For the British Haiku Society’s tenth annual Haiku Award, James W Hackett has chosen the following two £70 prizewinners. Both are of equal merit.
between the tides
getting to know it again
the winter beach David Rollins, England
After its first flight
the young gerfalcon’s talons
tighter on my glove. an’ya, USA
Eight haiku were chosen as Highly Commended (again of equal merit):
clearing the brush pile - suddenly garter snakes in all directions Winona Baker, Canada after zazen quietly unpicking the knots in my trousers cord Jonathan Buckley, England a hairline crack in the vase of daylilies - water changing shape D Claire Gallagher, USA A deer’s skeleton whitened by rains - violets between ribs Stefan G Theodorou, USA |
train delays for the fifth day now the dead fieldmouse John Barlow, England perfect abandon wrapped around a mailbox post wild morning glories Marjorie Buettner, USA bedridden child gazing at the snow on his friend’s mitten Grace Matthew, Japan oak leaves caught in a chain-link fence - the morning chin Alison Williams, England |
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