Haiku Society of America Senryu Awards for 2017

Haiku Society of America Senryu Award
in Memorial of Gerald Brady

2017

Judges: Chuck Brickley & Julie Warther
See 2017 judges' comments.

First Place

tangled shadows lying about what’s making them

Sam Bateman

 

Second Place

flea market
we once had
it all

Joe McKeon

 

Third Prize

family cookout
enough of everyone
to go around

Michele Root-Bernstein

 

Honorable Mentions (unranked)

back pain
again I pick up
unsaid words

Kyle D. Craig

 

sunrise
no one in line
for tickets

Joe McKeon

 

a fish
in the heron’s bill
town gossip

Roland Packer

 

 

 

 

 

 

These awards for unpublished haiku were originally made possible by Mrs.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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