Haiku 2 - Shintai
August 2013
Haiku, page 2
Shintai Haiku
FIRST PLACE
a firefly twinkling –
the silent witness of
our lovemaking
Diana Teneva
SECOND PLACE
summer heat
I cradle my child
that never was
Anusha Tennakoon
THIRD PLACE
laundry from the line -
carrying an armload
of sunshine
CaroleAnn Lovin
SEVEN HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(in no particular order
harvest moon
on the church steps
he gathers in believers
Cathy Drinkwater Better
thirst
a watermelon taste
on your lips
Vessislava Savova
love lingers in a warm kiss –
summer sun
on the western horizon
Ronny Noor
grey dandelion tombstones
mosquitoes hum a doleful
requiem
Fern G. Z. Carr
middle of the night
woken from nothingness
to silent lightning
Bruce Ross
sugar palm
sweet-smelling fronds
fan the breeze
Cynthia Rowe
fat old possum
passing through our backyard
for the thousandth time
Ben Moeller-Gaa
ZATSUEI
(Haiku of Merit , in alphabetical order)