First, we, the Shiki team, want to say thank you to everyone
who participated in the latest Haiku Contest. We are very pleased with the
number of participants and the quality ofthe entries.
FIRST PLACE (Shiki Internet Haiku Prize)
BELOW SECOND PLACE
fishing under stars -
cormorants dive
into galaxies
-by Richmond D. Williams
stars
turning into bird song autumn evening....
morning light before all these stars
not one word
-by Jane Reichhold
-by Jeanne Emrich
autumn stillness....
sinuous wake of a beaver pop fly
slices the moon hangs for a moment
with the daylight moon
-by Jeanne Emrich
-by Clark Strand
the moon
half full someone left
half empty the porch light on--
harvest moon
-by Bernard Lionel Einbond
-by Fred Donovan
full moon
the pregnant woman sunlit field
casting shadows lying on my back
so much sky
-by Mark Alan Osterhaus
-by AC Missias
fog
from every mouth-- with every swing of the hammock
a winter sky the same bright star
comes into view
-by chuck tuskey
-by Michael Dylan Welch
leaving you
the moon nothing stirs;
in my rearview mirror from the well's depth
a bucket of stars
-by Marco Fraticelli
-by chuck tuskey
old well
the summer sky dinner alone -
deeper in the darkness the moon hovering
over the empty chair
-by Yu Chang
-by Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
sliver of a moon--
light leaks out a high spider
from the other world traveling between stars
on its own thread
-by chuck tuskey
-by Laura Young
cloudy winter sky
an icicle hangs from faster than
the neighbor's clothesline the fleeing birds...
storm clouds overspreading the sky
-by Susan Watkins
-by 坂本 季詩雄 (Sakamoto Kishio)
my dog face to face
with the neighbor's calf-- away from the tents
blue autumn sky only the moon
traces her path
-by Lee Gurga
-by AC Missias
old dairy cow stands
under summer-blue sky rain-filled sky:
black clouds across its back swinging in the breeze
a vandalised phone
-by Scott Hall
-by Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
on the ground
a broken bird's nest climbing the sky
empty sky on the empty window pane
-ladybug
-by Peter Brady
-by Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
crayola art
just the moon - 3 A.M.
without reflection cat's water bowl
reflects the moon
-by Doris D. Kasson
-by Clark Strand
above city lights
snowflakes dance among the stars - fishing
church bells toll the hour a small girl finds a moon
in her fingernail
-by Brad91
-by Sue Stanford
bought used house
first night, on bedroom wall, No fire of her own
glow-in-the-dark stars pauper moon in borrowed light
pales the burning stars
-by David A. Oates
-by Gary S. Johnson
swallows flying loops
almost touching the grass blades - twinkling stars
the sky at my feet even in the eyes of
dead dog
-by Ted M. Zachwieja
-by Hiromi Inoue
bright autumn stars
sprinkling sugar
into black coffee
-by Scott Hall
NOTICE
ALL ABOVE POEMS ARE COPYRIGHTED AND PERMISSION MUST BE RECEIVED TO USE ANY OF THEM.