Haiku 3: Vanguard Haiku
August 2012
Vanguard Haiku
First Place
Lazy afternoon
a river flows --
because it has to
Armando H. Corbelle
Second Place
Third Place
Linen sheets
shadows of love
salvaged by morning sun.
Helen Frost
post office
the woman I almost married
smiles hello
Howard Lee Kilby
Seven Honourable Mentions
(in no particular order)
summer chill --
suddenly in midlife
I'm an orphan
Carol Raisfeld, USA
alone
in the dark
with my conscience
Joseph M. Kusmiss
bamboo grove
he dreams of living
a monk’s life
Adjei Agyei-Baah
flow of river--
I gather wisdom
at every turn
Pravat Kumar Padhy
a blind wall
arising between us -
Indian summer
Natalia Kuznetsova
Midnight sun.
Clouds don't hide the light
in the fjord.
Volker Friebel
musical evening
the frog punctuates
Handel
Cynthia Rowe
Zatsuei
(Haiku of Merit , in no particular order in terms of merit but in the alphabetical order of authors’ surname)