VANGUARD HAIKU
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THE BEST TEN
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FIRST PLACE
full mastectomy
I stare at the fake flowers
in the waiting room
Bette Norcross Wappner, Erlanger, KY, USA
SECOND PLACE
i lost myself when
i burned for your passions and
dripped into nothing
Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
THIRD PLACE
metaphor ceases,
the whole space turns
into infinite light
Narayanan Raghunathan, India
SEVEN HONOURABLE MENTIONS (In no particular order)
two dots
spread out across the page
not a word between them
Dick Pettit, Nordborg, Denmark
Mist
Winter spirits rise
Released from snow they dance, warmed
Weeping tears of mist
Kristin A. REYNOLDS, Vermont, U.S.A
intellectual diabetic
living on a restricted diet
lemons and onions
Sandy Vrooman
Deep in the forest
a pond with wet eyelashes
whispers to winds
Riitta Rossilahti, Finland
Rebirth
Spring creeps into bones;
Blooms into veins, defrosting
Dreams, and all of life
Kristin A. REYNOLDS, Vermont, U.S.A
the seamless Void
then an empty silence
seamless Void again ~
Narayanan Raghunathan, India
i wait for the words
to come marching along and
stomp on all meaning
Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
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OTHER VANGUARD HAIKU OF MERIT
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the toilet brush
secure
in its position
sucking from the pak
the sucker cannot see
the orange isn't orange
Dick Pettit, Nordborg, Denmark
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we’re on a rolling
thunderclap cloud riding the
crest of our maelstrom
Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
we believe what we
want to believe when the truth
will tear things apart
Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
the insanity
of my love for you was whole
and left me naked
Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
me me me me me
me me me me me me me
me me me not you
Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
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air is fire in
a moonlight parody
of fragrant geometry ~
Narayanan Raghunathan, India
floating angels bestow
wings to watermelons
stones sing chorus
soft fleshy watches
chant incense time in
green dream spaces ~
[To Salvador Dali ~ Ref: Dali's Famous Painting "Soft Watches" ~]
Narayanan Raghunathan, India
an erect human with
a dinosaur face lays
radium green eggs ~
in twilight air
with a crown of water
an invisible ghost ~
gentler than butterflies
Amitaabha flutters
the crescent moon
Narayanan Raghunathan, India
ART HAIKU ~
By Narayanan Raghunathan, India
Art [ Painting Sculpture etc.] or artist related Haiku may be tentatively called Art Haiku. The following examples perhaps illustrate.
Vincent Van Gogh
twilight ~
sunflowers tilt gently
on the horizon
stars fall,
one by one, into
the sunflowers
whirling lines ~
cedars in winds
sway the sky
self portrait ~
with or without one ear
i closely check
empty room ~
the invisible artist
empty bed
golden yellow ~
summer fields emit
sunlight in breeze
empty beach ~
beautiful boats
rest in sunlight
so many
self portraits,
not a smile
posthumous fame ~
wilting sunflowers on
coffee-table books
same pair of boots ~
so many angles flow
so many lights
winter air ~
the distant sky is
nearly empty
red beard ~
facial lines rooted
in deep agony
blue landscape ~
midnight winds swirl
the starry sky
vincent's eyes ~
churchbells chime in
sunny landscapes
alone Vincent,
colours the winds
etches the pains
a mad life,
mad with colours
mad with lines
Vincent's grave ~
Theo and little Vincent
place a sunflower each
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heavy rain
the creeks rise
our sin
Carol Reed Sircoulomb, USA
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Dust of nebulas.
Spray of sand from scuttling claws.
Pollen dot of God.
Pamela A. Smith, USA
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cold sun
cat sits
recharging
crows screech
at the leaf blower
territorial dispute
Matins
faithful outcome
songs sung in darkness
return the light
Sandy Vrooman
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stab-bound book
she stitches together
her childhood wounds
Bette Norcross Wappner
Erlanger, KY, USA
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