Haiku Society of America Haiku Award
in Memorial of Harold G. Henderson
1988
First Place:
a single strand
of spider silk
stops her
Dan Burke
Second Place:
endlessly becoming,
clouds
Lesley Einer
Third Place:
mime
lifting
fog
Jerry Kilbride
Senryu Award:
taking time . . .
listening
to the grocery clerk
Carolyn Talmadge
Senryu Award:
in the Yukon
sleeping with one eye shut
the summer night
Elizabeth St Jacques
Senryu Award:
in soap bubbles
again and again
his face is broken
Bill Pauly
These awards for unpublished haiku were originally made possible by Mrs.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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See the complete collection of award-winning haiku from all previous Henderson Haiku Award competitions.
See the contest rules for entering the next Haiku Society of America Haiku Award.