiku and Haiga Contest 2019
#25
percheron
percheron
sixteen hands full
of stars
Commended
New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2018
#26
rimed
rimed fence
the cattle and wind
change direction
Honorable Mention
British Haiku Society Awards 2017
#27
silver
silver linings
some things startle us
into flight
1st Honorable Mention
Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition 2017
#28
skaters
northern lights
the blur of scarves
as skaters pass
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit, R.H. Blyth Award 2019
World Haiku Review, March 2019
#29
sorrow
a smudge
of blackbirds swirling
into evening . . .
how fluid the shape
of this sorrow
2nd Place
United Haiku and Tanka Society Fleeting Words Tanka Competition 2018
#30
sparks
dead orchard
the random blue sparks
of woolly aphids
3rd Place
Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2018
#31
starflowers
starflowers
light the woodland . . .
we find our way
Winner
Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition 2017
#32
stones
snowy field
the owls we thought
were stones
Honorable Mention
Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2017
#33
storms
the architecture
of impending storms . . .
every cloud
that hangs over me
has a given name
Honorable Mention
United Haiku and Tanka Society Fleeting Words Tanka Competition 2017
#34
tamaracks
fading dreams . . .
the golden smoke
of tamaracks
Runner-up
The Haiku Calendar Competition 2018
#35
tortoise
a star tortoise
carries the universe
on its back . . .
are we slowly moving
away from each other
2nd Place
San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka 2018
#36
tousled
wheat fields
tousled by fingers
of wind
I tuck a strand of hair
behind your ear
Honorable Mention
19th Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest 2018
#37
transience
transience . . .
petal by petal
we let go
Winning Haiku (Canada)
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2017
#38
understanding
we lie on our backs
the Milky Way arcs beyond
our understanding
Honorable Mention
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2018
#39
vortex
polar vortex . . .
our footprints not where
we left them
3rd Place
31st Annual Kaji Aso Studio Haiku Contest 2019
#40
whirls
snow whirls
outside the henhouse . . .
father cups
my hands around
a warm brown egg
3rd Place
United Haiku and Tanka Society Fleeting Words Tanka Competition 2018
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