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All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku

  melting ice her first letter after fifty years   All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku by Robert Epstein   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48524159-all-the-way-home

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2019 Marlene Mountain Memorial Contest

  2019 Marlene Mountain Memorial Contest Third Place:   bipolar mother’s monochrome smile Judges Commentary: Maternal mental illness is a subject that seems to be hushed up in our culture. Especially in today’s mommy wars where mothers are pitted against … Continue reading

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World Tanka Contest 2019

  falling in love under the stars elderberry clusters hang heavy with juice     A love theme The 2019 World Tanka Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com/2019-world-tanka-contest-closed.php?fbclid=IwAR2Zp090J2xWe1BzwAP9EvNNq_V_POMmAbBq1xNQdweZG-gn9wesygTfXpw

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Haiku Dialogue – a weathered wall

  cold front on the wall between us a slow growth of moss   Haiku Dialogue – a weathered wall Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog 29 May 2019 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/05/29/haiku-dialogue-whats-at-hand-week-18/#comment-102505

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Haiku – Stardust

  floating leaves we sink into our silence   Stadust Haiku Issue 29, 20 May 2019 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1isDX5Chi4Wqkflt0mwUOHfLWP3d30w16/view

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Haiku and Senryu – Cattails

  last night’s dream — strands of broken web in the wind   fuel price protest we burn our placards for warmth   psychology teacher screaming in red ink   Cattails Journal April 2019 http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattailsapril2019.pdf?fbclid=IwAR02tkE5tdCvsjgPCRiEHflf_mJ7rDXrIvAkT2TiyhuaYeyhlzmpCx2-4ZE

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Haiku – World Haiku Review

  spider web— between wars rumours of war     R.H. Blyth Award 2019 competition World Haiku Review, ZATSUEI, haiku of merit, April 2019 https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/whr-march-2019-issue/the-r-h-blyth-award?fbclid=IwAR0mbFvhGDq7qFxLRMwZbgDq0fkCwnKgrT8HzRO6-C6z22Aa4XBlD4UKQNI

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Tanka – FemkuMag

  I fill an awkward silence with small talk dead rose petals surround the flower vase   FemkuMag issue 10, March 2019 https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f4c0ea_56aed2c213fd42faa84e8fbfb70681b7.pdf?utm_source=%23FemkuMag&utm_campaign=dc969d4d97-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_29_03_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_26c80737b4-dc969d4d97-25463281

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Haiku – Modern Haiku

  chinese lantern the deepening of her laugh lines   Modern Haiku vol 50.1 Winter-Spring 2019 http://modernhaiku.org/issue50-1/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2NOzM_5zOT3bpO-GniLFHbSfRZG-5oAE0zslyrNWokvUzwxmjWiSzeH3w

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The Little Iris Haiku Contest, Croatia

  peacock’s cry the silence between stars   Third Prize I slip into your language babbling stream   Honorable Mention Little Iris Award 2018, Croatia https://tri-rijeke-haiku.hr/the-results-of-a-little-iris-haiku-contest-croatia-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1VT-heBnB3QYXIgYMhICmQSDmMCJx3IiAw_oYEKo97NtLzJbBbABeRmao

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