Neo Classical Haiku
January 2015
Haiku page 1
Neo Classical Haiku
FIRST PLACE
rainy season
the sky pours
into my shoes
Maria Tomczak
SECOND PLACE
THIRD PLACE
virgin snow
the old sleigh leaving
rusty marks
Ernest Wit
snow on snow on snow
footprints
erased
John J. Han
SEVEN HONORABLE MENTIONS
(In no particular order)
the year of the sheep
seeking peaceful pastures
before the shepherd calls
Marie Shimane
winter moon
the stillness of
the hornets' nest
Ben Moeller-Gaa
cool Mediterranean breeze . . .
all with their clay arms raised
Minoan goddesses
Bruce Ross
Apollo's temple
the melodic bird tops
the tallest pillar
Bruce Ross
midnight snow--
leaving footprints
in the silence
Kevin Valentine
book by book
the cold moon enters
my attic room
Chen-ou Liu
winter morn
even the jays
keep silent
Vessislava Savova