My Dear Friends:
I just received a copy of Student Haiku and Senryu Anthology, a collection of contest-winning haiku and senryu edited by by Randy M. Brooks.
"To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition, the executive committee of the Haiku Society of America published this anthology of award-winning haiku and senryu. The student observations, insights, experiences, emotions and insights evident in these haiku and senryu are a wonderful testament to the fresh voices and vivid imagery of young people." I would like to share with you some of my favorite contest winners
Selected Haiku and Senryu:
cold night
a stray cat
laps the moon
Gus Critz, Grade 8
spring fever
back to
the chemo ward
Vlad-Sergiu Ciobica, Grade 12
the barren branch
impales
a full moon
Grace Ma, Grade 9
our parrot shrieks
my father’s name
in my mother’s voice
Cole Mitchell, Grade 12
Friday morning prayer
purple hijabs
dance in the wind
Claire Reardon, Grade 12
winter dusk
the crows
clotting the wind
Olivia Babuka Black, Grade 8
on the windowsill
next to the box of ashes
Jiro’s dog collar
Michelle Hosoda, Grade 12
winter night
cracks in the floorboards
widen
Mary Rice, Grade 10
tornado drill
the hallways full
of laughter
Nikki Savary, Grade 12
throwing stones
through a broken window
summer dusk
Travis Moore, Grade 9
earthquake ...
the horse hits the king
on the chess table
Pascu Dumitru, Grade 6
out of sight o
ballo n
and the child’s smile
Ben Meier, Grade 9
Happy Reading
Chen-ou
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