The Frog

frog –

all chalk

no action

Chiyo-ni – Morning Glory (haiku comic)

I’ve been reading the wonderful biography “Chiyo-ni: woman haiku master” by Patricia Donegan and it inspired me to do some haiku-comic.

morning glory –
the well-bucket entangled
I ask for water

Chiyo-ni

VCBH Haiku Invitational 2012

  
 

As leaves started falling outside, I took some time to read the winning cherry blossoms haiku from the VCBF Haiku Invitational 2012 announced recently.  The Contest Judge was Beverley George from Australia.

Here are some of my favorites:

Best International Haiku

school for the blind
every fingertip sees
a different pink

David Terelinck, Pyrmont NSW, Australia

 

Best United States Haiku

cherry petals falling
the pond’s oldest koi
slowly surfaces

Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, New York

Sakura Awards

• sent from

my iPhone—
cherry blossoms

Beth Skala
Nanaimo, British Columbia

• weeping cherry—

a petal lands
in my bento box

Pamela Cooper
Montreal, Québec

• blossoms

opening, opening
each face

Terra Martin
Toronto, Ontario

• construction site—

the hunk in the hard hat
sweeping blossoms

Carole MacRury
Point Roberts, Washington

• late spring,

this cherry blossom tree
one flower from darkness

Glen Fletcher
Maldon, Australia

 

Honorable Mentions

@YVR Status Update:
cherry blossoms spotted
#collectivesighofrelief

Jackie Poon
Richmond, British Columbia

• cherry blossoms

at last the chance
to speak to her

Peter Brady 
Gatineau, Québec

• cherry blossoms . . .

the unfinished poem
in my pocket

Margaret Dornaus
Ozark, Arkansas

• moving day

still in bud
weeping cherry

Yukiko Yamada
Osaka, Japan

• her stilettos

clicking on the sidewalk—
pick up mud with pink petals.

Grace Zhu, age 11
Vancouver, British Columbia

The straight hole (haiku by Issa)

Old Pond haiku comic featuring a haiku by Issa:

the straight hole
made by pissing
in the snow outside the door

Kobayashi Issa, Tr. by RH Blyth

Against the shoji screen

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Against the shoji screen – / the muse’s / shadow.
Teiko Inahata (A long rainy season, Stone Bridge Press, 1994)

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The setting sun hit my Japanese doll and created this beautiful shadow this summer.

As I read Teiko Inahata’s haiku, I found that the photo and the haiku were a perfect match.

NaHaiWriMo #31 (moonviewing)

NaHaiWriMo #31 (moonviewing)

from the million dollar apartment
a telescope
pointed at the moon (JT)