Welcome!Oh! A contest! Yay!The Toast Point Haiku Contest! I shall enter it! (PumaCat, October '95) |
Toast Point writes: Here are the Sage's choices for Best Haikus of 1996. Most of them are gold star winners already, but some were not - a board review determined their worth after the first judging. Special thanks to Moonchilde, Laur, Stefan, and the Convivial Codfish for their suggestions. Enjoy, and congratulate the winners!
| Haikus on Haikus | |
| Nature | On the Water |
| Winter | Autumn |
| Spring | |
| Summer | |
| Day In, Day Out | Events of 1996 |
| Making Love | Life and Death |
| Felines | Entertainment |
| Childhood | Holidays |
| Philosophy | Grin |
Haikus on HaikusLowntlee Mackintosh writes 05/01/96Haiku recipe -Stop. Look. Capture the moment. Add some seasoning.
Eirrab Snilloc writes 1/15Winter poetryAlways makes me want to sneeze. Haiku! Gesundheit!
Tim Scannell writes 03/29/96Little poems fitTiny archipelago: Japanese haiku.
Dale writes 09/10/96Poetry just is.Its appreciation is The real miracle |
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NatureDale writes 07/15/96Skyshadow's passageBetrays a hunting eagle This bright summer day
Barkley Collins writes 07/10/96a cricket chirpingsmiling Sayako silent cool evening love song
Laur writes 09/17/96Jewels of green and bluetreacherously sparkling cool in a spider's eye
Eric Sapp writes 11/15/96Wolves moan the distanceas winter sunset hovers in white crested sky
Laur writes 10/14/96Magnolia blossomscaught by a spear of the sun eclipse diamonds |
On the WaterDon McLeod writes 1/12Cold mountain morningGlint of sunrise riding out On the flyfish line
Kitamura writes 02/15/96Birches grow both upAnd, mirrored, down, as we drift Noiselessly to shore.
Jo Koehn writes 03/25/96Gulling and glidingWinter white wings of freedom Starboard and over. |
WinterTakimora writes 03/09/96Bitten through mittenBy polar molar: Oh when Will springtime be sprung?
John Sheirer writes 1/11Before daybreakObsessive-compulsive neighbor With a snow shovel
Laur writes 10/19/96Following the sleetshimmering ice-capped forests greet the sun's first rays
Brian Dunphy writes 11/14/96Snow on fallen leaves,autumn pushed coldly aside by hasty winter. |
AutumnWe noticed that autumn leaves were a favorite haiku subject this year.Andy Galdi writes 05/20/96Autumn winds carryThe solitary bird's call Easing loneliness
Hello Stark writes 05/20/96Red, yellow and goldLeaves are prettier dead, but Most people aren't
Barkley Collins writes 07/18/96fall fashion pagesscarlet red and bright yellow; from my neighbor's tree
Emmett Williamson writes 08/27/96trees shed leaves like tearssilent falling harbingers autumn's last dance
Aiko writes 09/26/96Autumn emergesfrom the hot womb of summer The trees shake with joy
Laurene P. Milder writes 09/15/96Autumn red leaves twirlnorthern crispness smells like snow woodsmoke conjures home
Opalfire writes 10/05/96Autumnal colorstranquillize arboreal disestablishment.
F. A. Mondo writes 10/02/96the last yellow leafclings hard to the cold bare branch lost yet unfallen The poet also supplied a graphic for this haiku.
jkc..k writes 11/27/96Crimson-tipped leafletsGlazed in a feathery frost. Crystalline sparkles.
Broderick AR Jones writes 11/21/96Stepping into FallThe leaves dance elegantly Before my own eyes
Texas Teacher writes 11/16/96Dry leaves, red and brown,Tap dancing down the sidewalk: Autumn's chorus line. |
SpringJO writes 03/14/96Wind splitting thunderRolling off the broad prairie Sounds the birth of spring
Aero writes 03/21/96Green fingers emergeReach to the spring sky, begging For the sun's warm hug.
Noel Kaufmann writes 09/23/96Springtime, sharp and cleanMountains have their eloquence Promulgating green
John Mulder, the Netherlands writes 12/22/96The early spring-lightafter the wintry darkness a gate burst open |
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SummerMyotis Brown writes 02/19/96These summer streetlightsRadiate a bright black broth Of moths, gnats, and bats
John Sheirer writes 02/16/96Humid summerPaper in my printer sticks So does my brain
Nancy Ayash writes 04/11/96Droning honey beesLabor in summer meadow Frenzy and stillness
Clint Coker writes 08/20/96cheap electric fansswirl in false defense against the east Texas heat |
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Day In, Day OutJohn Sheirer writes 03/20/96Very hard to findFor the fifth time this morning The damn snooze alarm
Writerman writes 1/4Quick morning kissesBedroom, bathroom, kitchen, then Off to work we go.
Andie2u writes 03/11/96Oh joy! The postmanBrings yet another sweepstakes Sent by Ed McMahon! |
Events of 1996Agricola writes 03/31/96"Had to kill my cow.""What a pity." Was she mad?" Didn't look too pleased."
Craig Chalquist writes 03/30/96After the layoffs,Parking spaces occupied by Cold, shuffling leaves.
Collins7 writes 08/19/96a huge gorillaand a tiny baby boy fell in love today |
Making LoveKristie writes 09/15/96Take mine, it's for freeOne of a kind, only mine Sweet virginity
arni writes 02/09/96Her luscious juices,velvet peach still summer sweet, rosy-warm with sun.
Myotis Brown writes 04/24/96Under your fingersThe nectarines drop their skins Like pale silk boxers
Thomas Lanier writes 05/31/96I have seen your eyesReflect the fire in my heart. May they ever burn.
Daniel writes 05/24/96Dulce y rica,Chocolate y manjar; Eres mi postre.
The Sage apologizes for the following attempt at translation:
Daniel writes 06/21/96Tasting you beneathEucalyptus trees on a Warm, sunny spring day.
Sir Robert of Rocher writes 10/31/96Alas, CynthiaI have heard thy voice gentle And my heart doth melt.
Thulin Olivetti writes 10/11/96a discoverywithin the velvet of you lie blossoms of silk
Harlem Renaissance writes 02/15/96I thrust into her.Hard, deep, smooth. Then I relax. Slowly she deflates. |
Life and DeathCollins7 writes 07/28/96five lonely sensesand a sixth surrounding these threadbare comforter
Kivas Fajo writes 6/4Die Tage vergehen,verglueht im Fegefeuer der Zeit. Was bleibt ist etwas
Asche der Erinnerung
Translation:
ash of remembrance
Thomas Lanier writes 08/26/96Frost's woods are lovely,Dark and deep. But I too have Promises to keep.
John Mulder, the Netherlands writes 09/17/96Two elderly menslow down their tortoise pace a woman goes by
Jacques Navarro writes 12/26/96at the funeralher tombstone's shadow slowly stretches to my feet
Moonchilde writes 12/03/96We may be ions:Birth's the anode; death, cathode - Life's the spark between. |
FelinesTakemochi writes 02/15/96Why must you inspectEach new thing that I bring home, Impertinent cat?
Johanna writes 05/18/96The plump cat waits withInexhaustable patience For a hand to drop. |
EntertainmentCollins7 writes 08/18/96while TV is neatI would rather eat nettles than watch Jay Leno
The Artster writes 11/28/96Kirk asks, "What is it?""Checking tricorder", says Spock. Bones adds, "It's dead, Jim". |
ChildhoodAlfred L. Guy writes 12/13/96children don't want muchjuice, friends and sunsplashed playgrounds so easy to please
Eric Sapp writes 12/07/96Kicking piles of snowWith little navy blue boots The boys home from school
Writerman writes 03/23/96What ever happenedTo the boy I used to be? Would he like me now? |
HolidaysLaur writes 10/19/96Warm apple ciderghosts and goblins at my door fire on the hearth
Kevin DuBois writes 12/25/96Little eyes alightWhen colored boxes arrive By way of chimney
Eric Sapp writes 12/19/96every other carhauls a freshly cut pine tree or a dead deer |
PhilosophyOzymandias writes 03/29/96Two trunkless legs ofStone are more than YOU will leave In two thousand years.
Hi Koo writes 1/11Go inside your headRearrange the furniture. Throw out all that hate.
Matsuhito writes 02/21/96Beer bottle at curbShows "I Don't want a refund:- Don't care anymore."
Fozawa writes 02/12/96Dyslexagnostic,I toss and turn, wondering If there is a dog.
Barkley Collins writes 07/07/96Spirit fills the heartHeart lifts man to greater heights Thought charts the process
Wendy Lee Klenetsky writes 07/31/96"YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!"That's what all the people say. Then I guess I'm NUTS...
Clint Coker writes 08/20/96One's belief neithercreates nor destroys the truth God is or is not
Collins7 writes 09/14/96Alvin Toffler coined:"the battle for men's minds" which side are you on?
Kathy Grover writes 09/05/96Hope, like small embers,Burns strong, hotter and brighter Just before dying
Anonymous writes 10/20/96Sex, drugs, heavy stuffWhat is the world coming to? Ha! The end, of course!
Wallis writes 11/08/96Men dressed in suits withAugust demeanors sometimes Clothe December hearts
Liz Moore writes 10/09/96Let loose the black pastFeel it fall, it's forgotten Cover me with white |
GrinKamiko writes 02/26/96A bikini waxEnsures he gets no cheap thrills: No fringe benefits.
Rover writes 04/06/96"BREAKFAST ANYTIME"So I chose flapjacks during The Enlightenment.
RSM writes 08/04/96Words no longer flowLike rivers flowing seaward: My cursor is stuck.
Matthew Craven writes 10/21/96A pair of acesreflected in Dave's Raybans I raise him fifty |
