in twenty-fourteen
only the best were chosen
from many haikus
ENGLISH SEMIFINALISTS JAPANESE SEMIFINALISTS
2014 Grand Prize / 2014最優秀賞
ゆずり受く鍵の重さや後の月
Chie Fader
2014 First Prize / 2014優秀賞
summer sun
slowly dissolving
boats on horizon
Stephanie Visaya Bose
神様が 絵の具こぼした 秋の山
中村 幸誠
2014 Monthly English Haiku Semifinalists
2014今月の英語俳句 候補作品
January
dusk
the swallowtail’s path
unsteady
Julie Warther
winter stars
the yelp of a dog-fox
deep in the woods
Kirsty Karkow
nonchalantly
dragging the sun’s glow
escargot
Raj Bose
winter stars . . .
a thousand tiny lights
in the bare cherry
Timothy Russel
cracked mirror
stepping into
my dream world
Garry Gay
snow falling
all the directions
of the air
Jim Kacian
a hole
in the outfield net
fly away stars
Michelle Schaefer
Suddenly
the snow makes prints—
white rabbit!
Earl R. Keener
February
flat calm
a seaplane races
its reflection
Kirsty Karkow
the sway
of leafless willows—
blade marks in the ice
Julie Warther
sudden sting
while doing my taxes
summer mosquito
Raj Bose
goodbye hugs—
all the places
where we touch
Jim Kacian
a snowman
at the construction site . . .
the hunger moon
Timothy Russel
daybreak
the deep sleep
of daffodils
Roberta Beary
evening void
before stars
come into my life
Garry Gay
spring
the last trickle
of snowman
Michelle Schaefer
March
my flat stone
skips across the pond
your love ripples
Neal Whitman
the deepening hues
of wisteria blossoms . . .
her vein-wrinkled hands
Marilyn Walker
Rough hold
fingers slipping
soft mat below
Jacob Grossbard
snow flurries
a skein of geese
gliding upriver
Timothy Russell
frogs fidget
in the cattail patch . . .
a blue heron
Kirsty Karkow
unemployed
squeak of soft spring rain
in worn shoes
Roberta Beary
Soft music
Hand on my waist
Sway
Xenya Vasquez
Mother Nature
again showing us
who is the “boss”
Setsugi Nagakura
April
summer sun
slowly dissolving
boats on horizon
Stephanie Visaya Bose
the wing beats
of a low-flying eagle. . .
our silence
Kirsty Karkow
twirling maple seeds . . .
where the current
takes them
Julie Warther
highway median—
amid wild forget-me-nots
planted ones
Jim Kacian
Northern lights
your footprints
held in old snow
Garry Gay
oak in spring
lifting the light
from a river
Michael McClintock
Saltmarsh
broken sea shells
leave with the tide
Raffael de Gruttola
a dirigible
floating by the silence
evening star
J. Zimmerman
May
tightly wrapped
around a willow branch
my fishing line
Kirsty Karkow
one hair flies loose
from her bow
violin solo
Michelle Schaefer
talk of war
on a dark coast road
fireflies
Roberta Beary
pebbled beach…
my life
of everyday moments
Julie Warther
just after the rain
missing you for a moment
ah, double rainbow!
Stephanie Visaya Bose
copper beech leaves shine
even in gathering dusk
the moon a thin curve
Neal Whitman
floating dandelion seeds
no more secrets
between us
Raj Bose
out of our lives
morning fog losing
its strength
Gary Hotham
June
autumn leaves
a yard flamingo
lying on its side
Timothy Russell
adoption day—
blue butterfly
takes flight
Roberta Beary
with her cancer
she dreams of desert roses
hot gusting winds
Neal Whitman
watching the snow
in naked amazement
window mannequin
Stephanie Visaya Bose
mountain heat—
sugar crystals glisten
on the fir tree
Michael McClintock
peony
the inside story
little by little
Michelle Schaefer
the cries of the loon
too late to save
the setting sun
Raj Bose
humid night—
the honey warm
in the honeysuckle
Jim Kacian
July
morning puddles . . .
the tips of willow branches
sipping green
Julie Warther
wave after ocean wave
my shape
the rock’s shape
Gary Hotham
Russian birches
the tracks of turkeys trotting
through deep snow
kirsty karkow
summer squall . . .
the sunken battleship
swirls in eels
Michael McClintock
a-bomb day
the dog’s teeth deep
in the bone
Roberta Beary
afternoon heat
out beyond walnut’s shade
gnats cloud
Lynne Valiquette
east-facing bay
free of sound and movement
first light
Neal Whitman
crossing the barrio—
a stray dog doesn’t come
in English
Jim Kacian
August
a hungry sentry
flies by and eyes intensely
the park bench, empty
Stephen George
queen anne’s lace
the meadow’s
white noise
Julie Warther
cold sleet —
upriver a coffin
tied to a tree
Michael McClintock
noon swelter
the unfelt breeze
of dragonfly wings
Michelle Schaefer
stormy summer night
looking up every so often
while reading Poe
Raj Bose
old sailor
the gulls cheering his
slow pace
Stephanie Visaya Bose
at the top
of the empire state
iphone sky
Roberta BEARY
regret is a boat
that drifts only backward
autumn rain
Neal Whitman
September
beneath the wax moon
a crystal layer of clouds
catches drops of light
Julie Bloss Kelsey
a wolf’s howl
evening curfew
Susan Burch
fall foliage-
the housewife decides
to wash her windows
kirsty karkow
Autumn festival
fallen leaves rise and fall
to distant drums
Stephanie Visaya Bose
close to home
last summer’s secret place
overgrown with fern
Michael McClintock
festival at lake
participants outnumber
the cherry blossoms
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Buddha garden
even the weeds
belong here
Garry Gay
it took me
ten years to come home from war
drifting kelp
Neal Whitman
October
acorn rain —
one two three
black squirrels
Roberta Beary
almost noon
a cow’s tongue
lapping the sun
Meik Blöttenberger
It is raining acorns,
on the tree tops
the innocent Blue Jay
MARIELA HERNANDEZ
my careful steps
through darkening woods . . .
scent of mushrooms
kirsty karkow
power outage –
falling asleep to the
crickets’ chirps
Susan Burch
distant tornado
waiting to etch the landscape
surrealistically
Raj Bose
autumn evening—
a man walks the roof
of his house
jim kacian
praying mantis
clings to garage door
electric opener lifts both
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
2014 Monthly Japanese Haiku Semifinalists
2014今月の日本語俳句 候補作品
1月
太田久美子
山田大介
武岡幸代
光山香怜
菱沼沙羅
芽茱萸
ジャンポール絹子
月野ぽぽな
ヴァ―ガ琴音
高安キワ
Holden D’Avico
今井博恵
2月
武岡幸代
太田昭二
木村茂雄
長倉節子
ゼコスカスアレクサンドラ
久保綾子
大爺美和子
山田大介
Ellen Gayer
芽茱萸
ガラニス寿子
月野ぽぽな
3月
ルイス野口友美
太田久美子
Ellen Geyer
井戸辺光義
Iwase Enzo
南谷 朝陽
ヒラドキー 幸太
山田大介
草地邦之
高安キワ
佐久間量子
澪つくし
4月
ゆき 長谷川
Ellen Geyer
久美子 太田
量子 佐久間
桂子 荒川
オースティン カイラ 佐藤
幸代 武岡
絹子 ジャンボール
寿子 ガラニス
麻衣 関
ひとき 田
綾子 久保
5月
Ellen Geyer
市川 泰子
ジャンボール 絹子
山田 大介
武藤 芳治
澪 つくし
馬頭 風雅
草地 邦之
永須 健太
大爺 美和子
ナバロ リリー
長倉 節子
6月
ティーサ 魁
ガラニス 寿子
真野 竜次
本葉 恵実梨
斉藤 照枝
田 ひとき
太田 昭二
高安 キワ
角谷 妙子
宇都宮 万奈
十川 暖奈
佐久間 量子
7月
Ellen Geyer
Mitsuyoshi Idobe
まひろ 大塚
妙子 角谷
桂子 荒川
ピウィンスキー トモコ コクボ
照枝 斉藤
キワ 高安
美和子 大爺
葉生 高橋
徹 左織
味和 玉真
8月
Sam Endo
夏輝 村井
川原優佳
ムーア理津子
武藤芳治
宇都宮万奈
勝間爽
荒川桂子
金子裕也
草地邦之
萩原敏子
斉藤照枝
9月
Mitsuyoshi Idobe
立切 志温
太田 昭二
齋藤 結月
長倉 節子
大爺 美和子
小布施 有祐
高安 キワ
真壁 弘子
片山 雄翔
三上 すみれ
佐久間 量子
10月
Chie Fader
阿部 由美子
ジャンボール 絹子
大爺 美和子
萩原 敏子
さかがみ けいこ
松下 俊文
佐久間 量子
ブッカー デブン
高橋 若菜
中村 幸誠
齋田 拓実