Tributes to William J Higginson
If you would care to add your tribute please send one haiku per poet to Graham Nunn [email protected] by October 27, 2008.
Please be prepared to wait a few days for collation and posting. The poems you contribute will then be sent on to Bill Higginson's family. With regard to sharing your poem with other sites which are paying tribute to Bill, we believe tributes stand outside normal submission rules but poets should acknowledge prior postings.
cliff top –
the tallest pine tree
bends to wind
Janice M. Bostok (Australia)
out of darkness
a flash of lightning
into darkness
Kirsty Karkow (USA)
opening his book . . .
the world he offered
tumbles out
Beverley George (Australia)
Haiku World
from East to West
a bow to his spirit
Maria Steyn (South Africa)
billowing light . . .
the dried ink-stone
filled with stars
Ron Moss (Australia)
farewell
I pass as all things do
dew on the grass
mame de iyo
mi wa narawashi no
kusa no tsuyu
Banzan (Japan)
this poem by Banzan who died in 1730 was contributed by Dawn Bruce (Australia)
still hearing
his voice
in his poems
Dorothy McLaughlin (USA)
comet…
fades into the night
trailing brilliance
Cynthia Rowe (Australia)
night of stars -
a passing breeze
caresses my hair
Angelee Deodhar (India)
flying into fog—
the white swan’s sound
left behind
Carole MacRury (USA)
haiku friend
a lifetime celebration
of the moment
Jean Rasey (Australia)
When I showed him my small book “Cosmos”, Bill san asked me “ Do you know the two meanings of cosmos ? I grew up in a house near a cosmos field”.
So I have chosen the season word cosmos to honour this calm, kind ,man.
news of his passing –
cosmos droops
in morning rain
Minako Noma (Japan)
morning coolness
on the autumn grass
a dragonfly's wing
Origa (USA)
dust on the taro leaves
scent of rain
Sharon Dean