Haiku page 3, Vanguard
WHR June 2015
Haiku page 3
Vanguard Haiku
First Place
arm of the cross —
temporary resting place
for the wandering crow
Priscilla Lignori
Second Place
Third Place
periwinkles...
the joy of being
ordinary
Sanjuktaa Asopa
kite festival
untangling the strings
that bind us
Tracy Davidson
Seven Honourable Mention
(In no particular order)
white lilac
scenting the silence
in the waiting room
Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
whirlpool of blossoms
outside the nursing home
our last visit
Natalia Kuznetsova
mother’s bracelet
in the pawn shop window
I sell my soul
Tracy Davidson
the wind shows its face
and it shows it to the grass
the wind looks like grass
Martin Esposito
all finite things
vanish into infinity save
you and me
Aju Mukhopadhyay
loves me, loves me not -
did the passion outlive
the flower?
Madhuri Maitra
slow traffic
on my radio
Bach's fugue
Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit,
(in alphabetical order)