Haiku March 2009, page2
World Haiku Review, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2009
Haiku March 2009, page 2
Neo Classical Haiku
Other Haiku of Merit
well below zero Light
my dog steps into Like a sheet
yesterday's paw prints Laid over the snow
Patricia Benedict, Canada Marc Bonetto, France
restless night brick walkway
I wake to the brilliance the tenacity
of new snow of dandelions
Susan Constable, Canada
orange sunset red roses
in a chameleon sky- in a bouquet-
then moonlight two blushing cheeks
Gillena Cox, TT
Afternoon showers Indian summer
chase me from my hammock apples in bloom
Sea of Crises drinking up the rain
"Catbird", Armando H. Corbelle, USA Tatjana Debeljac
midwinter the shape
mercury follows the sun of children's laughter --
down frosted window
Laryalee Fraser, Canada
first snow - winter ploughing -
the mailman's bike a cloud of gulls
with new tires veils the sun
Damien Gabriels, France
spring sunshine Wilted rose petals
the toothless smile from a lifeless thorny stem--
of a homeless girl fall, and blow away.
Victor P. Gendrano, USA Michael Hartman
March wind - summer
the school bus passes and the trees are busy
by our house now slowing down the rain
Dennis M. Holmes, USA William Hart
grandma’s quilt the gleam
the frayed edges of the old stag's antlers --
of mold scent winter moon
richard krawiec Catherine J.S. Lee
monsoon shower — meteor shower –
a crow on a cow's back crickets occupied
a small umbrella by its song
Kumarendra Mallick, India Tomislav Maretic, Croatia
sunny morning - their drunken songs
the moon give way one by one
reluctant to leave to the song of the cricket
John McDonald, UK
wet camellia leaves snowed in--
glitter under the street lamps. a child etches her name
a tomcat runs home. in window rime
isabella mori, Canada Nora Wood
(bugs come out (keichitsu, mid spring). Of the earth. Note: Red Pine translates this venerable Chinese expression as "insects astir", a very worthy expression, in The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain [Han Shan] (Copper Canyon, 2000). —wjh)
spring night (haru no yo, all spring)
insects astir on spring night ~
the pond ~ cool breeze sound of festivity
scatters sunlight far far away
tranquil (nodoka, all spring). Tranquil(ity) [nodoka(sa)
sunset dissolving
in tranquil waters ~
a man with an oar
Narayanan, India
keahausu/haha no kurigoto/mizore kiku
hearing mom's grumbling
at the nursing home
it's sleeting
hito koishi/hitogomi wataru/tosi no ichi
longing for people
straddling among the crowd
on the year end market day
mago afure/yuzu ga tobidasu/yubune kana
the citrons pop out
grandchildren play
in the hot tub
tsuchi ni kisu/tomo mata hitori/kann no ame
another friend died my
and was burried
in the cold rain
rousou no/dokyou shagareru/kan no tsuya
the old monk's voice
husky in sutra-chanting...
a vigil during the cold nigh
hyaku issai/arigato kaki yuku/kan no kiku
the lady,101
gone,writing "thank you"...
the chrysanthemum in winter
aruku kage/senaka wo nobasu/haru tatsu hi
walking shadow
makes me straighten up myself
on the first day of spring
Hisanori Ogane, Japan