C First Prize
cold air stray kittens lap the full moon from a puddle không khí lạnh lẽo những con mèo hoang liếm vầng trăng tròn trong vũng nước Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Vietnam This haiku is perhaps the most unique haiku I have encountered and well deserves the first prize. Second Prize hospice garden . . . understanding the way leaves fall Meera Rehm, UK The second prize winner provides a profound understanding of approaching death. Third Prize crabs move slowly through the cattails autumn night Carol Raisfeld, USA This is a deeply poetic nature haiku. Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order) evening pond a leaf falls onto the moon Jonathan Aylett, UK autumn rain I long for what is not mine Mona Bedi, India light trapped in a leaf autumn equinox Owen Bullock, Australia the road to my father’s grave autumn crocuses пътят към гроба на татко есенни минзухари Vladislav Hristov, Bulgaria sweeping the darkness of a leaf strewn path harvest moon Ravi Kiran, India food bank closed an old man shuts the door on the harvest moon 食物銀行歇業 一位老人將豐收月 關在門外 Chen-ou Liu, Canada autumn deepens a clink of sadness in my wineglass Marietta McGregor, Australia fallen leaves we lay our warm skin on moonlight Ron C. Moss, Australia no reason to change one’s mind: autumn moon ourthomas, USA mourning moon we scatter mom’s ashes on the garden Nika, Canada scarlet maple an unknown infant’s grave outside the cemetery Agnes Eva Savich, USA flint corn – I’ll learn to live with the diagnosis Sandra Simpson, New Zealand hazelnut picking the child in a memory puts my hand to the moon Alan Summers, UK father’s ashes autumn wind scatters my thoughts Kevin Valentine, USA autumn moon i touch the stone laid for me Marilyn Appl Walker, USA October rain even the smallest potato feels precious Tony Williams, Scotland, UK harvest snails racing the moon Jann Wright, USA |
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Founder (emeritus): Bruce Ross Editor: Astrid Andreescu Advisor: Kristen Lindquist Art: Murray D. Ross Archives
July 2024
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