Haiku Society of America

Haiku Society of America Senryu Award

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