Shintai Haiku
WHR Jan 2017
Haiku page 2
Shintai Haiku
First Place
Crickets in night air
Tibetan throat singers
hold their breath in unison.
Sandra J. Anfang
Second Place
Third Place
autumn crow
alone in a forest
of colour
Gus McLean
after divorce –
the sound of rain
fills the room
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Seven Honourable Mention
(In no particular order)
calm water…
the urge to walk these stars
as stepping stones
Adjei Agyei-Baah
cold silence –
in the wake of the swan
the tremor of the moon
Dan Iulian
no moon
that night our eyes
wouldn’t meet
Brijesh Raj
full moon - naked
dancing with a veil
of snowflakes
Lydia Lecheva
friends in all weathers
weathering
together
Adjei Agyei-Baah
red dragonfly
recalling her blush
from fifty years ago
John J. Han
white nights
lost in translation of
the Eskimo words for snow
Zornitza Harizanova
Zatsuei
(Haiku of Merit)