ice fog
everything familiar
unfamiliar
Third Place
Shintai Haiku Category
late autumn
snow geese scattered
over dark fields
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit
Neo-Classical Haiku Category
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Englyn, Issue One, January 2016
The last leaves of autumn
are sighing, sighing.
I sigh, too, when I think
of all the times I should have let go.
The silken water slips quietly
over stone shoulders.
If you listen deeply,
you will hear the night undressing.
The great blue king on unfurled wing,
sails through mackerel sky,
to alight once more upon shingled shore,
with strident, raucous cry.
At the dentist's office,
collywobbles distract me
from the war being waged
in the blood of my mouth
She is Sweet Sixteen.
Wherever she goes,
bouquets of small children
cling to her like butterflies.
are sighing, sighing.
I sigh, too, when I think
of all the times I should have let go.
The silken water slips quietly
over stone shoulders.
If you listen deeply,
you will hear the night undressing.
The great blue king on unfurled wing,
sails through mackerel sky,
to alight once more upon shingled shore,
with strident, raucous cry.
At the dentist's office,
collywobbles distract me
from the war being waged
in the blood of my mouth
She is Sweet Sixteen.
Wherever she goes,
bouquets of small children
cling to her like butterflies.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Haiku Invitational, 2015
gone too soon
sakura blossoms
my old friends
Sakura Award, Canada
sakura blossoms
my old friends
Sakura Award, Canada
NeverEnding Story, December 2015
Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu
she hides
the family photographs
in memory's drawer
at our next visit
we find ourselves missing
The Bamboo Hut, 1:2, January 2014
Chen-ou's comments:
Modeled on traditional Japanese tanka, this heartfelt tanka is made up of five poetic phrases/ku (prosodic units) and structured into two parts where reveals not only the devastating consequences of the illness/dementia but also the different forms of patient's cognitive impairment ("family photographs/in "memory's drawer" vs "at "our next visit"/we find "ourselves missing").
she hides
the family photographs
in memory's drawer
at our next visit
we find ourselves missing
The Bamboo Hut, 1:2, January 2014
Chen-ou's comments:
Modeled on traditional Japanese tanka, this heartfelt tanka is made up of five poetic phrases/ku (prosodic units) and structured into two parts where reveals not only the devastating consequences of the illness/dementia but also the different forms of patient's cognitive impairment ("family photographs/in "memory's drawer" vs "at "our next visit"/we find "ourselves missing").
A Hundred Gourds, Issue 5:1, December 2015
thunderheads
a squabble of crows
in the larch
antelope
grazing on sagebrush
at first light
the horizon stitched
to an infinitude of sky
I squeeze the sun
between my index finger
and my thumb
until the last drop of light
is swallowed by the water
a squabble of crows
in the larch
antelope
grazing on sagebrush
at first light
the horizon stitched
to an infinitude of sky
I squeeze the sun
between my index finger
and my thumb
until the last drop of light
is swallowed by the water
Friday, December 25, 2015
Under the Basho, December 2015
Concrete Haiku
awakening the morning blackness of cawcawcawffee
fa(u)lter
Personal Best
stone cairns
a faded cap drifts
downriver
First Place
The 2015 Annual Harold G. Henderson Awards for Best Unpublished Haiku Competition
Haiku Society of America
TanshiArt, 2015
Tanka alone originally published in Poetry Nook, Volume 5, 2014
Tanka alone originally published in Poetry Nook, Volume 1, 2013
Moonbathing, Issue 13, Autumn/Winter 2015
a sirocco
blows us homeward
scoured clean
our every wound
healed
blows us homeward
scoured clean
our every wound
healed
Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington D.C., Autumn 2015 Haiku Contest
curling leaves
you turn your face up
to the sun
Honourable Mention
JICC Autumn 2015 Haiku Contest
Note from the Administrator:
The autumn-themed contest attracted 590 haiku submissions from participants living in more than 30 countries. The results, beyond being captivatingly beautiful, demonstrated a true flowering of this traditional Japanese art form as it is interpreted by many different cultures.
The Judges were three internationally-recognized, prizewinning poets whose ties to the international haiku community helped the contest go viral: Roberta Beary, Abigail Friedman, and Jim Kacian.
There were nearly 600 poems, and only six Honourable Mentions were chosen, so congratulations are in order! Your poetry is exemplary, and we were honoured to have the chance to appreciate it.
you turn your face up
to the sun
Honourable Mention
JICC Autumn 2015 Haiku Contest
Note from the Administrator:
The autumn-themed contest attracted 590 haiku submissions from participants living in more than 30 countries. The results, beyond being captivatingly beautiful, demonstrated a true flowering of this traditional Japanese art form as it is interpreted by many different cultures.
The Judges were three internationally-recognized, prizewinning poets whose ties to the international haiku community helped the contest go viral: Roberta Beary, Abigail Friedman, and Jim Kacian.
There were nearly 600 poems, and only six Honourable Mentions were chosen, so congratulations are in order! Your poetry is exemplary, and we were honoured to have the chance to appreciate it.
—Matthew Levitas
Irish Haiku Society, International Haiku Competition 2015
rocky ledge
a wolf with the moon
in its mouth
3rd Prize
8th IHS, International Haiku Competition 2015
Note from the Administrator:
Over 250 haiku by poets from twelve countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly.
Two poets receive the 3rd Prize: Ernest J. Berry and Debbie Strange
"A terrific poem, Debbie! And the first ever Canadian prize-winner in our competition. Congratulations!"
a wolf with the moon
in its mouth
3rd Prize
8th IHS, International Haiku Competition 2015
Note from the Administrator:
Over 250 haiku by poets from twelve countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly.
Two poets receive the 3rd Prize: Ernest J. Berry and Debbie Strange
"A terrific poem, Debbie! And the first ever Canadian prize-winner in our competition. Congratulations!"
—Anthony
Frameless Sky, Issue 3, December 2015
water striders
clouds cross-stitched
to the pond
dark-eyed junco
how could i have forgotten
the depth of yours . . .
twilit pasture
mares' tails brush
the hay moon
soap bubbles
drops of sun carried
on the wind
clouds cross-stitched
to the pond
dark-eyed junco
how could i have forgotten
the depth of yours . . .
twilit pasture
mares' tails brush
the hay moon
soap bubbles
drops of sun carried
on the wind
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