Haiku Society of America

Haiku Society of America Senryu Award

2006

Judges: Claire Gallagher & Carolyn Hall
See 2006 judges' comments.

First Place:

first date—
the little pile
of anchovies

Roberta Beary

 

Second Place:

mistaking telephone
for doorbell—
I let loneliness in

Daniel Liebert

 

Third Place:

arguing—
a deaf man grabs
the other's hands

Kenneth Elba Carrier

 

Honorable Mention - 1st place:

crossing the hopscotch
two old women
avoid the lines

Kenneth Elba Carrier

 

Honorable Mention - 2nd place

dentist's obituary—
common interests
we could never talk about

C.R. Manley

 

Honorable Mention - 3rd place:

As if it were spring
the green mold
on the cheese

Garry Gay

 

Honorable Mention - 4th Place

psychic fair
she brushes some dirt
from the cards

Roland Packer