Vanguard haiku, page 3

WHR December 2019

Vanguard Haiku

Page 3

First Place

An inch or two

Above or below-

Journey of life and death

G.R. Parimala Rao

Second Place

Third Place

water drip

measuring the silence

between us

Michael Gallagher

not caring

whom the sky belongs to...

drifting clouds

Vandana Parashar

Seven Honourable Mention

(In no particular order)

a couple

leaving the hospital

their expressions their prognosis

Grant Caldwell

moonless night —

across the kicking waves

her scattered ash

Goran Gatalica

bursting with pride

my heart and brain explode

she is mine

Jim Grotkowski

closed suitcase

the weight of her memories

within

Eufemia Griffo

biopsy report

how long before

I become a memory

Vandana Parashar

frayed letter

frail fingers unfolding

the past

Vandana Parashar

summer's end

old friends on a bench

remembering old friends

Carol Raisfeld

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