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INTRO . MY HAIKU IN JOURNALS . HAIKU DIALOGUE SUCCESSES . COMPETITION SUCCESSES . HAIGA
My Haiku Successes in Competitions
New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition 2024 – Haiku
announced 26 July 2024
https://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/haiku-results-nzps-international-poetry-competition-2024/
thunderclap!
a godwit tucks its beak
back into its back
Highly Commended
Judge Hazel Hall's comments: Normally, such blatant rhyming or repetition in short poems is frowned upon, but in this haiku, the technique works splendidly to imagine the echoes of thunder. The reader can almost hear the sudden noise. Native to New Zealand, the godwit is a migratory water bird used to all kinds of weather. This is an arresting poem of perseverance under adversity with implications for both creatures and human beings.
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there not there dragonfly
Commended
Judge Hazel Hall's comments: A beautiful shasei exploring the impermanence of things. In the space of four words the dragonfly has gone, leaving only its memory.
the 13th Polish International Haiku Competition 2023
announced 10 January 2024
http://psh.org.pl/13th-pihc-2023-results/
Valentine's Day
a bunch of red roses
on the roadside cross
Commendation
Judge Charles trumbull's comments: The heart-rending implication of the verse is amplified by the irony that red roses traditionally symbolize love, passion, and vitality.
New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition 2023 – Haiku
announced 27 July 2023
https://poetrysociety.org.nz/2023/07/27/2023-nzps-international-competition-results/
autumn equinox
a male godwit
calls time
Highly Commended
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southern lights
the electricity
between us
Commended
Golden Triangle Haiku Competition 2023
announced 15 March 2023
Theme: Notes to Nature
https://goldentriangledc.com/events/golden-haiku-2023-winners/
crescent moon—
the scent of orange zest
on my nails
My haiku was selected by the esteemed panel of judges as Third Place winner from over 3100 entries from around the world.
It will be among the top 200 printed on signboards that will brighten up the streets of Washington DC's Golden Triangle Business from mid March to mid May 2023.
New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition 2022 – Haiku
announced 27 July 2022
NZ Poetry Society Results link
bellbird
the tree lets go
of a leaf
Commended NZPS 2022
words / photo © Sue Courtney
The haiku was judged without the photo.
Judge an'ya wrote: From Sue Courtney a commended haiku that references the “bellbird”, a passerine species endemic to New Zealand. In this zen-style haiku of 8 simple words and a perfect melody, this one just says all that needs to be said. Some haiku written in this zen style can be incomplete, but Sue has given us a subject, an action verb, and visual closure as the leaf zigzags to wherever it lands. The true simplicity of the haiku genre at its very best. Congratulations Sue!