cherry blossom petals

Back in February, I saw a notice that haiku about blossoms were wanted for “Haiku for Hope”, an art exhibit that was raising funds for a cancer hospital back east. Few causes are nearer or dearer to my heart, and so I sent along a couple of my haiku that had received Honorable Mentions in the latest Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.

I am pleased to have one haiku selected to be matched with a photograph, and that the exhibition is viewable online, through an article in The Baltimore Sun. It made it even more special that I know two of the other haiku poets whose haiku were also selected: Roberta Beary and Charlotte Digregorio. Proceeds from this art show go towards Howard County General Hospital’s Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center.

cherry blossom petals
this quiet hour
before dawn

five year recheck

five year recheck
I shiver in the warmth
of winter sunshine

Acorn #30, Spring 2013

garage shelves filled

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku  challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

garage shelves filled
with unfinished projects
morning drizzle

cotton clouds

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku  challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

cotton clouds
dresses dancing
to the tune of the wind

signs of spring

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku  challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

signs of spring…
birdsong
and all that jazz

spring fever

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku  challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

spring fever
I scratch the itch
behind his ears

midsummer’s night

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

midsummer’s night
tiny lanterns
all aglow

Friday night takeout

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

Friday night takeout
deep in conversation
our tea grows tepid

kindling the flame

The first time I entered the monthly Caribbean Kigo Kukai was in April 2010, and I have only missed a few since then. In February, Gillena Cox held the CKK First Poets’ Choice awards, with 100 of the top three place haiku from kukai spanning the period from April 2009 to September 2011. I am pleased to have had the following four haiku of mine on the ballot, which together garnered 6 votes:

strains of Mendelssohn
the groom fiddles
with his carnation

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after the thunder
stillness…
then birdsong

***

twilight shadows–
the flash
of a bluebird’s wing

***

kindling the flame–
one candle
lights another

 

rocky shores

For the I Doodle, You ‘Ku challenge, on Aubrie Cox’s Yay Words blog:

rocky shores
we meet each wave
halfway