Haiku Society of America Haiku Award
in Memorial of Harold G. Henderson
1996
First Place:
the river—
coming to it with nothing
in my handsLeatrice Lifshitz
Second Place:
deep silence
the orphaned nestlings
this third morningKay F. Anderson
Third Place:
summer solstice—
the long tips of lavender
bent by beesJeffrey Witkin
Honorable Mention:
snowbound
coloring inside
the linesSandra Fuhringer
Honorable Mention:
the dumproad pond
tadpoles exit
a birdhouseLeRoy Gorman
Honorable Mention:
still sun-warmed . . .
the pulled-out scarecrow
in my armsKohjin Sakamoto
Honorable Mention:
Changing the swallowtail
changed by it
the spring windvincent tripi