Haiku, March 2009
World Haiku Review, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2009
Haiku March 2009
Neo Classical Haiku
First Place
every window gone
the old house takes in all
the spring wind
Anita Virgil, USA
Second Place
the year’s final hour
frozen leaves
a rustle of regrets
Clare McCotter, N. Ireland
Third Place
dry leaves
the sound of the sleet
when I halt
Tomislaretic, Croatia
Seven Honourable Mentions
(In no particular order)
April snowstorm
the crocus blooms
anyway
Carmel Lively Westerman
spring rain--
how the polished rock
parts the river
Nora Wood
another storm
snow shovel buried
under the snow
Patricia Benedict, Canada
swift brush strokes-
a kingfisher on canvas
summer evening
Gillena Cox, TT
deep silence
the sheen of dawn
on crusted snow
Catherine J.S. Lee
Autumn morning —
my shadow now
has a slight hunch
Kumarendra Mallick, India
Spring snow -
each footprint,
full of water.
Zhanna P. Rader, USA