Memorial Page for Janice M. Bostok
This news really shakes me up. I am so sad to hear this. For me, Janice occupied
a very special place. --Michael McClintock
She was a fine poet who gave much to the haiku community in Australia--and around the world. The haiku community will miss her. Rest in peace, Jan. –Penny Harter
Her poems were threaded with empathy, a sense of discovery, insight and joy. She was an enriching spirit, and we shall greatly miss her. –Katherine Gallagher
The haiku community has lost one of its own. – Norma Watts, Cloudcatchers
She leaves us with a wealth of poetry. Thank you, Janice. - Carole MacRury
Janice gave me a great teaching and belief in myself. – Richard Rowland
What a legacy she has left us. – Jo Tregellis
She will be sorely missed. – Leigh Rees
spring morning ...
the wonga pigeon
limp in my hands
Nathalie Buckland
spring morning
a case moth has burst
from the silk
Jo McInerney
illuminating the dark clouds tonight’s moon
Sandra Simpson
wakened by the breeze
a thousand paper cranes
follow their leader
Greg Piko
power failure
through the blackness
a waft of pot pourri
Karen Peterson Butterworth
late summer night-
another lamp extinguished
another voice stilled
Adelaide B. Shaw
in the shadow's coolness the Never-Never
Martin Cohen
twinkling stars -
another poet passes
to haiku harmony
Carmel Lively Westerman, USA
Springs and friends -
less here more beyond
to wait for me
Eduard Tara, Romania
Janice, Janice
my sorrowing heart in need
of plum blossom
Alan Summers
through winter dry grass
the endless faint rustling
of all your words
Margaret L Grace
engraved on pathway rock
her haiku keeps me there
long after leaving
Nuri Rosegg, Norway
eventide--
the lighthouse beacon
pierces the fog
Carole MacRury, USA
in the haiku garden
another leaf fell
its imprints scattered
and left for those
who pass this way
Victor P. Gendrano
the bare windows of my unit seem colder this morning
Pauline Cumming
the river
dark enough now
to show the moon
Matt Hetherington
hazy moon --
a fluttering moth
finds the light
rob scott
soft footsteps:
cricket song
silence
Robert Henry Poulin
a release
of fluttering moths
evening star
Quendryth Young
A selection of Janice’s poetry can be read on http://members.dodo.com.au/janbos/