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