haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

winner

Hi. I've just returned from vacation to learn that this haiku took first place in the monthly Shiki kukai for February. A kukai, for the uninitiated, is a competition in which entries must conform to set guidelines. In this case, the required kigo (nature word or phrase) was "early thaw."

early thaw—
the earth tugging
at my footsteps

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

one for today

discovering
we've given each other
the same valentine

my shadow

my shadow
making a spectacle
of myself
I'll be taking a break for a couple of weeks. Stay well, my friends.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

cloudless

cloudless sky
three seagulls rise
from a snowy roof

Thursday, February 09, 2006

midnight

midnight
turning
a page

Friday, February 03, 2006

groundhog day (2006)

groundhog day
trying not to think
of spring

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

blink

midwinter
blink of a jet
between stars

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