My thanks to the judge, Marilyn Humbert!
lost gloves sprout
from melting snowbanks
every finger
points me toward
a place I'd rather be
Honourable Mention
2021 Fleeting Words Tanka Competition
Friday, September 17, 2021
Haiku Contest of the Haiku Society of Constanta in Romania, 2021
Translated into Romanian
theme: raging sea
the lighthouse
without its beacon . . .
tsunami
Runner-up
Constanta Haiku Contest 2021
Ink Sweat and Tears - The Poetry and Prose Webzine - September 2021
Word and Image Feature - September 17, 2021
My thanks to Desree for selecting this "pwoermd" artwork!
Geppo: The Haiku Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume XLVI:2, May 2021
February - April 2021
rusty watering can
how vibrant the life
of mud
snowdrops
the future is almost
upon us
baby skunks
the unmown strip
of grass
loonsong
I am not alone
in the mist
Spring Challenge Kigo: Kite, Toy Kite, tako, ikanobori
kite tails
we watch you
slip away
Honoured to know that "loonsong" was included among the favourites of Dojins Michele Root-Bernstein and Patricia J. Machmiller, and "baby skunks" was included among the favourites of Dojins Emiko Miyashita and Patricia!
World Haiku Review, Summer 2021
sultry day
a tornado screws itself
into the earth
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit
Neo-Classical Haiku Category
lily pad rafts
dotting the pond . . .
leopard frogs
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit
Neo-Classical Haiku Category
Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #5, September/October 2021
a drift of quail
among the leaves . . .
woodsmoke
scorched prairie
I have forgotten the sound
of rain
The Awakened One: Buddha-Themed Haiku from Around the World, 2021
My thanks to editors Adjei Agyei-Baah and Gabriel Rosenstock for including my work!
transience . . .
petal by petal
we let go
Winning Haiku, Canada
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, 2017
Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 Syllables or Less, Volume 1.1, Summer 2021
oil slick the way we colour our world
Failed Haiku 3.31, July 2018
aftermath
we tuck a note inside
the riven oak
Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2020
The Cherita, Book 50, May 2021
Issue: "washed by sunset"
the whimpers
of a starving puppy
draw me near
she offers her paw
and just like that,
I fall in love again
16,000 nights
and still,
these kisses
fall as dew
from the rose petals
of our tongues
the hull of our home
withstands
storm after storm
curtains flying
out every window
like pennants
Shamrock Haiku Journal, Number 46, September 2021
the black tip
of a ground squirrel's tail . . .
stubble fire
salmon dart
across the highway . . .
non-stop rain
The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Summer 2021
Editor: Patricia McGuire
"No Ego"
leaf litter
turkey tail fungus
skirts the pine
cemetery shade
this luminescence
of lilies
"Euphony"
ripe pumpkins
deer tracks riddle
the frost
"Kigo"
monarch migration
the unexpected tremor
of my lips
ostrich ferns
unwind themselves . . .
daylight savings
"Selective Realism"
lantern light
becoming one
with the fog
bison range
a magpie rides off
into the sunset
"Yūgen"
twilit rookery
let the storytelling
begin
footprints etched
on the sea of tranquility . . .
rearing stallion
Poetry Pea, August 2021
The Haiku Pea Podcast
Series, 4, Episode 16 - "Original Haiku Using Yūgen", August 16, 2021
ghost apple
this emptiness
inside
Shortlisted, 2019 Touchstone Awards
Shamrock Haiku Journal 42, 2019
footprints etched
on the sea of tranquility . . .
rearing stallion
Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, September 2021
Curated by Lavana Kray
September 8, 2021
(Note: this tanka art was first published in Ribbons 17.1, Winter 2021)
September 25, 2021
(Note: this tanka was first published in Blithe Spirit 30.3, August 2020)
Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, August 2021
Curated by Lavana Kray
August 24, 2021
(Note: this haiku was first published in Kokako 33, September 2020)
NeverEnding Story, September 2021
Cool Announcement: A Freebie, Mouth Full of Stones by Debbie Strange
My Dear Readers:
NeverEnding Story contributor, Debbie Strange, published a collection of sociopolitically conscious haiku, Mouth Full of Stones (Title IX Press, 2020 - now, Moth Orchid Press), and she shared her fine work as a free download available at the Moth Orchid Press website.
Selected Haiku:
dry lightning
her mattress scarred
with cigarette burns
day moon
(dis)appearing
sister's thin face
hot (fl)ashes the combustibility of womxn's rights
cows and calves
bawling at weaning time
my breasts ache
angry words
the gossip of gulls
d r i f t i n g
street kids
shadows fold
into the night
neon lights
a cardboard roof
sags with snow
cyberbullying
the buzz of a high voltage arc
permafrost
a polar bear's paws
sink deeper
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 6, Issue 69, September 2021
Guest Editor: Hemapriya Chellappan - Linked Forms
Darkroom
duality
the shadows and light
inside memory
exposing yourself
for what you are
negative strips
I am nothing more
than a ghost
changing your colours
before my eyes
chemical bath
it would be so easy
to drown
red light
you stop at nothing
contact prints
these permanent reminders
to forget
Dwarf Stars 2021 - The Very Best Short Speculative Poems Published in 2020
winter jasmine
we inhale the scent
of dying stars
The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Autumn 2020
Daily Haiku: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, September 2021
forgotten grave
only the small bones
of leaves remain
Commended Haiku
Polish International Haiku Competition, 2020
snow whirls
outside the henhouse . . .
father cups
my hands around
a warm brown egg
3rd Place
Fleeting Words Tanka Competition, 2018
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, August 2021
Featured Artist: August 18, 2021
Note: this tanka was first published in Tanka Origins 3, April 2020
Window Seats: A Contemporary Anthology of Cat Haiku & Senryu, Bottle Rockets Press, 2021
pussy willows
the swollen bellies
of feral cats
Acorn 42, Spring 2014
Bottle Rockets, Vol. 23, Number 1 (or #45), August 2021
dandelions the multiplication factor of yellow
Blithe Spirit, Vol. 31, Number 3, August 2021
stray kitten
our hen unfolds
her wings
the click-snap
of a barn owl peering
from our hayloft
we defer roof repairs
for another year
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