Haiku Society of America

Haiku Society of America Haiku Award
in Memorial of Harold G. Henderson

1979

First Place:

the child
points at the moon
and says, "bird"

James O'Neil

 

Second Place:

one seagull
on a shaft of air;
dawn

Darold D. Braida

 

Third Place:

Lean man
Carving
The tree's dream.

Kirsten Stromberg

 

Honorable Mention:

morning-glory folds into herself into her folds

Marlene Wills

 

Honorable Mention:

from behind me
the shadow of the ticket-taker
comes down the aisle

Cor van den Heuvel

 

Honorable Mention:

Walking to Work

Pages lap at your feet
The quick eye holds up the news to the day

Michael O'Brien

 

Honorable Mention:

Part of a dog
walking by upside down
in the roadside puddle

Tal Streeter

 

Honorable Mention:

Where the ripple was
the fisherman casts his line;
another ripple

Garry Gay

 

Honorable Mention:

Quiet strokes
of night swimmer: the slap
of beaver tails . . .

Virginia Brady Young

 

Honorable Mention:

never expecting
the lilies in November
nor the small coffin

Raymond Roseliep

 

Honorable Mention:

      the room's smallness
fills with light
      this morning of snow

Michael McClintock

 

Honorable Mention:

The way of the conch—
blueing in the sea, and
echoing in the wind

Joyce Walker Currier