Vanguard Haiku, page 1

WHR Autumn 2020

Vanguard Haiku

page 1

First Place

isolation

one day closer to the day

no one will remember me

Barbara Tate

Second Place

coronavirus -

he strives himself to prove of God

that he exists

Dan Iulian

Third Place

sheltering in place

I learn how much of me

is an introvert

Claire Vogel Camargo

Seven Honourable Mention

(In no particular order)

sequestered

I cultivate the seeds

of loneliness

Debbie Strange

mice, men scurrying

to what they hope is an exit

amazing race

Vic Fleming

mass grave...

social distance no longer

required

Ed Bremson

summer staycation

exploring my hometown

like a tourist

Michael Dudley

distance

I step a meter away

from the mirror

Radka Mindova

staring out the window . . .

the last days of Shiki

come to mind

Don Baird

2 metre rule

I step aside

for someone's shadow

David Jacobs

Zatsuei, Haiku of Merit

closed library

the summer sun slips

across the shelves

Debbi Antebi

lifting my face mask

when no one is looking

honeysuckle

Debbi Antebi

self-isolation

lately the barn owl

sounds bored

sanjukta asopa

paint touch-ups

for the whirligig

children's cemetery

Maxianne Berger

global conflict

poker or chess

only losers

Ed Bremson

rainbows...

the spectrum

of pleasure to pain

Ed Bremson

Covid days...

life in the midst of the new

silences

Ed Bremson

instead of worrying

two women

dancing in the park

Owen.Bullock

COVID kitchen

she cuts a paper towel roll in half

with the bread knife

Owen.Bullock

pandemic lockdown

looking forward

to scooping poop

Claire Vogel Camargo

longer days ...

shared songs

from balconies

giorni più lunghi … canzoni condivise / dai balconi

Lucia Cardillo

pandemic …

red poppies

on sidewalks

pandemia … papaveri rossi / sui marciapiedi

Lucia Cardillo

lockdown

together

with my solitude

Andrea Cecon

self-isolation ~

I tell my secrets

to the tableware

Andrea Cecon

quarantine day ~

my mother's silence

melts in mine

Andrea Cecon

ant

in front of door ~

infested ?

Annie Chassing

confined zoo

animals are released

from voyeurs

Annie Chassing

removing

my face mask —

the heat

Kanchan Chatterjee

as if

a koan unfolding —

this pandemic

Kanchan Chatterjee

solemnly discreet

a procession walks

the graveyard shift

Christina Chin

nightly news

my thumb ready

on the off switch

Christina Chin

meals alone

the dull empty seats

need butt polish

Christina Chin

night broadcast

what's new

re-closing pubs

Christina Chin

stay home order

amid pandemic

pruning vines

Christina Chin