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)
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