Haiku page 3 Vanguard
WHR August 2014
Vanguard Haiku
FIRST PLACE
summer grasses
concealing all
the snakes among us
Michael Henry Lee
SECOND PLACE
THIRD PLACE
news of war
wrapped on a fish —
the smell lingers
Carl Seguiban
partition –
a soldier's limb lies
in no man's land
Shloka Shankar
SEVEN HONORABLE MENTIONS
curfew pass
one for me
none for you
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
In the midst of war the wind blows wildflower seeds
across the border
Priscilla H. Lignori
war news –
inside her the baby
stops kicking
Shloka Shankar
stillness at dawn . . .
the summer bed wide
with emptiness
Anita Virgil
her fallen son . . .
stirring in the pot
his comrades’ meal
Ronny Noor
under the banyan tree
a priest takes rest
beside a beggar
Radhey Shiam
watching Star Wars
on a summer night
bygone future
Ernest Wit
This lovely feeling, full of life's uncertainties; there is pain within.
Alvin Sario