Haiku Society of America

Haiku Society of America

Merit Book Awards for 1985

for books published in 1983-1984

R. W. Grandinetti Rader (chairman)
Frank Robinson and Ruth Yarrow
judges

 

First Place

Rod Willmot, Editor. The Erotic Haiku Anthology. Black Moss Press, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1983.

wild raspberry taste on the tip of your tongue

~ Eric Amann

holding you
in me still . . .
sparrow songs

~ Anita Virgil

       dawn spreads
   between the curtains
your thigh behind mine

~ Ruth Yarrow

 

Second Place

Bob Boldman. Wind in the Chimes. Juniper Press, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1983.

dawn
loosened
leaf by leaf

lark song
down to
its bones

 

Third Place

Adele Kenny. The Roses Open. Jade Mountain Press, Morristown, New Jersey, 1984.

heavy flower scent —
the curve
of your dead mother’s hand

while I sleep
the roses
open

 

Honorable Mention

Alexis Rotella. After an Affair. Merging Media, Westfield, New Jersey, 1984.

Wild touch-me-nots:
you never
touch me

After an affair
sweeping
all the rooms

 

Honorable Mention

Hal Roth. The Way the Wind. Wind Chimes Minibook, Glen Burnie, Maryland, 1983.

the way the wind
arranges her hair
. . . rearranges it

toward dawn
a bar of moonlight
touches her breast