Haiku Society of America Haiku Award
in Memorial of Harold G. Henderson
1987
First Place:
yard sale,
sunlight filling
mason jarsJerry Kilbride
Second Place:
leaving home . . .
the smell of smoke
from old brick chimneysKathleen Burgy
Third Place:
frozen pond—
white antlers rise
through the iceRoss Figgins
Honorable Mention:
June night
my mother alone with
her cancerSteven D. Dalachinsky
Honorable Mention:
at dinner
biting into the roast beef . . .
the butcher's thumb nailSister Mary Thomas Eulberg
Honorable Mention:
phoning the neighbors
their real voices
through the open windowDee Evetts
Honorable Mention:
repeating the lecture
his eyes following
the window-cleaner's bladeDee Evetts
Honorable Mention:
Tools rusting
Unused on the work bench
A faucet drippingEsther Harris
Honorable Mention:
full moon
peering into
the half-built houseH. F. Noyes
Honorable Mention:
dusk
drawing the pond's depth
to the surfaceDonald E. McLeod
Honorable Mention:
old woman, wrapping
her cat's gifts
—centering the bowsCarol Montgomery
Honorable Mention:
on the way to work
a hot air balloon
up in the mistLynn G. Moore
Honorable Mention:
this heat;
the dog's tail
the only breezeDenver Stull