Haiku Society of America
Merit Book Awards for 1978
for books published in 1975-1977
Virginia Brady Young (chairperson)
L. A. Davidson, Alan Gettis, and Sydell Rosenberg
judges
First Place
Foster Jewell for the body of his work to date including these two books.
Foster Jewell. Haiku Sketches, Sangre de Cristo Press, Venice, California, 1971.
This puddle, so small,
the skidding of a leaf
starts it shivering.Foster Jewell. 9 Days on the Desert, Sangre de Cristo Press, Venice, California, 1977.
Resting.
The buzzards come
to see how I do.
Second Place
Elizabeth Searle and F. Bruce Lamb. Picasso’s “Bust of Sylvette”. Garlinghouse Printers, Topeka, Kansas, 1977. Text by Elizabeth Searle Lamb; photographs by F. Bruce Lamb.
not knowing
this is the New Year, she smiles
in the same old waygoing out to look at her
again
on the day he dies
Third Place
Geraldine C. Little. Stilled Wind. Bonsai Press, Prescott, Arizona, 1977.
after Bach
the bare beauty
of a winter branchThe swarming cities
under
this lifted rock!
Honorable Mention
Robert Mainone. High on the Wind. privately published, 1975.
In each snowy footprint
the fox is leaving
a bit of his shadowWobbly puppy
drinking
the wobbly moon
Honorable Mention - for a book of translation and criticism
Makoto Ueda. Modern Japanese Haiku: An Anthology. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1976.
Eating grapes—
like one word, another word,
and still another.~ Nakamura Kusatao
I kill an ant
and realize my three children
have been watching.~ Kato Shuson