Haiku page 1
WHR December 2011
Neo-Classical Haiku
First Place
carrying
the last rays of the sun
kite goes home
Aju Mukhopadhyay
Second Place
he loves me not –
only three petals left
on the daisy
Susan Constable
Third Place
eighty winters –
he shaves
the deep wrinkles
Carmel Lively Westerman
Seven Honourable Mentions
(in no particular order)
lit up
by sheet lightning
spear grass
Patricia Prime
rubberneckers -
a skirt swirls in the
autumn wind
Carmel Lively Westerman
out in the evening --
the full moon behind clouds
teaches me patience
Priscila H. Lignori
Zatsuei
(Haiku of Merit ,
in no particular order in terms of merit)
at the hummingbird feeder
nothing
but autumn mist
Anita Virgil
so eager to be
the late winter flower
blooms
Marie Shimane
pulling free
from the needle’s eye
winter wool
Patricia Prime
blackout−
the symphony of the crickets
at a crescendo
Adjei Agyei-Baah
spring spirits
two doves
chase each other
Joseph M. Kusmiss
the lawn mower
stops with a groan
summer grass
Yinghong Lu
Harvest moon
through latticed window.
shadows intersect.
Dewdrops
cling to aspen leaf--
just for today.
Kamal Parmar
A rainy day
watered the dry fields-
a leaking roof.
Rizvana Parveen
raindrops
from the umbrella spine
the winds of autumn
Raffael de Gruttola
spring night
owl mates calling
loud as the moon
silver dawn
scent of plum blossoms
heightened by the rain
lavender rose
open so completely
to the sound of birds
kate s. godsey
park bench
she puts acorns
in his ears
Owen Bullock
sparrows still
at the window sill ~
winter shower
withered fields ~
children in tattered clothes
play foot ball
rice plants
sway in golden breeze ~
the still twilight sun
Narayanan Raghunathan
Lost in the fog.
Leaves
fall and fall.
Volker Friebel
moonlit pond --
fish swim from the shallows
into shadows
summer night --
the cereus vine stars
twine towards the moon
CaroleAnn Lovin
steadfast plough
pulling slowly through the oats
a centipede
Maxianne Berger
Across the road
like mice they scurry
dry leaves of winter
John Hamley
pulling the blanket
tight around my ears
midwinter nigh
a hickory log
crackles in the fire grate
another year ends
John Daleiden
wild yellow irises
clog waterways, paddles dip
canoes swish
Sterling Haynes
cold rain
old fountains splash
regardless
Sue Burke
autumn heritage
peeling and boiling apples
rust-colored thumbs
evening fog
autumn leaves
dripping gold
Marilyn Potter
the thickest radish
of course it’s
a full moon
john martone
brown praying mantis
poised sedately between leaves
as if giving thanks
Gillena Cox
season’s end
moods change as well
a day breaks
Dave Wood
high wind warning
a lone red leaf
clings to a thrashing limb
barn eaves
potter wasps
molding clay bowls
Elizabeth Howard
autumn –
silently sliding into
separation
Marie Shimane
New Year's Day
our sharp words
our sad eyes
Peggy Heinrich
autumn solitude . . .
the beautifully furnished room
so empty
Anita Virgil
winter wedding
no confetti
only snowflakes
André Surridge
autumn leaves
kids busy collecting
colors
P K Padhy
time lag
a single leaflet twirls
the subway light
Hi-Young Kim
becalmed...
blue dragonfly hovers
the length of the oar
Hans Jongman
midwinter spring
the far side of each wave
a little brighter
Susan Constable
November afternoon
a brisk walk to the mailbox-
the last dandelion
Christopher Hicks
sea foam
a small heron unseen
in the vastness
blooming garden
a lone wasp disappears
and appears again
police station
its garden chock-full
of roses
Rosa Clement
The rain turns to ice --
branches shimmer like tinsel
under the street lights
on a village road
they scatter like children --
wind-blown autumn leaves
Priscila H. Lignori
In the sky one star
brighter than others -
take me to Christmas
Riitta Rossilahti
snow on the bench
frozen creek
still I come here
crocus
flutter with light
windy hillside
one white butterfly
chases another
into the sun
Marje A. Dyck
night-long snow
around the bird feeder
an assortment of tracks
Peggy Heinrich
from the apple tree
a red bird watches
the swirling snow
daybreak & still the snow falls
I sift powdered sugar
on my pancakes
Anita Virgil
night shift
only the air-conditioner
is not mute
thunder
a teddy bear
is held closer
Snehith Kumbla
the oak
is losing its leaves
am I losing you
her text...
it's all over
snow turns to slush
André Surridge
the one star
and then only nothing
deep winter night
a tuft of snow
on the still wind-chime
morning sunlight
Bruce Ross
northern gust
a tumbleweed crosses
with the snow
last leaves
in tattered shadows
frost moon
flake by flake
the branches bowed
old pine
Ann K. Schwader
waning moon-
just a few gold leaves
on the aspen tree
nip in the air-
the apple orchard rife
with rosy cheeks
shorter days-
my five o'clock shadow
lengthening
Pamela Cooper
bright moon -
whiff of her scent
fleeting
Angelo B. Ancheta
after many months
of winter
light pains the eyes
Lucille Raizada
world tilts
day’s light waning
last rose
a whorl
wind dancing
autumn leaves
Sandy Vrooman
winter morning
the last man in queue smiles
on reverse counting
P K Padhy
an empty nest
showing through the branches -
autumn sun
Natalia Kuznetsova