2002
HAIKU (Judge: Jerry Kilbride)
First Place ($100)
new snow
the arc
the door makes
John Stevenson (Ithaca NY)
Second Place ($50)
overnight rain
a reflection by the runway
levitates
Ernest Berry (Picton, New Zealand)
Third Place ($25)
tree-filled swamp . . .
the silent air
its own shade of green
Anne LB Davidson (Saco ME)
Honorable Mentions (in ranked order)
evoking clusters
of algebraic symbols
smell of tangerine
Patricia Machmiller (San Jose CA)
table for one—
the candle flickers
in an abalone shell
D. Claire Gallagher (Sunnyvale CA)
summer’s end
he refuses
dialysis
Francine Porad (Mercer Island WA)
bamboo whisk . . .
the tea master’s
fluid hands
Pamela Babusci (Rochester NY)
SENRYU (Judge: w. f. owen)
First Place (tie) $50 each
condoms:
the checker asks me to slide
my card more slowly
Rich Krivcher (Citrus Heights CA)
Japantown shop
the identical bellies
of Buddha and Santa
D. Claire Gallagher (Sunnyvale CA)
Honorable Mentions (Unranked)
uncle’s trophy wife—
the slices of mango
rimmed with green
D. Claire Gallagher (Sunnyvale CA)
body work—
the crucifix gleaming
on the mechanic’s chest
D. Claire Gallagher (Sunnyvale CA)
rewound movie
she sleeps
through it again
Carlos Colon (Shreveport LA)
funeral
for the kid
chosen last
John Stevenson (Ithaca NY)
TANKA (Judge: Cherie Hunter Day)
First Place ($100)
this suicide—
that it was my brother
and not me
the cast iron skillet
becomes a mirror
Ebba Story (San Francisco CA)
Honorable Mentions (Ranked)
savoring
this wild strawberry—
I think of him
not entirely
without guilt
D. Claire Gallagher (Sunnyvale CA)
Spring meadow—
she want me to write
a poem for her now
& not worry I might
write a better one later
(for Pat Shelley)
John Stevenson (Ithaca NY)