Haiku, January 2010
BEST TEN FROM ALL THREE CATEGORIES (Neo-classical, Shintai and Vanguard)
In this issue, the usual classification of the above three categories is dropped.
First Place
Winter chill
telephone wire
40 birds wing to wing
Leslie Anders
Second Place
Locked between
my bed and quilt
December chill
R.K.SINGH, India
Third Place
cold breeze
the willow swings
to broken shadows
Alexander Ask, Australia
Seven Honourable Mentions (in no particular order)
silence
darkness breaks
the galah’s cry
Alexander Ask, Australia
He stepped
on the shadow of his boss
at the farewell party
Kai Falkman, Sweden
sudden rain
her umbrella widens
to take her lover in
Victor P. Gendrano, U. S. A.
rush hour
a street evangelist
upbraids traffic
William Hart
coperti d’erba
i corpi dei soldati
sognano fiori
covered by grass
the soldiers’ bodies
dream of flowers
Moussia Fantoli, Italy
earth and water bound-
my freedom is
sky
Aju Mukhopadhyay, India
arthritis
the dog chews
an old bone
André Surridge
Other Haiku of Merit (Zatsu-ei, in no particular order)
notte d'autunno
entro nel buio e trovo
un altro buio
Autumn night
I go in the darkness and find
another darkness
Shadow, Italy
the sting of tears…
braiding
fresh garlic
Linda Pilarski
spreading sunscreen
on face, arms, legs…this year
who will do my back?
Peggy Heinrich, U. S. A.
ceppo nel fuoco
diventano faville
tutti i suoi anni
log in the fire
all its years
become sparks
Moussia Fantoli, Italy
The horizon of the sea
is cut in pieces
by the wing beats of the gull
Kai Falkman, Sweden
frozen morning
the wire fence
barbed with frost
André Surridge
luci di notte
miraggi nel buio di un
deserto urbano
lights in the night
mirages in the darkness
of an urban desert
Haiku Di Brando – Whcitalian
sidewalk frenzy
the homeless boys fight
for a tossed quarter
Victor P. Gendrano, U. S. A.
bright winter morning
I ask the spider to move
before raising the slats
Peggy Heinrich, U. S. A.
the cold moon wanes
a piece of the sky
looms larger
William Sorlien, U. S. A.
kangaroo carcass
a murder of crows
at the crime scene
Alexander Ask, Australia
Along the shady trail
sun splashes browned leaves
to gold.
Jerry Bolick
the morning glares
on the windowsill --
the Koran on the lap
Gerd Boerner, Germany
after Salvatore Quasimodo
sound-bites
pierce the consciousness
and it's quickly evening
Raffael de Gruttola, U.S.A.
The day’s pasta
erased from the menu
by the shower
Kai Falkman, Sweden
schoolyard jungle
the bullied boy
commits suicide
Victor P. Gendrano, U. S. A.
I swatted the spider
freeing the wasp
and away it flew
Howard Lee Kilby, U. S. A.
winter grasses ~
the horizon extends to
the seamless void
Narayanan Raghunathan, India
damp basement
the cricket hides
in my shadow
Bruce Ross, U. S. A.
white christmas
winter waves wash
Hawaii's shoreline
shanna
comet's tail--
a moth flies
to distant light
Sherry Weaver Smith, USA
hats and gloves
and scarves and coats
white breath
William Sorlien, U. S. A.
head on one side
the blind girl listens
falling snow
André Surridge