Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Haiga Holiday Celebration, December 2022

Though I was unable to attend the YTHS Haiga Holiday Celebration, I was delighted to share this haiga:

(note: this haiku received an Honourable Mention in the 2021 Tokutomi Haiku Contest)

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Tokutomi Haiku Contest, 2021

My thanks to the judge, Emiko Miyashita, for the following honours:

the wisteria

trembles under its own weight . . .

new prosthetic legs

Honourable Mention

Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2021

north winds roll snowballs

across empty pasturelands . . .

I let the dough rest

Honourable Mention

Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2021

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Tokutomi Haiku Contest, 2020

crickets in the field . . .

we still hear grandma calling

us home for dinner

Honourable Mention

Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2020

 

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Tokutomi Haiku Contest, 2018

we lie on our backs

the Milky Way arcs beyond

our understanding

Honourable Mention

Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2018

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Tokutomi Haiku Contest, 2014

on a bridle path
the scent of apple blossoms
in my horse's mane


Honourable Mention
Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2014