Contest

International Kukai Contest

2012
Apr
morning dewdrops
a sparrow settles
on the lotus leaf

Sketchbook Kukai Contest

2012
Mar/Apr

Kigo Entry - Swing
autumn twilight
my parents in silence
on the swing
* 3rd Place

winter's stillness

my heart rate swings
in the display

village tree...
a boy settles
on the tire swing

Jan/Feb
Kigo Entry - Waters of Spring
river dawn—
tasting
the waters of spring

waters of spring—

talking of past glories
lightens her

2011
Nov/Dec

Kigo Entry - Old Calendar
this year...
an old calendar takes in
my emptiness
*7th place

first dream -
the burden of last year on
an old calendar

mid-winter thunder
an old calendar falls off
into first sky

Sep/Oct

Kigo Entry - The Autumn Leaves
mother fingers
the veins of
the autumn leaves
*7th place

cold night…
autumn leaves spark
campfire dance

twilight drizzle…
the ants array into
the autumn leaves

Jul/Aug

Kigo Entry - Starry Night
infant eyes…
the twinkling light in
the starry night
*8th place

on the ferry deck
the whispers settle—
starry night
*9th place

starry night—
the piercing calls of an owl
stirs the jungle walk
*9th place

Haiku World Shiki Kukai Contest

2012
Mar

Kigo Entry - spring

spring

a daffodil bud pops up

in the front yard

Free Format Entry - dreams / reverie

autumn dream

father wakes up

by his scream

Feb

Kigo Entry - Lingering Cold

lingering cold
the frogs chorus

from the distance

Free Format Entry - Night Lights
moon ring

my child shows

her size of bangle

Jan

Kigo Entry - resolution(s)
first sunrise –
the spider webs
another window

Free Format Entry - Shelter
thatched hut...
the smell of boiling rice

from the bowl

Nov

Kigo Entry - eucalyptus
winter haze
hot eucalyptus, mother
rubs into my chest

Free Format Entry - BATH
garden fountain
a house sparrow
dips with a rhythm

Sep

Kigo Entry - Any Citrus Fruit
wedding night
her lips feel mine to taste
the grape elements

Free Format Entry - Rain
first rain
the pool fish
wipes my toes

July

Kigo Entry - MOTH(S)
night jungle walk
flashlight deepens
the hawk moths love

Free Format Entry - weather vernacular
bubbly weather --
the ice cream takes but
a moment to melt

June

Kigo Entry - Flee market or Outdoor Market
night market --
my wife
stretches the bargain

Free Format Entry - Space Travel
monsoon's end
the beach chute steering me
into rainfall

May

Free Format Entry - Storm
storm ends
...the rainfall supercooling
into glaze ice

March

Kigo Entry - Coming Of Summer
exam fever starts
...the beach springing
into emptiness

Free Format Entry - Crow(s)
sunrise warms
...the waves rolling
towards her crow pose

Feb

Kigo Entry - Spring Fever
spring fever
bees scents thaw
in the mouse nest

Free Format Entry - Mirror
she puts
...the pieces of mirror
into art

Jan

Kigo Entry - Dawn
dawn clicks…
turtle hatchlings glides
off the coast

Free Format Entry - Falling
dropping off…
turtle hatchlings of
the existence

Haiku Foundation Haiku Now! Contest

2011

Contemporary Style
monsoon ends
...the cloud darkening
into rainfall

2012

Contemporary Style
gliding down
on the stone slide –
summer noon

Traditional Style
in the shining wind...
the waters of spring filling
the pool of footprints

FWEE HYDRO POWER Haiku Contest

2011

summer monsoon floods
the dam water roaring out
into hydro spark

The 15th Mainichi Haiku Contest

2011

devotees turn -
to the temple priest's bell
blue peacock courts

under a leaf
butterflies shaping
...winter love

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Contest

2011

dawn unfolds -
warbler's song for
the cherry buds

wind warms
... the cherries blooming towards
each other

Haiku International Association Contest

2011

thin mist
a heifer
smells her newborn

autumn haze
a breath of illness
in my speech

Polish International Haiku Contest

2011

prayer threads –
a gravedigger digs
a little deeper

Fujisan Haiku Contest

2011
mountain peak - 
buddha's halo ends
autumn's silence

Vladimir Devide Haiku Contest

2012
lingering cold
a lenten rose blooms
in the backyard