Morning HaikuThe
following haiku, all on the subject of morning, have been published in
numerous journals and anthologies and occasionally translated into other
languages. The last poem also won first prize in the 2002 Drevniok haiku
contest sponsored by Haiku Canada.
morning bird song—
my paddle slips
into its reflection + +
morning
sun—
frost
melted
where
the robin pecks
distant
train . . .
in
the morning mist
the
loon stops paddling
autumn
morning—
old neighbours
trimming the
hedge
mountain morning—
all over the red berry bush
snow in tiny heaps
morning
sickness—
the
patter of spring rain
on
our new roof
morning
chill—
the
bag of marbles
shifts
on the shelf
chilly
morning—
the
moss springs back
after
my step
morning stillness—
the ferry turns
through a patch of sunlight
clinging
to the cat
at
the roadside
morning
frost
the
lost scrabble piece
turns
up this morning
in
the vacuum cleaner
morning
sun—
a patch of frost
in
the holstein’s shadow
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