Thursday, August 11, 2022

Drifting- Sands-Haibun, Issue 16, July 2022

Thrilled to receive two of ten awards for haiku and tanka in the Monuments Contest No. 1, in memory of Rachel Sutcliffe. My thanks to the judges, Richard Grahn and Christopher Seep (who provided his inspiring photographs)!


canyonlands
a meadowlark sings
me out of myself

First Place Haiku


awaiting
rain's unkept promise
crops wither
in the dust of dreams
passed down to me

First Place Tanka




Also delighted that the following haiga was chosen for this issue's cover:


(Note: this haiku received a Haiku Laureate Award in the 2021 Hexapod Contest)




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