Haiku 2 : Shintai Haiku
August 2012
Shintai Haiku
First Place
mosquito on my hand
gently sucking blood ~
I let him have his meal
Vishnu Narayanan
Second Place
inside the empty shell, snail’s dreams
Anatoly Kudryavitsky
Third Place
A small ladybug
escorted into the night
on my husband's thumb
Priscilla Lignori
Seven Honourable Mentions
(in no particular order)
unscheduled stop
a scarecrow welcomes us
with open arms
Anatoly Kudryavitsky
first lightning
ripping the sky in two...
you and i
Natalia Kuznetsova
summer rain
sun takes a
quick bath
Pravat Kumar Padhy
The mare’s brown eyes
see me through the fly mask
and blink
Tricia Knoll
even now
morning glories still bloom
still unaware
Marie Shimane
july sky
the universe unfolds
in a cloud’s drift
Jay Friedenberg
down the village road
curry’s aroma
filling the evening air
Ronny Noor
Zatsuei
(Haiku of Merit , in no particular order in terms of merit but in the alphabetical order of authors’ surname)