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Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2021

11/14/2021

 
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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