Haiku Society of America Haiku Award for 2023

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

2023

Brad Bennett & Caroline Skanne
See commentary by 2023 judges.

 

~ First Place ~

milkweed husks
the dusk greens
with dragonflies

Joshua Gage, OH, USA

 

~ Second Place ~

unable to fit it
on one sketchbook page
the young hawk’s circle

paul m., Florida, USA

 

~ Honorable Mention ~

where the bufflehead
entered dark water
bubbles of light

John Barlow, Ormskirk, UK

 

~ Honorable Mention ~

one log left
beside the log-splitter
a sliver of moon

Temple Cone, MD, USA

 

~ Honorable Mention ~

desert dawn an ash-throated flycatcher

M F Drummy, CO, USA

 

~ Honorable Mention ~

maple stump
the sky still holding
the old treehouse

Jacquie Pearce, BC, Canada

 

 

 

These awards for unpublished haiku were originally made possible by Mrs.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