haiku-usa: winner II

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

winner II

This haiku took first place in the Shiki Monthly Kukai for April. As I've explained elsewhere, a kukai is a competition in which the entries must be on an assigned theme or use an assigned word. In this case, the word was "wildflowers." We were required to use either the word itself or the name of a specific wildflower.

February wind

wanting to believe

the crocus

20 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Congratulations Bill. This has the qualities I'd expect in a winner. Well deserved.; 10:29 PM
floots said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 12:24 AM
floots said...: beautiful
well done
(sorry - the deletion was me
who else could make a typo in a three word comment) :); 12:26 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, pete. I just checked out your beautiful blog.
floots: I could, that's who could.; 6:06 AM
polona said...: i can see why it won. congrats!; 6:48 AM
bigshoulders said...: congratulations, Bill!; 12:40 PM
Bill said...: Thanks aurora.; 6:17 PM
Bill said...: And thank you Kevin; 6:21 PM
Natalia L. Rudychev said...: CONGRATULATIONS! A well deserved win. Delicate, deep, and absolutely charming haiku.; 1:36 AM
Bill said...: Thank you very much, Natalia.; 6:30 AM
Anonymous Poet said...: Yay! That's great! Your work certainly deserves recognition!

: ); 8:20 AM
Bill said...: Thanks for that enthusiasm, anon. You've been a good and supportive friend.; 9:06 AM
eric l houck jr said...: this is a well-deserved win, excellent job.; 9:27 AM
Anonymous said...: your poems are consistently good.

your blog is one of the best in a rather crowded house.

the path through the junkyard
ends right here...
wild roses; 3:11 PM
baseball gods said...: Congratulations, Bill, the well deserved honor. And thanks for the witty comment on my blog. I hope your copy of the chapbook arrived in good shape.

kami; 5:09 PM
T.A.T. said...: enjoyed as always,congrats!; 8:12 PM
Bill said...: Thanks to my friends eric, kami, and t.a.t., and thanks to you, too, anonymous.

Yes, kami, the chapbook arrived in perect shape, and Pat and I are both delighted with it.; 10:13 PM
Gabi Greve said...: Hi Bill,
what a lovely haiku indeed !

Here it is

. Crocus, a KIGO .

To me as a German, crocus is rater a garden flower and not in the wild, but that is a different matter ...

GABI
. Happy Haiku Gallery .; 12:17 AM
Bill said...: Thank you, gabi. Around here, you never know where crocus will appear.; 7:19 AM
sangeet said...: Beautiful (and congratulations!)

Sangeet; 5:23 PM

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

winner II

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