Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, 2025

17th Contest Selected Haiku Collection

prayer vigil

a ghost moth's wings

begin to close

mom's vital signs

we decipher the code

of lightning bugs

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2024

16th Contest Selected Haiku Collection

winter into spring

this never-ending tug

of war

blue butterfly

mother's nurse locates

a vein

 

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2023

15th Contest Selected Haiku Collection

a charred banyan

only the fragments

of clouds remain

red-crested cardinals

flames begin to flicker

across the island

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2022

14th Contest Selected Haiku Collection

plumes of mist rise

from the whale's blowhole . . .

nuclear threat

cold war

the fallen rank and file

of sunflowers

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2021

13th Contest Selected Haiku Collection

jellyfish sprites

a bomb detonates

in the distance

grief follows

wherever we go

swallowtails

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2019

I decided to enter two 5/7/5 haiku this year, and was delighted to have them selected for the contest!


11th Contest Selected Haiku Collection


rising winter moon . . .
we drive across the prairie
alone with our thoughts


the departing spring . . .
he replaces online games
with a baseball glove

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2018

10th Contest Selected Haiku Collection


dandelion seeds
I smooth mother's hair
across the pillow


hospice visit
a baby bird opens
its mouth

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2017

9th Contest Selected Haiku Collection


floodwater . . .
muddy toys dangle
from branches


jelly jars
on the windowsill
twilight ripens

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest 2016

8th Contest Selected Haiku Collection


snow lantern
the fading glint
in her eyes


lavender
we pack her clothes
in silence

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, 2015

7th Contest Selected Haiku Collection


rusted gate
old lilacs blooming
for no one


empty nest
on the for sale sign
mourning doves