Neo Classical Haiku, October 2008
World Haiku Review, Volume 6, Issue 4, October 2008
Neo Classical Haiku, Issue 4
THE BEST TEN
FIRST PLACE
willow shade
the old poet lowers
his bones
John Bird
SECOND PLACE
sliding door
the dog blows in
with the snow
Ann K. Schwader
THIRD PLACE
yoga class
we sit quietly together
after the hurricane
Howard Lee Kilby
SEVEN HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(In no particular order)
a bit of wind
the little sparrow lands
backwards
Bruce Ross
Lost in thought -
with autumn mist as a cape
on my shoulders
Riitta Rossilahti
New England autumn —
missing and not missing
all that green
Peggy Heinrich
dry leaves cover
the empty park bench
her long absence
Victor P. Gendrano
snow falls into
twilight into
snow
Ann K. Schwader
Guy Fawkes Night -
the smell of potatoes
roasting in the bonfire
André Surridge
spring
an entire lifetime
for a tulip
Claudia Coutu Radmore
OTHER HAIKU OF MERIT
(Zatsu-ei in no particular order)
autumn coolness
on a simple wood bridge
a simple leaf
Bruce Ross
autumn wind
the shadow of a willow
sweeps the fallen leaves
Rafal Zabratynski
already morning
cicadas
stridulate
Owen Bullock
apple tree---
with that stick, ancient farmer
props up gnarled limb
Janice Jordan
the scent of candles
fills the autumn wind
All Soul's Day
Victor P. Gendrano
spring melancholy:
two hands on grandfather's clock
merge into one
zinovy Vayman
the green of the maple
the green of the camellia
--so green
Marie Shimane
on the end
of a spider's thread
spinning oak leaf
André Surridge
autumn sunset:
the double bounce
of a persimmon
André Surridge
gossamer curtain
suspended between leaves
spider web
gillena cox
during History,
a ginkgo leaf rests
under the lectern
Michael Nickels-Wisdom
windblown grasses
a golfer's silhouette
etched on the sunset
Elizabeth Howard
hot summer noon
a grasshopper jumps
off his shadow
Maya Lyubenova
scorched
on the graveyard path -
poplar leaves
Maya Lyubenova
driving home slowly
uprooted pines block the road
I turn here and there
Howard Lee Kilby
mismatched dishes
and mended cups
October tea
Claudia Coutu Radmore
morning moon
more pale
than peonies
Claudia Coutu Radmore
squirrels hop about:
to wake up those nuts
they've put to sleep?
Camilo Antonio
a blue lacewing
catches a ride on my arm
lazy afternoon
Catherine J.S. Lee
Summer dusk
a horse's soft mouth
my feeding hands
Clare McCotter
water's edge claps
the sound of
spring peepers
Bryan Hansel