Results of Kokako Haiku Competition
Congratulations to Sandra Simpson from Tauranga, New Zealand, on winning first and third prize in the Kokako Haiku Competition. Well done, also to Janette Hoppe and Jan Dobb for their Highly Commended entries.
1st Prize
pulling down the blinds
at 11 am
your lips on my eyelids
Sandra Simpson (NZ)
2nd Prize
sepia sedges
along the river bank
glint of a rod
Claire Knight (UK)
3rd Prize
our parting words the gorse in full flower
Sandra Simpson (NZ)
Highly Commended
homeless shelter
their worn out
welcome mat
Ernest J. Berry (NZ)
my wine glass
empty
this flightless evening
Janette Hoppe (AUS)
blue
the sky falls to pieces
in a gumtree
Jan Dobb (AUS)
Commended
footbridge
the medium says
she’s happy
Roland Packer (CAN)
fresh sawdust
in the butcher’s shop –
my sister kicks it
Sandra Simpson (NZ)
weekend children
picking onion flowers
for their step-mom
Andre Surridge (NZ)
Special Mention
‘stretch limo . . . “ E. J. Berry (NZ)
‘low tide” Cynthia Rowe (AUS)
‘train journey – ‘ Beverley George (AUS)
‘still no one’. Beverley George (AUS)
‘flecks of mud’. Rodney Williams (AUS)