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)