Haiku 3, May 2008

Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

THIRD PLACE

metaphor ceases,

the whole space turns

into infinite light

Narayanan Raghunathan, India

SEVEN HONOURABLE MENTIONS (In no particular order)

two dots

spread out across the page

not a word between them

Dick Pettit, Nordborg, Denmark

Mist

Winter spirits rise

Released from snow they dance, warmed

Weeping tears of mist

Kristin A. Reynolds, Vermont, U.S.A

intellectual diabetic

living on a restricted diet

lemons and onions

Sandy Vrooman

Deep in the forest

a pond with wet eyelashes

whispers to winds

Riitta Rossilahti, Finland

Rebirth

Spring creeps into bones;

Blooms into veins, defrosting

Dreams, and all of life

Kristin A. REYNOLDS, Vermont, U.S.A

the seamless Void

then an empty silence

seamless Void again ~

Narayanan Raghunathan, India

i wait for the words

to come marching along and

stomp on all meaning

Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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OTHER VANGUARD HAIKU OF MERIT

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the toilet brush

secure

in its position

sucking from the pak

the sucker cannot see

the orange isn't orange

Dick Pettit, Nordborg, Denmark

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we’re on a rolling

thunderclap cloud riding the

crest of our maelstrom

Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

we believe what we

want to believe when the truth

will tear things apart

Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

the insanity

of my love for you was whole

and left me naked

Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

me me me me me

me me me me me me me

me me me not you

Tara Keogh, Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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air is fire in

a moonlight parody

of fragrant geometry ~

Narayanan Raghunathan, India

floating angels bestow

wings to watermelons

stones sing chorus

soft fleshy watches

chant incense time in

green dream spaces ~

[To Salvador Dali ~ Ref: Dali's Famous Painting "Soft Watches" ~]

Narayanan Raghunathan, India

an erect human with

a dinosaur face lays

radium green eggs ~

in twilight air

with a crown of water

an invisible ghost ~

gentler than butterflies

Amitaabha flutters

the crescent moon

Narayanan Raghunathan, India

ART HAIKU ~

By Narayanan Raghunathan, India

Art [ Painting Sculpture etc.] or artist related Haiku may be tentatively called Art Haiku. The following examples perhaps illustrate.

Vincent Van Gogh

twilight ~

sunflowers tilt gently

on the horizon

stars fall,

one by one, into

the sunflowers

whirling lines ~

cedars in winds

sway the sky

self portrait ~

with or without one ear

i closely check

empty room ~

the invisible artist

empty bed

golden yellow ~

summer fields emit

sunlight in breeze

empty beach ~

beautiful boats

rest in sunlight

so many

self portraits,

not a smile

posthumous fame ~

wilting sunflowers on

coffee-table books

same pair of boots ~

so many angles flow

so many lights

winter air ~

the distant sky is

nearly empty

red beard ~

facial lines rooted

in deep agony

blue landscape ~

midnight winds swirl

the starry sky

vincent's eyes ~

churchbells chime in

sunny landscapes

alone Vincent,

colours the winds

etches the pains

a mad life,

mad with colours

mad with lines

Vincent's grave ~

Theo and little Vincent

place a sunflower each

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heavy rain

the creeks rise

our sin

Carol Reed Sircoulomb, USA

Dust of nebulas.

Spray of sand from scuttling claws.

Pollen dot of God.

Pamela A. Smith, USA

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cold sun

cat sits

recharging

crows screech

at the leaf blower

territorial dispute

Matins

faithful outcome

songs sung in darkness

return the light

Sandy Vrooman

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stab-bound book

she stitches together

her childhood wounds

Bette Norcross Wappner

Erlanger, KY, USA