dew-strung web
the morning breaks
into prisms
Friday, July 02, 2021
The Bamboo Hut, Number 2, 2021
small(holding)
crab-apple wine
the dance floor dad built
in the orchard
the scent of hay
wafts over our pasture . . .
we breathe deeply
wheat gum
our laugh lines etched
with dust
a slice of moon
dangles from the auger . . .
rusty combine
barren fields
the scattered bones
of our farm
the jangle
of a tin roof leaving home . . .
desolate prairie
The Haiku Foundation, Per Diem, June 2021
Selected by David Oates for the theme of "Passages": June 26, 2021
gone too soon
sakura blossoms
my old friends
Sakura Awards, Canada
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, 2015
Poetry Pea, June 2021
The Haiku Pea Podcast
Series 4, Episode 12 - "Original Haiku of the Seasons", June 21, 2021
fallow fields a light dusting of snow geese
Mariposa 39, Autumn/Winter 2018
Shortlisted, 2018 Touchstone Awards
monarch migration
the unexpected tremor
of my lips
Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, June 2021
Curated by Lavana Kray
June 3, 2021
(Note: this tanka was first published in Kokako 32, April 2020)
June 14, 2021
(Note: this haiku was first published in #FemkuMag 9, February 2019)
June 27, 2021
(Note: this tanka received 2nd place in the 2018 UHTS Fleeting Words Tanka Competition)
Modern Haiku, Vol. 52.2, Summer 2021
grape vines
these fingers that refuse
to bend
My thanks to Lee Gurga for giving the following haiku a mention in his essay, "Normative Haiku and Beyond":
summer fair
our dog retrieves
a lost boy
Mariposa 40, 2019
Eucalypt, Issue 30, May 2021
smatterings
of earthstar fungi unfold
along this path
I try to reimagine
the time-lapse of my life
my dye pot
bubbles with delight
I offer
the day's new colours
to you for naming
Brass Bell, July 2021
Theme: childhood memories
cumulonimbus
the percussion of hail
against our silos
blistering sun
we wade through a river
of barley
dinner bell
the wind swallows
its sound
Australian Haiku Society, 2021
Honoured to say that this haiku was included in the PDF booklet featuring selected poems from the prompt!
Winter Solstice Haiku String, June 21, 2021
chanterelles
dirt makes a map
of my palm
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Haiku Society of America, Merit Book Awards, 2021
Thrilled to have received an Honourable Mention in the Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards for 2021 (for books published in 2020) for The Language of Loss: Haiku & Tanka Conversations (Sable Books 2020).
My thanks to judges Ce Rosenow and Bryan Rickert for their lovely comments:
"True to its name, The Language of Loss explores the many facets of loss and survival using both haiku and tanka. One haiku and one tanka are paired beautifully on every page. Never predictable and always revealing, this book delivers consistent quality from start to finish."
This book was also the winner of the 2019 Sable Books International Women's Haiku Book Contest, judged by Roberta Beary, esteemed author of The Unworn Necklace and Deflection.
Poetry Pea, May 2021
The Haiku Pea Podcast
Series 4, Episode 10 - "Euphonic Haiku", May 17, 2021
bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe
Seashores 2, 2019
1st Place, OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition, 2019
Shortlisted, Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2019
ripe pumpkins
deer tracks riddle
the frost
Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2021
shepherd's crook
her flock shape-shifts
into clouds
dandelions
the circles of light
we follow home
Monday, June 14, 2021
Hexapod Haiku Contest, 2021 - Frost Entomological Museum
Honoured to have the following work chosen for the Haiku Laureate Award (category: ages 18 and older) in the 2021 Hexapod Haiku Contest:
outdoor wedding
an unexpected flurry
of cabbage whites
Judges' Comments:
Everyone knows wedding planning has its stresses. When a couple decides on an outdoor wedding they are taking a chance; an outdoor wedding has the added stress of weather. And yet for some couples it is worth taking the risk of having a rainy or windy wedding day, in order to tie the knot in the great outdoors. In Debbie Strange's haiku, the setting is clearly outlined in the first line. However, the particulars are carefully omitted. Is it in a park, a person's backyard, a formal garden, or a field? Cabbage whites, the insect in this haiku, are considered hexapod generalists. They have adapted to survive in many different habitats, so in this regard the author further allows the reader to imagine their own version of an outdoor wedding. Debbie Strange uses a technique created by Master Matsuo Basho called sokkyo, or spontaneity, when using the word "flurry." In the course of a wedding ceremony there is typically a great flurry of emotion when either of the nearlyweds enter the scene. However, the author pivots to the cabbage whites who are having their own flurry of activity. Perhaps a trailing dress or footsteps stirred up the butterflies, or the butterflies may have been attuning to something else. There is room to wonder. Debbie Strange adeptly taps into the excitement one feels at a wedding without any direct reference to emotion or the wedding party. Although scientists bristle at the idea of appreciating an invasive species such as the cabbage white butterfly, the author of this haiku finds a way to express beauty through the butterfly's presence in the world. And you wouldn't want a white butterfly at one's outdoor wedding? It is good luck, we hear, and it has even become a wedding business — called butterfly release.
—Anne Burgevin and Dr. Kadeem Gilbert
Serow: Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network, Volume 4, Spring 2021
Grateful to be a featured poet in this issue!
The transcript of this feature may be viewed under the "Articles/About" tab of this blog.
The Haiku Foundation - New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners, May 2021
My thanks to Julie Bloss Kelsey for inviting me to take part in this interview series!
The transcript of this interview may be viewed under the "Articles/About" tab of this blog.
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