The Thunder Bay International Fine Arts Association

Winning Haiku

Summer 2009

First Place:              Brian Philips

Loons call hauntingly

Dark shadows cross pinked waters

Lakeland dusk descends

 

Second Place:   Vernon Hunt

Bitter morning frost

Biting at autumn flowers

Petals softly fall

Third Place:     Donna Paterson

Up soars the balloon

On high to that Netherland ---

Where joy ropes the clouds

 

Honorable Mention:

Marianne De Crescenzo

What sky filled with diamonds

Above the young reeds in pond

In their dark, still place

 

Nobu Harada

 

Morning rain

Issei left all wishes

On butterburs

 

 

Krystyna Hardiejowski

 

A bird flying high

Breaking the dawn’s bleak silence

For all those who dream

 

Harvey Jenkins

 

Evening falconry

Shadow settles on my arm

Then rides the dark sky

 

 

Marissa Kuper

 

A warm summer breeze

Lifting up your skirt to show…

Strawberry panties

 

 

Kelly Lamanes

 

Eternal hunger

Let’s fire up the barbeque

Honey garlic ribs

 

 

Shoji Matsumoto

 

Lightning after lightning –

A slide show à la monochrome

With thunders as BGM

 

 

Kyoko Oyakawa

 

Wondering myself

Will my son see the same moon

When tomorrow comes