Haiku Society of America Award WinnersThe 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 Haiku2000 — 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 Senryu2008 — 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: ??? 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 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 |