Haiku Society of America Senryu Award
in Memorial of Gerald Brady
1994
First Place
making sure
nothing grows
the rock gardenerDavid Carmel Gershator
Second Place
too quick to reply
cutting my tongue
on the envelopeJohn Stevenson
Third Place
Grandfather’s funeral
Cousin Kate, air kissing,
Spies a mirror, checks her makeup.Lynda La Rocca
1st Honorable Mention
in a semi circle
retired sisters watch
“Wheel of Fortune”Marilyn Taylor
2nd Honorable Mention
dissatisfied
with her Virgo horoscope
she tries PiscesMark Arvid White
3rd Honorable Mention
first time
at the zoo my son
watches the peopleLawrence Rungren
4th Honorable Mention
antiquities room
the curator asks
“So what’s new?”Jim Kacian