Tag Archives: Spring

The Fourth International Haiku Contest, Cherry Blossom, Bulgarian Haiku Union, 2019

    I am delighted to receive two awards in the Bulgarian Haiku Union Cherry Blossom Contest, 2019 – Commended Haiku and Runner up.

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Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2019

  sakura forecast I circle homecoming in pink   Honourable Mention     settling on the peace quilt cherry blossoms   International Sakura Award   Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2019 https://www.vcbf.ca/haiku-invitational/winning-haiku/2019-winning-haiku?fbclid=IwAR1WBL82BEdHn79XJG_K0qOj5iwttSdtXD0Gt2EuDpKWBNMC7Ti8kBejaAY

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Haiku – Presence

  dunnock’s eggs a gunshot cracks the sky     spring dawn drizzle opens a blue iris     no more waiting for him to keep his promise last plum blossom     Presence Haiku Journal, issue 64 Summer 2019 … Continue reading

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Poets Salon – Wild

It’s an honour to see my haiku and tanka featured in Poets Salon with the theme Wild, along with some great poets.   incoming tide the eager thrust of a seagull’s wings Ο slow river daffodils nod at a passing … Continue reading

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The First Morioka Haiku Contest

  cherry blossoms an old man leans on his cane   The First Morioka Haiku Contest honourable mention https://morioka-haiku.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a6ccfdd5c23ef8a50188ee924c1994ab.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1eR_HE8Z2PUzXHnbIN57z3g7Rxd6Ce672eCsmEEqKmTfOlpltv4W1Tnx4

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Haiku – Stardust

  mountain spring the bottomless cup of my hands   Stardust Haiku, issue 30, June 2019 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nZZ6i_yHJOg5liNipUbnnj5PReYPECfy/view

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Haiku Dialogue – a broken shell

  broken sky the mosaic pattern of a dunnock’s egg   Haiku Dialogue – a broken shell   Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation blog 19 June 2019   https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/06/19/haiku-dialogue-whats-at-hand-week-21/?fbclid=IwAR3y2JFAgtMdFOJDYVbltRONMTtT12R5A9-ox9wfBNdZ7nw0k7vUzJwr6tg

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Haiku – Blithe Spirit

  ants searching for the name of a place on a map   dipper’s song along the lost path   Blithe Spirit, Journal of the British Haiku Society, June 2019 vol 29, number 2 ISSN 1353-3320

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Haiku – Hedgerow

  blossom rain the broken limbs of toy soldiers   Hedgerow #127 spring, 2019   https://hedgerowhaiku.com/the-print-issues/

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Haiku – Blithe Spirit

  ants searching for the name of a place on a map   dipper’s song along the lost path   Blithe Spirit, Journal of the British Haiku Society, volume 29, #2, May 2019 ISSN 1353-3320

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