The winner of the 8th European Quarterly Kukai Winter Edition 2014 is Cynthia Rowe, New South Wales, for this haiku:
neap tide
the old fisherman harvests
moon crystals
170 Poets from 40 countries participated in this kukai.
A complete posting of results may be viewed through accessing the following link:
http://europeankukai.blogspot.com/2014/12/results-of-european-quarterly-kukai-8_18.html
Results of 2014 World Haiku Competition include Australian Poets Carole Harrison and Cynthia Rowe, awarded First Place and Honourable Mention respectively.
1st Place Grand Prize Winner!
cicada dusk . . .
pine needles threading me
the moon
by Carole Harrison (Australia)
Following are the 2014 Annual Moon Viewing Haiku Contest 3 prize winning and 10 honorable mention haiku, which include haiku by Australian poet Cynthia Rowe.
First Prize:
full moon
the baby turns
under her hand
Vera Constantineau, Canada
Congratulations to Lorin Ford for taking out First Place, with the following haiku:
a last year’s lambskin where mushrooms gather dusk
– Lorin Ford (Australia)
Congratulations to the winners of the City of Perth Library Haiku competition!
1st Prize Jan Dobb, Mawson ACT
one lone cloud
a curl of duck –down
sails the lake
Hearty congratulations to Helen Davison for having achieved the highest distinction in her category – Best International Haiku in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – 2014 Haiku Invitational, with her haiku
bridge crossing . . .
the full moon sprinkled with
cherry blossoms
Continue reading “Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – 2014 Haiku Invitational”
Clancy McDowell, Broome –
under a bright moon
salmon flipping
in the tin boat hull
Over the summer holidays I read two informative, inspirational and professional books on haiku that featured the work of a wide range of influential poets from Britain, America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Haiku in English – The First Hundred Years, edited by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland, and Allan Burns with an Introduction by Billy Collins. First edition printed in the USA, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 andWhere the River Goes – The Nature Tradition in English-Language Haiku
edited by Allan Burns. First edition published by Snapshot Press, Orchard House, High Lane, Ormskirk L40 7sl in great Britain in 2013.
Australian Haiku Society 