Haiku Society of America

Haiku Society of America Haiku Award
in Memory of Harold G. Henderson

1996

First Place:

the river—
coming to it with nothing
in my hands

Leatrice Lifshitz

 

Second Place:

deep silence
          the orphaned nestlings
          this third morning

Kay F. Anderson

 

Third Place:

summer solstice—
the long tips of lavender
bent by bees

Jeffrey Witkin

 

Honorable Mention:

snowbound
coloring inside
the lines

Sandra Fuhringer

 

Honorable Mention:

the dumproad pond
tadpoles exit
a birdhouse

LeRoy Gorman

 

Honorable Mention:

still sun-warmed . . .
the pulled-out scarecrow
in my arms

Kohjin Sakamoto

 

Honorable Mention:

Changing the swallowtail
      changed by it
           the spring wind

vincent tripi