Sketchbook  an'ya, US

 

 

Prize Winning Tanka and Haiku

 

My Signature Tanka Nowadays I measure my life in sunsets that lacquer the sea with transient light.

 

My Signature Haiku   silk strand suddenly I've become a puppeteer     Dog Haiku   fast asleep— the old dog starts his new year with flatulence WHC Double New Year's Kukai 2nd place     banked fire— a sigh from the watchdog asleep in my arms Presence

 

Poems Inspired by Family Members Mother: Dorothy   october stroll the shadow of mom's cane bends over cobblestones Heron's Nest, VI:N4     windswept lake a skater opens her coat to cross the lake The Heron's Nest VIV:N2     Christmas time I remember the little ice skaters on a mirror pond . . . arranged mother's way. Eucalypt, A Tanka Journal, Issue 3     departing swallows the feel of her frail elbow still warm in my hand Runner-up still 4     spring finale mama sprinkles paprika on deviled eggs South by Southeast Haiku & Haiku Arts Vol. 9     spring cleaning mother removes cobwebs with her 3-prong cane Lyman Haiku Award 2005 2nd Place HSA Members' Anhology       horse trough a cowgirl chips away the winter The Heron's Nest VI:N2     mother's passing in this world and the next half a summer moon moonset, LITERARY NEWSPAPER http://moonsetnewspaper.blogspot.com

 

Poems Inspired by Family Members Daughter: Larisa   dewpoint— the kleenex flowers wilt on a parade float The Heron's Nest Volume IV:Number 8 August 2002 and online     jarfly afternoon the rev of playing cards in tricycle spokes Nyuusen (Third Prize) 11th International Kusamakura Haiku Competition & published in Japanese Prize-Winning Haiku Magazine)     Day after day watching the spiderling as if it were a child I'll wait until it's full full grown to gently usher it out. Published bottle rockets Vol. 8 No. 2     shady sidewalk an acorn lands in a hopscotch square The Heron's Nest     snowflakes the dark symmetry of her eyelashes HC YM Contest; YM 15     heavy with child the dog-day cicadas loudest at noon Finalist Poetry and Haiku from the 14th Annual Penumbra Contest and published in the anthology     Hushed the five year old's babble . . . one gesture upward to a starlit sky abounding in silence. Ribbons Volume 3, Number 3 Autumn     tree swing two tiny toes touch the sun HM New Zealand Contest; published in "Seasons of a Grasshopper"     the feral cat giving birth on a day of plum blossoms SP Quill Spring V2

 

Poems Inspired by Family Members Husband: Petar   Frosty ground . . . while sipping caffe' latte' at the window, in its steam she inscribes her name with a Mrs. HC 1st Kokako Tanka Competition, and published in Kokako     moonless night men of the village dance in silence Haiku Informator     Full of spring bulbs and parked on its shadow the wheelbarrow . . . my pregnant wife at rest in mid-afternoon shade. Fire Pearls, Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart     porch sitting— the scallop of snowy hills in his hand-gesture The Heron's Nest VIII:N8     This summer day I've swum the English Channel, vacuumed, scrubbed, dusted; then run the dishwasher thrice . . . and all before it's bedtime. Fire Pearls, Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart     in between bombs the boisterous noise of men being brothers Published in The 37th A-Bomb Memorial Day Haiku Meeting Booklet 2003     Midsummer night underneath a rose moon I'll wait for you until my hands are bloodied from holding back the dawn. moonstruck     humid afternoon flat on our backs in the grass analyzing clouds The Heron's Nest     No finer noise than spring rain on a tin roof keeping us inside another night of the year . . . we decide against sleep. Gusts, contemporary Tanka     The solstice sun refusing to go down without you how will I bear aloneness when ultimately it must. Hermitage A Haiku Journal Vol. III, NO. 1)

 

Favorite Things from Life to Write About   neap-tide a striped shell tumbles the sea ashore Finalist Poetry and Haiku from the 19th Annual Penumbra Contest; published in the anthology     For that one brass ring, on the carousel I ride round and round upon a jeweled stallion who neighs at the galaxy. published in Eucalypt     frothy wind waves billow back into ocean Sinzounokodou, a journal of fine haiku issue 3     wintry seashore tossing back shells I bought at a yard sale YM contest Worthy of publication, YM Contest, YM 13 Winter 2003     For decades sea gulls as bothersome as they were kept me company how I miss them now and you— hovering over my shoulder. WHC     sun-swept penny the whole ocean becomes my wishing well WHC

 

A Few First Places   after its first flight the young gerfalcon's talons tighter on my glove First Place British Haiku Society J..W. Hackett Competition; Blithe Spirit V11:N2     moonset a sudden vastness between stars 1st Place Florida State Poet's Assocation Competition     Cold cemetery . . . the long sleeves of your old coat warm my fingertips even from beyond this grave you manage to comfort me. Tanka Splendor Contest Most Votes     row after row two draft-horses plow— the odour of potatoes YM Contest First Place, Yellow Moon, Haiku and Other Terse Verse, Issue 8     ghost town and yet an aroma of fried potatoes Kaji Aso Contest First Place

 

A Few Second Places   blustery day the sagebrush snags whatever blows by 2nd Equal the NZPS International Poetry Competition; published "the whole wide world" anthology     moon out between the packmule's ears our path leads home 2nd Place Takashi Kukai; reprinted in Haiku Moment Info     march a licked forefinger to the wind Second Place NLA PW, Palomar Branch; Palomar Showcase Volume Thirteen     If there were only a way to capture the fog in a pretty jar . . . I'd leave it on your doorstep and watch while you open it. Tanka Calendar competition

 

A Few Third Places   quiet cove the sound of crow's feet cracking thin ice 3rd NLAPW Seattle Branch, Evelyn McLeod Viola Rivenburgh Memorial Contest; NLAPW Anthology     night of stars doubled in number by the lagoon 3rd Place in the First Croatian International Haiku Contest Ludbreg; Haiku Kalendar, "Seasons of a Grasshopper" Poet's International, Asahi Network, and Haiku Informator     june breeze a hole in the cloud mends itself Third Runner-up The Heron's Nest Valentine Awards; published in "wind blown clouds"     winter fog everything familiar unfamiliar 3rd Place Washington Poets Association Francine Porad Award; published in "loose change"

 

A Few HM, HC, Commended, Finalists, etc.   night sky— the flavour of its colour my blueberry wine YM contest Worthy of Publication, Yellow Moon #13     herb garden in the kitchen window eggs of a housefly HM Yuki Teikei Haiku Society okutomi Memorial Haiku Contest     It was a mistake naming the wild brushfire . . . she jumped the line as if to prove some things just burn beyond passion. Highly Commended YM contest, Yellow Moon Magazine 18     sunrise the lizard doing lizard push-ups Finalist International Haiku Contest The Palomar Branch, NLAPW; Palomar Showcase V Fourteen     the windmill . . . flinging drops of rain from its blades HC YM Contest, YM Magazine, reprined in the PEACE book     sunburst the string mop frozen in its last twirl NLAPW HM: reprinted in Haiku Moment Info     O tumbleweed to what destiny do you ride this windswept prairie Surugu Baika LIterary Festival HM; reprinted in Haiku Moment Info     winter evening the house cat sinks its teeth deeper into me HM Kaji Aso Studio International Haiku Contest     dead leaf stalk sounds of animation inside the cocoon HM Yuki Teikei Haiku Society okutomi Memorial Haiku Contest     Billions of stars in this cloudless skyscape . . . a common sight, yet we take time to look up and the vernal moon moves on. Mt. Home sequence, & published in Ribbons