Haiku Society of America Renku Awards
in Memorial of Bernard Lionel Einbond
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HSA Renku Awards for 2003
Alice Benedict and Patricia Machmiller
judgesGrand Prize
New Coolness
Yu Chang
Paul MacNeil
John Stevenson
Hilary Tann~ ~ ~
New Coolness
new coolness
a perfect day
for climbingjs
red maple leaves
line most of the bootprintspwm
she reads
mother's pancake recipe
by moonlightht
the usual suspects
of a murder mysteryyc
accountants
in three-piece suits
and handcuffspwm
I offer you my name
with a hyphenjs
at Las Vegas
our best man
hits the jackpotyc
bright nasturtiums
frame the herb gardenht
all five
car doors
frozen shutjs
cardboard boxes
on a subway ventyc
tattoos tensed
the harpooner
listenspwm
eye to eye
with an eaglejs
it rained
on their golf course
rendezvousht
whispering...
under a pool umbrellapwm
sangria
on the rocks
and slivers of moonyc
the photojournalist
adjusts his lensht
we sense
the silent prayer
is about to endjs
rich soil
yields to the harrow
pwm
on the classroom wall
shadows
of magnolia blossomsht
homemade nets
for the smelt runyc
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Honorable Mention
Open Convertible
Roger Abe
Ann Bendixen
donnalynn chase
Anne Homan
June Hopper Hymas
Carol Steele~ ~ ~
Open Convertible
the climb up green hills
too narrow for cars to pass
open convertiblecs
warmed by spring sunshine
well-planned bricks, wood & glassdc
a measuring worm
inches across my ankle
it ticklesah
wasabi peas
in a porcelain bowlab
between the clouds
every now and then
fingernail moonah
as a thank you gift
he paints her an autumn landscapejhh
the quail struts and sings
along the deck railing
"Chi-ca-go"ah
can they see Godzilla
through a steamed-up windshield?ra
talk over breakfast
of renewing our vows
our coffee grows colddc
angry gods
clash over the desertab
a new talk show
with Monica Lewinsky
minus her beretjhh
back from China - my workmates
greet me with facemasksdc
spotlight burned out
but tonight it doesn't matter
summer moonjhh
lizards skitter any old way
across the railroad tiesah
above the floodwaters
Coyote lives on Mt. Diablo
Miwok folk taleah
recommended restaurant
sullen waiters but good foodcs
Kiyoko - tell me
how would you tread on these
cherry petals?dc
long lazy ripples where
willow tips touch the streamjhh
silver windmills
line the ridges
only a few spinningah
hard-boiled eggs
yucky without saltab
ranch hands discuss
the merits of yodeling
the hogs just snortra
verse writing as a game
we argue with laughterdc
I make new clothes
for my granddaughter's doll
Christmas Evecs
winter mist - her neighbor
must enter a nursing homeah
Marines play ping-pong
an occasional distant
burst of gunfireah
"that OLD BLACK MAGIC"
with Louis and Keelyra
ninety thousand hits
she punches in another
sperm dot comab
feng shui at work
in our master bedroomdc
moon of falling leaves
above the flicker's grave
we set a stonejhh
November dusk
winds scour the cliffah
the salmon leaps
over obstacles, toward
that familiar scentra
a shaft of sun
on the bicycle's yellow basketjhh
Michelangelo's
Madonna, can marble know
grief and joy?ra
hand-in-hand the toddlers
lead the family hikeah
Ikebana class
the teacher arranges
first cherry blossomscs
Mother's day surprise
it must be good - she smilesra
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