eightieth birthday
I comb winter moonlight
into mother's hair
Grand Prize, 11th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, 2019
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one bird song
after another ...
alone
in the waters of spring
thoughts of her flow away
First Prize, 2013 Spring Tanka Contest
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I stare at the ellipses
at the end of a life story
etched in a borrowed tongue
they speak of falling
into spaces untold and foreign
strike me with their longing
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alone
this starless night
tasting black
in twilight
cherry petals fall
without a sound
snow on snow...
her words fall onto
my silence
Distinguished Poet, 2015 Matsuo Basho Award
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blossom wind
my sick wife holds my hand
tighter
Top Winner (Canada), 2020 Haiku Invitational
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"At the End of the Day," a haiku set about
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Attack
"Club Q mass shooting ..."
the same headwind on the way
back home from a party
neighbor's home remodelling:
the No Trespassing sign
with a rifle-scope motif
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home from hospital ...
a robin's song
and nothing else
Honorable Mention, 2016 Betty Drevniok Award
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"im-mi-grant..."
the way English tastes
on my tongue
Second Prize, 7th Kokako Haiku Competition
included in Kumamoto University's textbook
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My "blossom wind" haiku was chosen for the Best Canada category in the 2020 Haiku Invitational. See my haiku and the judges' detailed commentary here
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first sunrise ...
alone in the attic room
my midlife
drained of all, hungry
for the silence
Second Place, 2017 World Tanka Poetry Contest
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"Winter Solitude," A Tanka Set
only the sound
of crunching cereal ...
my old dog
sits beside me
on Christmas morning
jingle bell decals
on the restaurant window
I listen
to my timid voice,
a table for one
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faltering light ...
alone with the cry
of a loon
Honorable Mention, 2017 World Haiku Contest
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we slip
into our mother tongues
lovers' quarrel
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the hills aglow
with spring sunlight
her scent lingers
Commendation, 2014 Kloลกtar Ivaniฤ International Haiku Competition
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winter twilight
crossing the border
a child's shadow
4th Prize, 2016 New Zealand Poetry Society Haiku Competition
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