Grateful to have work selected and translated by Jean Antonini and Gilles Fabre (and team) for this anthology!
Translated into French
cattle roundup
a charred bean can
full of rain
1st Place, 2024 Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
seashores, Volume 2, 2019
1st Place, 2019 OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition
glassy lake
flocks of snow geese
pull up the moon
1st Place, 2017 Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Contest
starflowers
light the woodland . . .
we find our way
Award Winner, The 2017 Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition
scrub jay
nothing left of the blue
in dad's jeans
2nd Place, 2024 Betty Drevniok Award
marsh marigolds
dark waters patched
with light
Highly Commended, 2023, New Zealand Poetry Society Int'l Competition
My Perspective:
When I first set foot along the haiku path, I had no idea how much it would engulf and expand my world! My daily haiku practice helps mitigate the effects of chronic illness by focussing my mind on joy rather than pain. Over the years, it has become a healing and a meditative force. These little poems have enriched my life beyond measure by introducing me to the work of the global haiku community. The poet an'ya, was the first editor to publish my work, and I am forever grateful to her for changing the course of my writing life.
Note:
I was honoured to learn that Gilles Fabre and Jean Antonini gave an interview, and read my perspective on haiku (among others) on French radio!
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