inner music . . .
I take my cue
from the wind
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Naviar Records - Haiku Music Challenge 289, 2019
Featured Haiku July 17, 2019:
Please enjoy the music created in response to my haiku:
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
1st Place
2019 OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition
Please enjoy the music created in response to my haiku:
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
1st Place
2019 OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition
Presence, Number 64, July 2019
heat mirage
the balked landing
of a waterhen
souvenirs . . .
the memories I thought
she'd forgotten
scented drifts
of cottonwood fluff
line every street . . .
he might not make it
through the winter
I was delighted to discover that the following haiku was shortlisted for the Best-of-Issue Award in Presence 63:
star-nosed mole
we search for light
in dark places
the balked landing
of a waterhen
souvenirs . . .
the memories I thought
she'd forgotten
scented drifts
of cottonwood fluff
line every street . . .
he might not make it
through the winter
I was delighted to discover that the following haiku was shortlisted for the Best-of-Issue Award in Presence 63:
star-nosed mole
we search for light
in dark places
NeverEnding Story, July 2019
Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu:
homecoming . . .
a bouquet of sky
in an old jar
1st Place
2017 Australian Haiku Society Spring Haiga Kukai
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
L1 sets the theme while visually evocative Ls 2&3 enhance the tone and mood of the haiku. And the fresh phrasing and perspective employed in L2 make this homecoming haiku emotionally effective.
homecoming . . .
a bouquet of sky
in an old jar
1st Place
2017 Australian Haiku Society Spring Haiga Kukai
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
L1 sets the theme while visually evocative Ls 2&3 enhance the tone and mood of the haiku. And the fresh phrasing and perspective employed in L2 make this homecoming haiku emotionally effective.
Monday, July 22, 2019
World Tanka Competition, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-zine, 2019
contest theme: "love"
crafted with love,
this table you made
from ash trees
planted for the children
we never had
Honourable Mention
2019 World Tanka Competition
crafted with love,
this table you made
from ash trees
planted for the children
we never had
Honourable Mention
2019 World Tanka Competition
Three Rivers Haiku Association: Iris - The International Haiku Contest on the Theme of the Gourds, 2019
Translated into Croatian
prize pumpkins
our hayrack buckles
with light
Honourable Mention
Note: There were 262 entries to the contest, and the results will be published in IRIS International Haiku Magazine, No. 13, 2019.
prize pumpkins
our hayrack buckles
with light
Honourable Mention
Note: There were 262 entries to the contest, and the results will be published in IRIS International Haiku Magazine, No. 13, 2019.
Skylark, Vol. 7, Number 1, Summer 2019
a century ago,
the Iolaire foundered . . .
my cousin's paintings
bring those who were lost
home to their families
Note: My cousin, Margaret Ferguson, an artist and doctor living on the Isle of Lewis, painted over 100 commemorative portraits of the men who perished in the Iolaire tragedy on New Year's Day, 1919.
here, and yet, not quite
a ghost train
of fog skims across
the lake . . .
at our next visit,
I hope you will know me
for a moment,
two waterspouts dance
across the lake . . .
I still feel your hand
on the small of my back
Note: In a review of Stacking Stones: An Anthology of Short Tanka Sequences (editor M. Kei), Jenny Ward Angyal makes mention of the following tanka from my sequence 'lightfall':
black swans
softening the edges
of my darkness
I gather threads of light
unspooling in their wake
Jenny goes on to say:
'Threads of light' run throughout the wonderful variety of voices and styles, content and form to be found in this volume, as poets explore the labyrinth of human life, erecting as they go small monuments of words to mark the way.
the Iolaire foundered . . .
my cousin's paintings
bring those who were lost
home to their families
Note: My cousin, Margaret Ferguson, an artist and doctor living on the Isle of Lewis, painted over 100 commemorative portraits of the men who perished in the Iolaire tragedy on New Year's Day, 1919.
here, and yet, not quite
a ghost train
of fog skims across
the lake . . .
at our next visit,
I hope you will know me
for a moment,
two waterspouts dance
across the lake . . .
I still feel your hand
on the small of my back
Note: In a review of Stacking Stones: An Anthology of Short Tanka Sequences (editor M. Kei), Jenny Ward Angyal makes mention of the following tanka from my sequence 'lightfall':
black swans
softening the edges
of my darkness
I gather threads of light
unspooling in their wake
Jenny goes on to say:
'Threads of light' run throughout the wonderful variety of voices and styles, content and form to be found in this volume, as poets explore the labyrinth of human life, erecting as they go small monuments of words to mark the way.
The Haiku Foundation, re: Virals, June 2019
re: Virals 198 - June 21, 2019
The Haiku Foundation's weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week's poem was chosen by Dave Read (thank you, Dave):
stone cairns
a faded cap drifts
downriver
1st Place
2015 Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest
The Haiku Foundation's weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week's poem was chosen by Dave Read (thank you, Dave):
stone cairns
a faded cap drifts
downriver
1st Place
2015 Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest
The Cherita, Book 25, April 2019
Issue: "a warm night"
a soundscape
of migrating geese
and falling acorns
you still reside
here in the autumn
of my heart
walking arm in arm
our hems drenched
in morning dew
we are silent
in our appreciation
of this shimmering world
a soundscape
of migrating geese
and falling acorns
you still reside
here in the autumn
of my heart
walking arm in arm
our hems drenched
in morning dew
we are silent
in our appreciation
of this shimmering world
Human/Kind Journal, Issue 1.7, July 2019
Special issue dedicated to found poetry from the works of Mary Oliver
Note: this cherita was culled from Mary Oliver's "Death at a Great Distance"
Poetry Pea, July 2019
The Haiku Pea Podcast:
Series 2, Episode 14 - "Talking Trees", July 15, 2019
thunderheads
a squabble of crows
in the larch
A Hundred Gourds, Issue 5.1, December 2015
the last drop
of father's cologne . . .
evergreen rain
Series 2, Episode 14 - "Talking Trees", July 15, 2019
thunderheads
a squabble of crows
in the larch
A Hundred Gourds, Issue 5.1, December 2015
the last drop
of father's cologne . . .
evergreen rain
Frogpond, Vol. 42, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2019
mossy log
a ruffed grouse drums
up the dawn
Note: In his essay, "Owls", Charles Trumbull makes mention of the following haiku which was published in Kokako 27, September 2017:
fog hangs in the hollow a nest of owlets
a ruffed grouse drums
up the dawn
Note: In his essay, "Owls", Charles Trumbull makes mention of the following haiku which was published in Kokako 27, September 2017:
fog hangs in the hollow a nest of owlets
Frameless Sky, Issue 10, June 2019
passing train how quickly we forget our promises
demolition . . .
sunlight where shade
used to be
rose hip tea . . .
the dawn steeped
in birdsong
Honoured to be the "Take the Challenge" winner with the following artwork chosen by David Terelinck to accompany his featured haiku:
demolition . . .
sunlight where shade
used to be
rose hip tea . . .
the dawn steeped
in birdsong
Honoured to be the "Take the Challenge" winner with the following artwork chosen by David Terelinck to accompany his featured haiku:
#FemkuMag: An E-zine of Women's Haiku - Issue 13, June 2019
"This issue is dedicated to every woman who's suffered, whether it be emotionally, mentally, physically, or sexually, to the women who supported us during our trauma and healing process, and to every woman fighting for her right to be human. May we stand tall for those who can't always get up."
tumbleweeds
we must not speak
of this
3rd Place, 2017 Penumbra Haiku Competition
lilac buds
no one notices
the bruises
Haiku Canada Review 10.1, 2016
thirteen
her first boyfriend's
hard slap
some of our memories
are burning brands
Bright Stars Tanka Anthology 5, 2014
he gasps
at the ragged scars
upon my back
remnants of that night
they tore off my broken wings
The Bamboo Hut 1.3, 2014
at the corner
of poverty and despair
an Indigenous girl
is found in the river
I weep, I weep
Neon Graffiti: Tanka Poetry of Urban Life, 2016
Daily Haiku, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, July 2019
labyrinth i walk into and out of myself
3rd Place Senryu
San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka 2018
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
1st Place
OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition 2019
alpenglow
a pika gathers stems
of light
Commended Haiku
Iris - A Little Haiku Contest 2019
3rd Place Senryu
San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka 2018
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
1st Place
OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition 2019
alpenglow
a pika gathers stems
of light
Commended Haiku
Iris - A Little Haiku Contest 2019
Australian Haiku Society, 2019
Winter Solstice 2019 AHS Haiga Kukai: Seasonal Entry
snow on snow
the widening circles
of enlightenment
Winter Solstice 2019 AHS Haiga Kukai: Non-Seasonal Entry
heirlooms
the time we meant
to make
(Note: these haiku were written in response to artwork by Ron Moss)
snow on snow
the widening circles
of enlightenment
Winter Solstice 2019 AHS Haiga Kukai: Non-Seasonal Entry
heirlooms
the time we meant
to make
(Note: these haiku were written in response to artwork by Ron Moss)
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