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)