Haiku Ireland Featured Guest Poet
Published in Haiku Ireland #7, June–September 2007, pages 30
and 31, following an overview and interview by Gilles Fabre. at his favourite deli the bald man finds a hair in his soup Woodnotes #8, Autumn 1990 Honourable mention in 1990 Haiku Poets of Northern California Senryu Contest a deer leaps— the hunter’s closed eye Modern Haiku 25:2, Summer 1994 first star— a seashell held to my baby’s ear Grand Prize (“Special Award”) in the Bashō 360th Anniversary Haiku Contest, Japan spring breeze— the pull of her hand as we near the pet store Woodnotes #19, Winter 1993 summer moonlight the potter’s wheel slows Second prize, 1990 Kaji Aso Haiku Contest, Boston clicking off the late movie . . . the couch cushion reinflates First prize, 1995 Brady Senryu Contest, Haiku Society of America reading in bed my pulse flickering the lightly held bookmark Hummingbird 7:2, December 1996 accumulating snow— oven mitts praying on the counter Frogpond 28:1, Winter 2005 toll booth lit for Christmas— from my hand to hers warm change Second prize, 1995 Henderson Haiku Contest, Haiku Society of America Christmas Eve— bits of a price sticker stuck to my finger The Heron’s Nest 7:3, September 2005 relaxing my arm butterfly on the bullseye Third prize, 2004 Drevniok Haiku Contest, Haiku Canada base hit— the outfielder’s four shadows Baseball Haiku, New York: W. W. Norton, 2007 first snow . . . the children’s hangers clatter in the closet Woodnotes #23, Winter 1994 children’s book sh elves Brussels Sprout 7:2, May 1991 Valentine’s Day— she reminds me to fasten my seatbelt Honourable mention, 2000 Brady Senryu Contest, Haiku Society of America meteor shower . . . a gentle wave wets our sandals First prize, 2000 Henderson Haiku Contest, Haiku Society of America morning chill— the bag of marbles shifts on the shelf Haiku Troubadours 2000: Contemporary World Haiku Anthology from Japan, Fujimi, Saitama, Japan: Ginyu Press, 2000 tulip festival— the colours of all the cars in the parking lot Honourable mention, 2000 Tokutomi Haiku Contest, Yuki Teikei Haiku Society an old woolen sweater taken yarn by yarn from the snowbank Second prize, 1991 Henderson Haiku Contest, Haiku Society of America morning sun— a patch of frost in the holstein’s shadow First prize, 2001 Drevniok Haiku Contest, Haiku Canada |