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The following poems were all selected as winners in the Haiku Society of America’s Henderson and Brady contests for haiku and senryu. I wish I could have entered more often, but was not able to do so while serving as an HSA officer. I have also won several Merit Book Awards (now called the Kanterman Awards) and a Museum of Haiku Literature Award from the Haiku Society of America. In the following list, I’ll add judges’ names and comments as I track them down in old issues of Frogpond. My thanks to each of the judges for selecting my poems.
Henderson Awards for Haiku
Henderson Awards for Haiku
2000 — First Place
Judges: Cyril Childs and Jerry Kilbride +
meteor shower . . .
a gentle wave
wets our sandals
1995 — Second Place
Judges: ???
toll booth lit for Christmas—
from my hand to hers
warm change
1991 — Second Place
Judges: ???
an old woolen sweater
taken yarn by yarn
from the snowbank
Brady Awards for Senryu
Brady Awards for Senryu
2008 — Second Place
Judges: Alexis Rotella and Scott Mason
busy Italian restaurant—
happy birthday
sung to the wrong table
“Here, by contrast [to the first place winner], is a moment of pure hilarity. Waiters and waitresses hastily converge to belt out that old standby; and just as quickly they disperse, leaving utter bewilderment in their wake. In this parody of “personal” service, they might just as well have sung to . . . the table!”
2000 — Honourable Mentions
Judges: Tom Lynch and Paul O. Williams
Valentine’s Day—
she reminds me
to fasten my seatbelt +
before the guests arrive
I straighten
the straight cushions
a lull in her hands—
the hairstylist asks
how I part my hair
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1995 — First Place
Judges: Tom Clausen and Ebba Story
clicking off the late movie . . .
the couch cushion
reinflates
1993 — Honourable Mention
Judges: ???
a pause in the lecture
all at once three students
cross their legs
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