spring sky

spring sky . . .

a cloud parting

from itself

First published in kernels

stone

sitting on this stone

where a wall used to be . . .

the gentle rain

Third place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai, April 2013. Kigo: stone

!

first dandelion!

and the second

and the . . .

. . . . . . . . . . 

. . .

old pond

old pond

the frog

blinks first

First published in Kernels, a new e-journal

As some of you will be aware, this is neither the first old pond nor the first frog in the history of haiku.

award

I have just learned that I am one of eight recipients of the 2012 Touchstone Award for haiku, awarded by the Haiku Foundation

The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems are bestowed annually on haiku and senryu that represent noteworthy additions to English-language haiku in the estimation of a distinguished panel of haiku poets, editors and scholars. The Awards are open to any English-language haiku or senryu published in the current calendar year. 

An honor indeed. The haiku singled out, which has been posted here before, is

first date

the way she pronounces

Van Gogh

morning

morning breeze

an infant's smile

at the young leaves

I posted a slightly different version of this as a comment at Gillena's blog, which is cooled by the breezes of the Caribbean.

first spring day

first spring day

in my pocket I find

an acorn

Left as a comment at Daniele's blog, which is always worth a visit if you read French.

half full

my cup half full

of lukewarm coffee . . .

morning gray

Shiki Kukai, March 2013, keyword "sky colors"

breeze

autumn breeze

a butterfly drifting

out of the garden

International Kukai, March 2013

down

down time . . .

a caterpillar

changes direction

Second place, Shiki Monthly Kukai, March 2013

fool

April Fools' Day

she smiles at a joke

I've told before

Left a moment ago as a comment at Gillena's blog