Haiku 3 - Vangaurd
April 2012
Vanguard Haiku
First Place
asleep
dentures in his lap
his last spring
Ignatius Fay
Second Place
rhymed quietness –
the snow tiptoes
on its frozen crystal clothes
Claire Gardien
Third Place
widower--
a hint of lavender
in her lingerie drawer
meeah cross
Seven Honourable Mentions
(in no particular order)
gazing beyond
my navel’s radius. . .
black swans cross the moon
Lorin Ford
low tide...
can I pick up anything
she left behind
Chen-ou Liu
bringing home
stalks of pampas grass—
my moonlit bed is cold
Angela Leuck
one small dog
holds the night at bay
with its bark
William Hart
revealing
the man's shadow side
artist's brush
Marian Olson
From a woman’s mouth
Russian words are steaming
above the freezing-point
Kai Falkman
mi sei vicino
ti do la mano e sento
scorrere anni
I feel you close
we're holding hands and
years run by
Feu Violet
Zatsuei
(Haiku of Merit , in no particular order in terms of merit but in the alphabetical order of authors’ surname)