Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 5, June 2025

theme: water

remission

a whale breaks its bond

with the ocean

sunday rain

the barley heads

bow down

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 4, November/December 2024

home range

even the barn owls

have moved away

frozen path

a vole that didn't make it

to the burrow

mom becomes

a shadow of herself . . .

firelight

Note: for my Mother, Marjorie MacKenzie (1920 - 1990)

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 3, June 2024

pasture stones

dad's gumboots heavy

with mud

last breath

snowflakes collecting

in Buddha's lap

Note: for my brother-in-law, Peter Bruce Wood (1948 - 2024)

 

The Haiku Foundation: The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2023

There were 1671 nominations, and I'm honoured that the following haiku is included in the longlist of 54 poems. My thanks to the editor of Folk Ku, Jodie Hawthorne, who nominated by work, and to the judges for taking the time to read!

snow grains

the field dad had no time

to plant

Folk Ku, Issue 1, May 2023

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press - Award Nomination 2023

Thrilled to have the following poem nominated by the editor and longlisted by The Haiku Foundation for the 2023 Touchstone Award:

snow grains

the field dad had no time

to plant

Folk Ku, Issue 1, May 2023

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 2, November 2023

sprigs of clover

in the gopher's mouth . . .

funeral luncheon

Note: for my sister, Elaine MacKenzie Bulmer, who is at rest on a prairie hill (1944-1972)

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 1, May 2023

prairie road

one headlight drifts

over the line

Note: for Mike, Kelly, Elizabeth (age 5), Curtis (age 2) Strange who perished together in a motor vehicle accident

snow grains

the field dad had no time

to plant

Note: for my father, Ewen MacKenzie (1912-2003)