Honoured to place in this contest! My thanks to the judge, Beate Conrad.
Translated into Croatian
ghost pumpkins
winter arrives without
a sound
3rd Place
Note: There were 347 entries to the contest, and the results will be published in the IRIS International Haiku Magazine.
Thursday, September 03, 2020
The Cherita, Book 39, June 2020
Issue: "a sense of place"
imprints
of our bodies
in wet sand
emptiness filling
with the water from which
we are made
if you should
happen to drift
away
I will still be holding
onto the lifeline
of your hand
A Cherita Lighthouse Award
imprints
of our bodies
in wet sand
emptiness filling
with the water from which
we are made
if you should
happen to drift
away
I will still be holding
onto the lifeline
of your hand
A Cherita Lighthouse Award
Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, August 2020
Curated by Lavana Kray
August 7, 2020
Note: this haiga originally appeared in Incense Dreams 3.1, October 2019
August 12, 2020
Note: this senryu originally appeared in Cattails, April 2017, and the haiga was first published in the anthology, All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
August 20, 2020
Note: this haiga originally appeared in Ribbons 15.1, Winter 2019
August 28, 2020
Note: this tanka received 2nd Honourable Mention in the British Haiku Society Awards, 2019
MoonInk Tanka Poetry Anthology, 2020
as if I were
this ash-filled burl,
black veins
of decay winding through
my body like a river
Commended
Climate Change: The Burning Issue Tanka Contest, 2020
between the spokes
of your spinning wheel
a dusty web . . .
I never thought our lives
would so quickly unwind
1st Place
The British Haiku Society Tanka Awards, 2019
the ocean
was in a rage last night
but today,
these peace offerings
of blue mussels and kelp
1st Place
Sanford Goldstein Int'l Tanka Competition, 2018
the growth rings
of otoliths and trees . . .
when did she
become smaller
than her daughters
2nd Place
Fleeting Words Tanka Competition, 2017
dried curls
of gray reindeer moss
crunch softly
underneath our boots . . .
no other sound, but breath
1st Place
San Francisco Int'l Tanka Competition, 2016
this ash-filled burl,
black veins
of decay winding through
my body like a river
Commended
Climate Change: The Burning Issue Tanka Contest, 2020
between the spokes
of your spinning wheel
a dusty web . . .
I never thought our lives
would so quickly unwind
1st Place
The British Haiku Society Tanka Awards, 2019
the ocean
was in a rage last night
but today,
these peace offerings
of blue mussels and kelp
1st Place
Sanford Goldstein Int'l Tanka Competition, 2018
the growth rings
of otoliths and trees . . .
when did she
become smaller
than her daughters
2nd Place
Fleeting Words Tanka Competition, 2017
dried curls
of gray reindeer moss
crunch softly
underneath our boots . . .
no other sound, but breath
1st Place
San Francisco Int'l Tanka Competition, 2016
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 5, Issue 57, September 2020
(note: this haibun first appeared in #FemkuMag 18, November 2019)
Dwarf Stars 2020 - The Very Best Short Speculative Poems Published in 2019
Honoured to have the following haiku chosen for this anthology. It is one of 72 works selected from 500 submissions. My thanks to the editor, Robin Mayhall!
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
Seashores, Volume 2, April 2019
1st Place, OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition, 2019
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
Seashores, Volume 2, April 2019
1st Place, OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition, 2019
Creatrix Poetry and Haiku Journal, Number 50, September 2020
idle trains
the hustle and bustle
of pigeons
day's end
a swan folds the sun
under her wing
the hustle and bustle
of pigeons
day's end
a swan folds the sun
under her wing
Love, British Haiku Society 30th Anniversary Members' Tanka Anthology, 1990-2020
we zip
our sleeping bags
together
you cradle my body
like a crescent moon
our sleeping bags
together
you cradle my body
like a crescent moon
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