Haiku page 1, Dec 2012
December 2012
Neo Classical Haiku
First Place
into the leaf pile
all the beauty of the year
enkindles the next
Marie Shimane
Second Place
icy breaths --
half my life spent
reliving the past
S.M. Abeles
Third Place
dawn opens red
filling the winter sky
with snow geese
Marian Olson
Seven Honourable Mentions
(in no particular order)
where the old oak stood
before the tornado
an ice-covered stump
Mary Alves Sella
a blizzard
white crows
in the trees
Vladislav Hristov
early winter rain --
playing solitaire with
the cat on my lap
Priscilla H. Lignori
feathering snow
she remembers
her first kiss
Diana Teneva
snowflakes -
on every leaf
the weight of winter
Jay Friedenberg
wind-chime discs
twist together and unravel
cold winter night
Bruce Ross
friends
too old to gather now
gifts of new sake
Marie Shimane
Zatsuei, Haiku of Merit
(in alphabetical order)