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INTRO . MY HAIKU IN JOURNALS . HAIKU DIALOGUE SUCCESSES . COMPETITION SUCCESSES . HAIGA
My Published Haiku (in edited journals and anthologies)
Many thanks to the Editors for selecting my work
Sue Courtney,
Orewa, New Zealand
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 10: Luminaria, December 2024
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/12/enchanted-garden-issue-10-luminaria.html
folding sheets
the light and shadow
of mountains
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winter solstice
the day begins
with fire (published as a haiga)
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LEAF – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Five, December 2024
https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Issue-5-Final_Single.1.pdf
reading
a postcard from Japan
scent of sakura
~
sipping green tea
behind the skeleton tree
eclipsed moon
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polar vortex
stirring hot spices
into the stew
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A Sensory Journey – Haiku Down Under Anthology 2024
(publlshed November 2024)
https://sites.google.com/view/haikudownunder/anthology
diving for paua
deeper and deeper
the sound of blue
~
feijoa petals
the musky aftertaste
of your kiss
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 8:1, Autumn / Winter 2024 (November 2024)
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/11-2024
a mother
hums a lullaby . . .
hibernation
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 33, November 2024
(Internet Magazine for Modern Poetic Forms in the Tradition of Japanese Short Poetry)
http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysanthemum_33.pdf
the light
through a dragonfly's wings . . .
stained glass moon
~
paint me
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2024
(launched November 2024)
thunderclap!
a godwit tucks its beak
back into its back
Highly Commended, Open Haiku, NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2024
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there not there dragonfly
Commended, Open Haiku, NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2024
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Frogpond Journal – 47.3 Autumn 2024 (October 2024)
https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2024-issue47-3/index.html
afternoon shadow
the fuzzy feel
of kiwifruit skin
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tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryu: issue #23 September/October 2024
https://tsuridoro.org/issue-23-sept-oct-2024
a newborn lamb
takes its first steps . . .
quietly falling snow
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Kokako 41, September 2024
https://kokako10.wordpress.com/current-issue/
old apple tree
my parents initials
etched in a heart
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nightfall . . .
a narrow road
to the moon
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navigating potholes
down the old wharf road . . .
wild ginger
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Mt Ruapehu
a spring eruption
of alpine flowers
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Hauling the Tide: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2024
published August 2024
my garden
in a dewdrop
my garden
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 9: Amber, August 2024 (Countryside stories)
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/08/enchanted-garden-issue-9-amber-august.html
country road
a starling hitches a ride
on a sheep's back
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Winter 2024 (published August 2024)
winter sun
on the dining room table
an unfinished jigsaw
(First published in The Haiku Foundation's Haiku Dialogue July 2023)
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tai chi in the park
everyone embraces
the moon
(First published in The Haiku Foundation's Haiku Dialogue October 2021)
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LEAF – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Four, August 2024
https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Issue-4_singles-1.pdf
smaste of summer strawberry moon
(smaste is a portmanteau word from smell and taste)
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ghost apple
the emptiness after
you slipped away
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daisies
not knowing
but this
(this is a 'found' haiku from Mary Oliver's Daisies).
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morning mist
a little girl runs
into autumn
(published as a Haiga)
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tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryu: issue #22 July/August 2024
https://tsuridoro.org/issue-22-july-august-2024
angel's trumpet
a halo surrounds
the moon
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Frogpond Journal – 47.2 Spring/Summer 2024 (June 2024)
https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2024-issue47-2/index.html
dry summer grass
a bookmark
in the narrow road
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The Heron’s Nest – Volume XXVI, Number 2: June 2024
https://www.theheronsnest.com/June2024/haiku-p1.html
summer solstice
tapping from inside
a shell
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 8: Dreams Keeper, June 2024
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/06/enchanted-garden-issue-8-dreams-keeper.html
visiting Nana
my doll and I
wear tiaras
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 7:2, Spring / Summer 2024 (May 2024)
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/05-2024
lingering drought
dust hangs over
our conversation
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stopping to smell
the apple blossom
white butterfly
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
rongonui / celebrity issue, Autumn 2024 (published 1 May 2024)
walking the Walk of Fame
the stars and the stars
and the stars
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paparazzi crowd the runway . . .
migration
~
seaside performance
the first star appears
in a rock pool
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 32, April 2024
(Internet Magazine for Modern Poetic Forms in the Tradition of Japanese Short Poetry)
http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysanthemum_32.pdf
dragonfly
seeing its reflection
before seeing it
also featured on Youtube by Ben Gaa in Episode 99 of Haiku Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQrKBcLels
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LEAF – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Three, April 2024
https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Leaf-Issue-3_Online_Single.pdf
easing gale
a herd of white horses
gallops away
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latte art
the barista
hands me a tulip
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returning migrants
the one with the red flag
missing
(published as a Haiga)
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Kokako 40, April 2024
https://kokako10.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kokako-40.pdf
Christmas rain . . .
pohutukawa flowers
turn to rust
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New Years Day
the long and winding
holiday highway
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wedding day
the white noise
of cicadas
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 7: Moments in the Garden, April 2024
(for previously published haiku)
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/04/enchanted-garden-issue-7-moments-in.html
garden chores . . .
a blackbird rearranges
the bark
(first published in white-hot heart, NZPS 2023)
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upside down: The Red Moon Anthology of english-Language Haiku 2023
published February 2024 by Red Moon Press
https://redmoonpress.com/product/upside-down
morning fog . . .
all the white squares
in the crossword
originally published in LEAF – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue One, June 2023
https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LEAF-Journal-Issue-One-Final.pdf
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 6: Urban Blossoms, February 2024
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/02/enchanted-garden-issue-6-urban-blossoms.html
indigo moon
a posy of freesias
circles the room
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
pāngarau me pūtaiao (maths / science) issue, Summer 2024 (published January 2024)
galaxy gazing . . .
my grandson goes on and on
about Graham's number
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Venn diagram
the ins and outs of our
relationship
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continental drift . . .
a slice of pavlova
slides across the plate
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SEA CHANGE: An Anthology of Single Line Poems, published January 2024 by Red Moon Press and Whiptail
https://redmoonpress.com/product/sea-change-an-anthology-of-single-line-poems/
night migration the moon and the moon and the moon
originally published in WHIPTAIL ISSUE 2 – the BIRD issue, February 2022
https://www.whiptailjournal.com/issue-2-summoning-the-sky.html#/
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The Pan Haiku Review, issue 2, Winter 2023 (published New Years Eve 2023)
The Kigo Lab special - haikuists were invited to submit one unpublished haiku and one previously published haiku
https://www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haiku-review/
the crunch
of frost encrusted gravel . . .
Milky Way
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tulip season . . .
row after row of
selfie-takers
previously published in a fine line, journal of the NZ Poetry Society, October 2022
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white-hot heart
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2023
(launched 7 December 2023)
autumn equinox
a male godwit
calls time
Highly Commended, Open Haiku, NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2023
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southern lights
the electricity
between us
Commended, Open Haiku, NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2023
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pink cosmos . . .
my sticky finger memory
of candy floss
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garden chores . . .
a blackbird rearranges
the bark
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haikuNetra – a journal of haiku and senryu, Issue 1.4, December 2023
https://haikunetra.blogspot.com/2023/12/haikunetra-issue-14.html
first date
the bass tones
in his laugh
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hoar frost
the way he rolls
his Rs
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bitter morning
a caged parrot
breaks the ice
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 5: Secret Santa, December 2023
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2023/12/enchanted-garden-issue-5-secret-santa.html
winter solstice . . .
his gift of sunflowers
still in the vase
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LEAF – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue Two, December 2023
https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LEAF-Issue-Two-Single-page-view.pdf
downunder Christmas
the children build
a sandman
(nominated by Leaf editor Ravi Kiran for a Touchstone Award)
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petal by petal
she questions his affection . . .
blue moon
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Ancestry DNA
my father is
my father (published as a Haiga)
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haikuNetra – a journal of haiku and senryu, Issue 1.3, November 2023
https://haikunetra.blogspot.com/2023/11/haikunetra-issue-13.html
sunflowers
rising and rising
a skylark's trill
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beautiful morning
I catch a few lyrics
from a passerby
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the conversation
we need to have . . .
butterfly weed
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 7:1, Autumn / Winter 2023-2024 (November, 2023)
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/11-2023
autumn leaves . . .
the changing hue
of my hair
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cold moon
the hunter rises
at dawn
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Art / Mahi Toi issue, Spring 2023 (published October 2023)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/a-fine-line-spring-issue-2023.pdf
art class
sunshine spills onto
my hands
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darkening sky
a blackbird flies under
a rose bush
Written in response to Frida Kahlo’s Tree of Hope, Remain Firm (1946)
Previously published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue, February 2022
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third day
a scent of truffle
in the afterglow
Written in response to The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch (~ 1500)
Previously published in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue, January 2022
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 31, October 2023
(Internet Magazine for Modern Poetic Forms in the Tradition of Japanese Short Poetry)
http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysanthemum_31.pdf
harvest moon
an apple succumbs
to gravity
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haikuNetra – a journal of haiku and senryu, Issue 1.2, October 2023
https://haikunetra.blogspot.com/2023/10/haikunetra-issue-12.html
end of summer
the flock migrating
back to summer
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earth mother
she always comes back
with flowers
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honeysuckle
the laughter of children
climbing a fence
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Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 4: Sparkles, October 2023
https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2023/10/enchanted-garden-issue-4-sparkles.html
still falling rain . . .
the tang of lemon
in my tea
This haiku was selected by editor Steliana Voicu as Editors Choice for the issue and nominated for a Touchstone Award. So exciting. Click on the link above to read her commentary.
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haikuNetra – a journal of haiku and senryu, Issue 1.1, September 2023
https://haikunetra.blogspot.com/2023/09/haikunetra-issue-11.html
albatross
the scar on the back
of her head
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FAILED HAIKU – a journal of English Senryu, #93, September 2023
https://failedhaiku.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/failedhaikuissue93-1.pdf
transition
i master folding the sheets
alone
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – Best of Volume 6 – August 2023
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/best-of-volume-6-61-and-62
autumn rain
the moment the blossom
becomes fruit
The above haiku (originally published in Volume 6:1) was awarded joint 'Runner-Up' by editor Bruce Ross for Autumn Moon's Haiku Moment award over the two issues of Volume 6.
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PRUNE JUICE – #40, August 2023
https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2023/07/31/issue-40/
interment I delete his number
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daughter-in-law
casting nasturtiums
on the salad
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Winter 2023 (published July 2023)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/a-fine-line-winter-2023-final.pdf
poetry reading:
The Tui in the Tree . . .
a tui in a tree
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LEAF – Journal of The Daily Haiku, Issue One, June 2023
https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LEAF-Journal-Issue-One-Final.pdf
queen of the night . . .
following the scent
to her room
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morning fog . . .
all the white squares
in the crossword
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spring rain
i wonder how tall
grass can grow
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homework—
i memorise the mnemonic
by taste (published as a haiga)
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 6:2, Spring / Summer (June) 2023
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/autumn-moon-haiku-journal-volume-62-springsummer-2023
spring tide
a fisherman catches
the moon
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The Pan Haiku Review, issue 1, Spring 2023 (published May 2023)
1-line and 2-line haiku special
https://www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haiku-review/
dinner at the same time at different times lunar eclipse
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i before e except after c . . . and the rest
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not only but also . . .
cherry blossoms
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rain bow
trying to make ends meet
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PRUNE JUICE – #39, May 2023
https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2023/04/30/issue-39-senryu-amp-kyoka/
v-formation
the purple side
of my brain
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Autumn 2023 (published April 2023)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/a-fine-line-autumn-2023-final.pdf
skiing holiday
mother dresses us
in red
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weather map
the technicolour hue
of Gabrielle's eye
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 30, April 2023
(Internet Magazine for Modern Poetic Forms in the Tradition of Japanese Short Poetry)
http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysanthemum_30.pdf
adrift
with their stillborn's ashes
pink petals
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flash mob
the music of thousands
of cicadas
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FAILED HAIKU – a journal of English Senryu, #88, April 2023
https://failedhaiku.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/failedhaikuissue88.pdf
zoom reading . . .
butterflies in my
peripheral vision
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poetry from the edge – Haiku Down Under Anthology 2022
(publshed March 2023)
star walk . . .
. . . the Galactic Kiwi
crests a hill
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skipping stones: The Red Moon Anthology of english-Language Haiku 2022
published February 2023 by Red Moon Press
https://redmoonpress.com/product/skipping-stones
night migration the moon and the moon and the moon
originally published in WHIPTAIL ISSUE 2 – the BIRD issue, February 2022
https://www.whiptailjournal.com/issue-2-summoning-the-sky.html#/
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FAILED HAIKU – a journal of English Senryu, #86, February 2023
https://failedhaiku.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/failedhaikuissue86-4.pdf
lengthening shadows
I too
will soon disappear
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Summer 2023 (published January 2023)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/afl-summer
buddha . . .
the way he purses his lips
to enlightenment
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pearlescent moon . . .
the evening purse
my mother left me
far too soon
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alarm & longing
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2022
(published 8 December 2022)
bellbird
the tree lets go
of a leaf
Commended, Open Haiku, NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2022
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puriri flower
how white the tui’s poi
on its throat
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 6:1, Autumn / Winter (December) 2022
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2022
v-formation
the silence in my house
returning
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autumn rain
the moment the blossom
becomes fruit
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FROGPOND – issue 45:3, Autumn 2022 (published October 2022)
growing darkness
the chocolate scent
of cosmos
nominated by Frogpond for a Touchstone Award
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Spring 2022 (published October 2022)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/afl-spring-web-final.pdf
tulip season . . .
row after row of
selfie-takers
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first rose
the snap
as it’s taken
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The Heron’s Nest – Volume XXIV, Number 3: September 2022
https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2022/
going nowhere
a piece of driftwood
points the way
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Blo͞o Outlier Journal issue 3, Summer 2022 (published 30 August 2022)
See https://www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haiku-review/ for link
asperitas clouds
an albatross swoops
between the waves
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instar
a discarded -gram
in the Wētā house
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snowmelt . . .
a white gentian
clings to rock
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PRUNE JUICE – #37, July 2022
https://prunejuicesenryu.com/category/issues/37/
garden party
the doll’s eyes
unblinking
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Winter 2022 (published July 2022)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/afl-winter-final-web.pdf
late autumn –
all day long the song thrush sings
all day long
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wintry night
a Milky Way arcs
from my neighbour’s chimney
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 5:2, Spring / Summer (June) 2022
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/06-2022
spring thaw
a wealth of colour unleashed
from stone
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country lane
the cows up to their eyes
in daisies
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THE HERON’S NEST – Volume XXIV, Number 2: June 2022
https://www.theheronsnest.com/June2022/
in formation information in formation
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STARDUST – ISSUE 62, May 2022
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SRNcLDj8h0HVCsmf3cPpio8u-kWxzGYo/view
stardust
in her hair
moonflowers
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Autumn 2022 (published April 2022)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/a-fine-line-autumn-2022-eye.pdf
drinks break
the witter of wax-eyes
at the water fountain
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old pond
the frogs’ eyes
in the soup
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WHIPTAIL ISSUE 2 – the BIRD issue, February 2022
https://www.whiptailjournal.com/issue-2-summoning-the-sky.html#/
night migration the moon and the moon and the moon
nominated by Whiptail for a Touchstone Award
nominated by Whiptail for The Haiku Reader
nominated by Whiptail The Red Moon Anthology 2022
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FROGPOND – issue 45:1, Winter 2022 (published February 2022)
zoom reading
her mouth trying to catch
her voice
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Summer 2022 (published February 2022)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/2022-afl-summer-issue-digital-1.pdf
barren landscape
her fourth IVF
fruitless
~
parched earth
the mandarin tree
also dies
~
pink ribbon
a part of her
no longer there
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AUTUMN MOON Haiku Journal – issue 5:1, Autumn / Winter (December) 2021
https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/12-2021
first frost
a fantail fluffs up
feather blankets
~
stage 4
the tree becomes
a skeleton
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FAILED HAIKU – a journal of English Senryu, #71, November 2021
https://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue71.pdf
pandemic update
the potatoes
boil dry
~
twilight
only the sound of
tinnitus
~
Guy Fawkes night
a rocket fires the neighbour’s cat under my bed
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PRUNE JUICE – #35, November 2021
https://prunejuicesenryu.com/category/issues/35/
maritime museum
the creak and sway
of immigrant ships
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Kissing a Ghost
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2021
island memories
once again my partner asks
my name
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Winter 2021 (published July 2021)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/a-fine-line-winter-2021-digital.pdf
golden hour
every dog checks the same rock
for messages
~
cold snap
google earth
freezes
~
photoshop class
we talk about
masks
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a fine line – Journal of the New Zealand Poetry Society
Summer 2020/2021 (published February 2021)
https://poetrysocietynz.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/a-fine-line-summer-20202021-digital.pdf
last trip to Mum’s
dipping in and out
of the fog
~
lockdown
the campground tap drips
cobwebs
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The Perfect Weight of Blankets at Night
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2019
the racket
of crickets
watching night tennis
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number eight wire: The Fourth New Zealand Haiku Anthology 2019
night cap
the moon rises
half empty
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cycling home –
a crescent moon winks
as i cross the bridge
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The unnecessary Invention of Punctuation
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2018
cycling home –
crescent moon winks
as i cross the bridge
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Given an Ordinary Stone
New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology 2013
after the outing
he hangs her hair
beside his hat