Haiku Society of America

Haiku Society of America Haiku Award
in Memory of Harold G. Henderson

2002

Judges: Larry Kimmel and Carol Purington

First Place:

loon calls
my daughter drawing circles
near the fire

Marjorie Buettner

 

Second Place:

summer evening—
from across the meadow
a call to supper

Billie Wilson

 

Third Place:

shivering on the roof
I rub my palms together
meteor shower

Michael Fessler

 

Honorable Mention:

    ocean breeze—
a strand of seaweed
    steadies the kite

John Thompson

 

Honorable Mention:

autumn rose—
     even as I sketch the wind
        more petals fall

Ross Figgins

 

Honorable Mention:

Humid July—
from the stove the smell
of old fires

Doug Hunt

Honorable Mention:

the wind of autumn
a homeless man warms himself
hand to mouth

Harvey Hess