Sunday, March 20, 2022

The Zen Space, Winter Showcase 2022





(Note: these haiga were first published in Haigonline's Winter Gallery 2021 - they are part of my "Solst(ice)" series)

 

The Cherita, Book 56, November 2021

Issue: "dark to light"


let us celebrate

the keepers
of blood memory

their stories
giving birth
to stars


A Cherita Lighthouse Award
 

Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #8, March/April 2022

fallen cairn
mountain goats grazing
on clouds


suncups
around each stone
prairie crocus

Stardust Haiku, Issue 62, February 2022

prairie hail
every puddle becomes
a trampoline
 

Self-Portrait, Tanka Society of America Members' Anthology 2021

a plague
of smokestacks belching
obscenities . . .
on this frosted morning,
even they are beautiful
 

String Theory: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2021

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


2nd Place
2021 Marlene Mountain Contest

Red Lights, Vol. 18, Number 1, January 2022

red-tinged grasses
adorned with the exuviae
of dragonflies . . .
sometimes I wish I could
leave this body behind


(note: "exuviae" - the dried outer casing of a young dragonfly)

Prune Juice, Issue 36, March 2022

 


text: omic(h)ronicillness


Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, February 2022

Curated by Lavana Kray


February 10, 2022


(Note: this haiga was first published in Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2021)


 

New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2021

 Kissing a Ghost - NZPS Poetry Anthology 2021


My thanks to Simon Hanson, the judge of this contest, and to Tim Jones, the editor!


the darkness
arrives on a thousand legs . . .
cosmic caterpillar

Highly Commended

Modern Haiku, Vol. 53.1, Winter-Spring 2022

a pocket mouse
conserves its saliva . . .
desert stars
 

Haiku Canada Review, Volume 16, Number 1, February 2022

heir(b)looms


childhood friends
felled like hapless trees
in old-growth forests
we prostrate ourselves
before the powers that be

Frogpond, Vol. 45, Number 1, Winter 2022

cloud inversion
the mountain not a mountain
after all
 

Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 7, Issue 75, March 2022

My thanks to the editor, Bryan Rickert, for selecting the following haiga:



Creatrix Poetry and Haiku Journal, Number 56, March 2022

trumpeter swans
we hear them before
we see them


heated debate
even the fence
is barbed
 

Chalk on the Walk Monoku Project (New Zealand) 2022

 Curated by Sherry Grant


Haiga Feature: March 12, 2022


(Note: this haiga was first published in Failed Haiku 68, August 2021)


Brass Bell, March 2022

Theme: a haiku celebration of women and girls


ice road
I weave blue ribbons
through mom's hair
 

Bottle Rockets, Vol. 23, Number 2 (or #46), February 2022

ramshackle farm
thistles bind the fence
together
 

Blithe Spirit, Vol. 32, Number 1, February 2022

maidenhair
the light trembles
with rain


here we are
at the turning point
once more
another year pales
in comparison

A Fine Line: The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society, Summer 2022

peace talks
the hiss of magma
hitting water


the swans
we hoped we'd become . . .
crook-necked gourds


beach closure
sand skips over
the dunes