Australian haiku poet, John Bird, is a joint-winner of the British Haiku Society James W Hackett award for the following haiku.

winter festival
a village stray settles
at the busker's feet

James W Hackett comments: "A picturesque, unique scene, well suggested. The stray lying down at the feet of the entertainer is a poignant, ‘Wordsworthian’ moment."

HaikuOz congratulates John on this fine achievement.