Neo Classical Haiku, page 1

WHR Autumn 2020

Neo-Classical Haiku

Page 1

First Place

digging potatoes

the entire universe

on a gardener’s thumb

John Hawkhead

Second Place

breath of spring . . .

swaying in my rucksack

granny's herbarium

Ivan Gaćina

Third Place

already autumn

I would like to be a leaf

carried by the wind

Eufemia Griffo

Seven Honourable Mention

(In no particular order)

Chopin's waltz

floating in the air

cherry petals

Marta Chocilowska

hole in the roof-

the moon looks inside

the old house

Vincenzo Adamo

Gibbous moon – sea

breeze riffling the pages

of loneliness.

Vassileios Comporozos

bird-sown foxglove spikes

explode in summer garden

store-bought plants languish

Marianne Gambaro

lingering heat

the shadows of tourists

on a sundial

Nikolay Grankin

green variations

the wind gently caresses

the paddies’ new growth

Marie Shimane

wandering thoughts

the cricket plays only

on one string

Stoianka Boianova

Zatsuei

on the dragonfly's wings

the fading patches

of rainbow

Adjei Agyei-Baah

duck by duck

the pond browner ...

molting season

sanjukta asopa

light snowfall

first the lard tower

then the village

Danny Blackwell

deserted streets ...

in the cracks of cement

spring

strade deserte … nelle crepe del cemento / la primavera

Lucia Cardillo

last night’s raindrops

slide down the banana leaf —

the morning cuckoo

Kanchan Chatterjee

departing sun

in my binoculars

returning geese

Hemapriya Chellappan

stars

dart in and out of clouds

cold snap

Ronald K. Craig

arid heatwave~

a wobbly hostel ceiling fan

circulates the dust

Michael Dudley

blind alley . . .

puddles on the road full of

full moons

Ivan Gaćina

pouring old plum wine

down the kitchen sink --

aroma of summers past

Jerome Gagnon