Awards

September 2004 Yellow Moon

second place haiku award for “red and white snow”

red and white snow ~
on the monks hands
pig's blood

 

September 2004 Yellow Moon

commended haiku award for “Kawagebo Peak”

Kawakarpo Peak ~
watching pilgrims
watching me

September 2004 Yellow Moon highly

commended haiku award for “first light”

first light ~
a monk bunches maize
in the stone courtyard

October 2006 Yellow Moon

highly commended cinquain for “driftwood”

driftwood
salted grey
floats, sways, sleeps
a carefree motherless soul
vagabond

2008 Literary Competition Free Xpression

Commended haiku for “scuffed boots”

scuffed boots ~
old snow gathers dust
in the gutter