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icicle

Happy to have won third prize in The Haiku Foundation February 2022 Kukai

theme: icicle

icicle . . .
how long will he take
to forgive me

     — Stella Pierides (51 points – 4; 3; 2; 5; 3)

kukai haiga

Remarks below are by Dee Evetts, THF Monthly Kukai Commentator. He is an internationally known haiku poet and author of “The Conscious Eye” series on contemporary themes in Frogpond in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

I find that a great deal is implied here. It is winter. There has been a falling out, and apparently a felt culpability on the part of the writer. Possibly the weather (or another circumstance) has forced the couple or pair to be together when they might otherwise have chosen to put some distance between themselves –– at least for part of the day. There is a prevailing silence, and at best, monosyllabic and toneless exchanges when strictly necessary. This is one of those “suit yourself” kind of domestic stand-offs. It is true that I am embroidering –– even weaving my own version of the poem. Another reader will come up with a different story. What counts is that the poet has given us room to speculate, while at the same time giving us the very concrete image of the (how gradually?) thawing icicle.

International Kukai 4th July 2012

The results of the International Kukai 4th of July Forget-me-nots are out. I am very happy to see one of my haiku reach 2nd place this time round.

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sticky notes

on the fridge door

forget-me-nots

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2nd place

…..

forget-me-nots

fading on her palm

his phone number

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4 (tie)

…..

cluttered desk—

next to her own picture

forget-me-nots

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9 (tie)

Haiku in Sketchbook Kukai and thread

old calendar

the writing on the wall

illegible

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November / December 31, 2011 “old calendar” Kukai, Sketcbook, 6th place, tied.

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old calendar

the sum of my hopes

fading

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in my old calendar

you came first

seedlings

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November / December 31, 2011 “old calendar” Kukai, Sketchbook, 10th place, tied.

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candlelight

how pale the moon

looks

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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”

Choice Haiku, John Daleiden, Sketchbook, “Candle in the Wind”

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power cuts

in this wind a candle burns

too fast

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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”

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electric candles—

so, I record

my prayer

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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”

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prayer candle—

she puts her lips

to the icon

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Choice haiku, Karina Klesko, US, Sketchbook, “Light a candle”

Choice Haiku, John Daleiden, US, Sketchbook, “Candle in the Wind”

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diamonds

sparkle in your eyes

candle flame

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Choice Haiku, John Daleiden, US, Sketchbook, “Candle in the Wind”

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All Choice Haiku poems can be seen here and here

 

 

 

Kukai results 12 October 2011

Delighted! My haiku “starry night” came second (tied) in the July/August 2011 Sketchbook Kukai (peer-reviewed contest).

Here it is:

starry night—
growing old
together

Delighted also that several of my fellow haijin from NaHaiWriMo did so well, esp Terri Hale French (1st), Michelle Harvey, Cara Holman, and others…

Two other haiku I submitted received no votes! Food for thought, of course.

The entire thread can be read by clicking here