Haiku Society of America Senryu Awards for 1995

Haiku Society of America Senryu Award
in Memorial of Gerald Brady

1995

First Place

clicking off the late movie . . .
   the couch cushion
       reinflates

Michael Dylan Welch

 

Second Place

opening night . . .
missing the entrance
of the night blooming cereus

Connie Meester

 

Third Place

Forgetting his underwear
the one with so many
frequent flier miles

Donna Claire Gallagher

 

Honorable Mention

summer concert
fanning myself faster
during the scherzo

Donna Claire Gallagher

 

Honorable Mention

overmatched boxer
his eyes closed
before the fight

John Stevenson

 

Honorable Mention

yard sale:
she takes the baby crib
back into the house

Elizabeth St. Jacques

 

Honorable Mention

his toe
answers mine
a truce begin

Diane Tomszak

 

 

 

 

These awards for unpublished haiku were originally made possible by Mrs. Harold G. Henderson in memory of Harold G. Henderson, who helped found The Haiku Society of America.

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