The Haiku Way to Healing: Illness, Injury and Pain Anthology (Including Senryu, Tanka and Haiga), 2022

Editor: Robert Epstein

Fata Morgana the (in)visibility of my (dis)ability

2nd Place

2021 Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest

grape vines

these fingers that refuse

to bend

Modern Haiku 52.2, Summer 2021

(note: this concrete tanka was a finalist in the 2021 Trailblazer Contest)

(note: this haiga was Highly Commended in the 2019 Santoka 2nd International Haiku and Haiga Contest)

(note: this tanka received 1st Place in the 2016 British Haiku Society Tanka Awards)

The Helping Hand Haiku Anthology (Including Senryu, Tanka, and Haiga), 2020

Editor: Robert Epstein

summer fair

our dog retrieves

a lost boy

Mariposa #40, 2019

I bandage

my sister's wounds

with rose petals,

crooning our mantra . . .

all will soon be well

Red Lights, 15.1, 2019

(note: this haiku originally appeared in The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Spring 2020)

(note: this haiku was selected for the 2019 Yamadera Basho Haiku Contest)

(note: this tanka originally appeared in Presence #61, 2018)

 

The Signature Haiku Anthology (Including Senryu and Tanka), 2020

Editor: Robert Epstein


on this night
of our awareness,
the aurora
brushes an ensō
across lake and sky


Honourable Mention
2018 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest


My Commentary:

This is a sketch-of-life tanka illustrating one of the most magical moments my husband and I have ever experienced while camping at our favourite lake. The aurora borealis began to shimmer in an arc above the silhouette of an island, creating a perfect reflection. For a few moments, the island appeared to be suspended in a circle of light. We were transfixed!

All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019

Editor: Robert Epstein


golden years . . .
no one tells you about
the tarnish

Prune Juice 26, 2018


the growth rings
of otoliths and trees . . .
when did she
become smaller
than her daughters

2nd Place, 2017 Fleeting Words Tanka Competition

Note: the haiga above originally appeared in Failed Haiku 36, 2018

Note: the tanka above originally appeared in Blithe Spirit 28.2, 2018

Note: the senryu above originally appeared in Cattails, 2017

They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku, 2017

Editor: Robert Epstein


quaking aspens . . .
we have inherited
mother's hands

(originally published in Modern Haiku, Volume 48.1, Winter-Spring 2017)