open suitcase ~
she reads the oncology report
backwards 
 - Heather Madrone, USA  2000-09-1 




In the great sky of dawn,
conjunction Moon-Venus
and a flock of lapwings. 
 - Laurence Lamiable, France  2000-10-1 




long after
the witching hour
a candle flutters 
 - Angelika Kolompar Renville, Canada  2000-09-2 




This dark night;
Only white spots move
On the calico cat. 
 -  Iris (ruthowner), USA  2000-11-2 




cold attic -
faded cigar box
filled with seashells 
 - Tim Happel, USA  2000-01-2 




through closed eyelids
lightning strikes
my dream 
 - David Gerard, USA  2000-08-1 




graded papers
suddenly the rosebush
blooming 
 - Marlene Egger, USA  2000-05-2 




a day without haiku
listen ...
the silence 
 - Denise Dudon, France  2000-06-2 




coffee, toast
and on the tray
a yellow rose 
 - Magda Dhainaut, France  2000-05-2 




her small fingers
tightly grip the pencil
--writing her new name 
 - Michael Cross, USA  2000-04-1 




white clouds
glide safely
over mine fields 
 - Barbara Campitelli, USA  2000-04-1 




after loving-making
scent of wild clover
through the window 
 - Marjorie A. Buettner, USA  2000-08-2 




for a moment
the gull in the air
is very white 
 - Izak Bouwer, Canada  2000-05-1 




a pen in a hand
she's counting the empty bottles
I'm counting her assets 
 - Bill Bilquin, Belgique  2000-08-1 




morning fog
dissolving cypress -
sfumato 
 - Debra Bender Woolard, USA  2000-02-1 




through lace ~
the tracery of frost
on glass 
 - Hortensia Anderson, USA  2000-03-2 




beggar's steps
at the bakery
slower and slower 
 - Alenka Zorman, Slovenia  2001-05-1 




moss growing
on the manhole cover --
winter rain 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2001-01-2 




soft rain
fishing line parts
a cloud of gnats 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2001-08-1 




almost dusk - 
the zigzag flight
of linked dragonflies 
 - John Wisdom, USA  2001-05-2 




the wind all night
rips limbs from the trees-
a long wait for dawn 
 - Billie Wilson, USA  2001-09-1 




empty bleachers
a late night fog
takes the field 
 - Cindy Tebo, USA  2001-10-1 




carousel rider
the pole still warm
from her touch 
 - Cindy Tebo, USA  2001-04-1 




the mulberry--
one brief smell of cut wood
in two hours work 
 - Don Socha, USA  2001-04-1 




thrill of her flute -
twenty three years
of our lips touching 
 - Kevin Ryan, England  2001-05-1 




exhibition -
seated near a painting
a woman motionless 
 - Pascal Quero, France  2001-12-2 




Marmalade
on the birthday card -
signed Baby 
 - Marcel Peltier, Belgique  2001-09-1 




purple irises
stand still
rain or shine 
 -  Naia, USA  2001-06-1 




blowing bubbles
my breath floats away
in different sizes 
 - Emile Molhuysen, the Netherlands  2001-08-2 




my daughter's graduation
tightening the knot
on my necktie 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2001-06-1 




first day of vacation --
shooting star
on a moonless night 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2001-08-2 




sunny spring day
walking through a cloud
of perfume 
 - Paul David Mena, USA  2001-04-2 




dry stream bed
clouds drift
above the train 
 - Johannes Manjrekar, India  2001-11-1 




Gandhi's birthday
constantly relighting candles
during the peace March 
 - Johannes Manjrekar, India  2001-10-1 




(Winter soltice --
tangerine oil
in the water of my bath) 
 - Angèle Lux, Canada  2001-12-2 




winter night
hot buttered rum
fog on glasses 
 - Angelika Kolompar Renville, Canada  2001-01-2 




restless night
the morning starts
without me 
 - Carolyn Hall, USA  2001-06-1 




guitar and harmonica
in my car bob dylan also
is still 20 
 - André Duhaime, Canada  2001-08-2 




her famous blue haiku
about her divorce
and his cactus 
 - André Duhaime, Canada  2001-10-1 




strong wind
back and forth on lake ice
streetlight reflections 
 - Edward Dallas, USA  2001-12-1 




sunny day
a wasp tastes
everyone's beer 
 - Rosa Clement, Brazil  2001-10-1 




light rain
on sweet, sweet clover
late summer's dusk 
 - Marjorie A. Buettner, USA  2001-09-2 




the gap
between the mountains
filled with fog 
 - Peter Brady, Canada  2001-09-1 




blue night
violets
invisible 
 - Bill Bilquin, Belgique  2001-05-1 




passing --
between the shadow of the maple
and the moon 
 - Micheline Beaudry, Canada  2001-12-2 




subzero --
a moth flies towards
the moonlit door 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2005-02-2 




eyeing
the apple
at buddha's feet 
 - Robert Wilson, the Philippines  2005-04-2 




Coltrane
two floors up...floats
out a window 
 - Anthony Taber, USA  2005-04-2 




to the headstone
old footsteps frozen
in old snow 
 - Bruce Ross, USA  2005-02-1 




under floating clouds
the cherry blossom snow --
in the same direction 
 - Tomislav Maretic, Croatia  2005-04-2 




hailstorm <>
under the groaning roof
I hold my breath 
 - Gabi Greve, Japan  2005-03-2 




homeless shelter
an unkempt man peels
a dyed egg 
 - John J. Dunphy, USA  2005-03-2 




seed catalogues
in the mail daily--
morning snow fluries 
 - John Daleiden, USA  2005-03-1 




campfire coffee. . .
condor wings glean
the first rays of sun 
 - Darrell Byrd, USA  2005-02-2 




shaving--
I share the mirror
with a spider 
 - David Bacharach, USA  2005-04-2 




garden wedding --
under the cherry blossoms
the bride's blush deepens 
 - Hortensia Anderson, USA  2005-04-1 




Japanese New Year
how small the new moon
in its halo 
 - Bruce Ross, USA  2005-01-2 




the mailbox
captive in snowdrift
a letter from war 
 - Olga Hooper, USA  2005-01-1 




dusk--
songbirds' voices
disappear too 
 -  ash of moth, USA  2005-01-1 




summer dust --
a caterpillar under
the whale bone arch 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2002-06-2 




the empty bench --
spilled coffee
turned to ice 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2002-11-1 




my body
aching and feverish
after nightfall --
the autumn wind rises
moaning louder 
 - Jane E. Wilson, USA  2002-11-2 




driving home
full moon
dancing in puddles 
 - Hazel Witherspoon, USA  2002-06-2 




broken bus shelter
the top model escapes
glass splinters 
 - Robert Van Muylder, Belgique  2002-02-1 





Autumn leaves
behind the library 
 - Robert Van Muylder, Belgique  2002-01-2 




April thunderstorm
at the feet of the statues of queens of France
flowers of chestnut trees 
 - Lucia Supova, Luxembourg  2002-04-2 




Day of the Oscars-
in the Spring sun
I plant onions... 
 - Lewis Sanders, USA  2002-03-2 




rising sun,
breeze and some white points,
near the cherry trees 
 - Pascal Quero, France  2002-01-2 




New-York September
the one-way sign points towards
the billowing cloud 
 - Daniel Py, France  2002-02-1 




stroke of  . . .
his snoring punctuated
by fireworks 
 -  Naia, USA  2002-01-1 




his old hands
working the soil -
smell of brewed tea 
 - Ron Moss, Australia  2002-07-1 




faded asters
the cortege pauses at her gate
moves on 
 - Allen McGill, Mexico  2002-11-1 




small talk
sixteen ants on the wall...
seventeen... 
 - Johannes Manjrekar, India  2002-07-1 




rice-green pond
dark herons stand
in an arc 
 - Johannes Manjrekar, India  2002-04-2 




In this desert
a memory of blue sea --
shells in the sand 
 - Angelika Kolompar Renville, Canada  2002-02-2 




Red as the poppy
maple leaves fall
on the memorial 
 - Angelika Kolompar Renville, Canada  2002-11-1 




long centipede
on the ceiling- long talks
of what to do 
 - Philip Harding, Japan  2002-08-2 




Sky dewed with stars
cool air listening in news
a man was hanged. 
 - Moussia Fantoli, Italy  2002-10-1 




dawn chorus begins
I reach for
the snooze button 
 - Bettina Davis, USA  2002-05-2 




needle exchange
sharing a breakfast drink
in Museum Square 
 - Paul Conneally, England  2002-05-2 




road closed
moose tracks continue on
local traffic only 
 - Edward Dallas, USA  2002-06-2 




back to school --
still a bit of high tide
near sand dunes 
 - Bill Bilquin, Belgique  2002-08-2 




waiting the morning
the sun at the tip of the branches
of the maple tree 
 - Micheline Beaudry, Canada  2002-08-1 




autumn sun
my shadow over
tombstones 
 - Odd G. Aksnes, Norway  2002-10-2 




white roads
leading nowhere ><
Happy New Year ? 
 - Gabi Greve, Japan  2004-12-2 




obituary
a child's face
smiles from the page 
 - Michael Rehling, USA  2003-01-2 




crescent moon --
I follow the trail of
a dragged Christmas tree 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2003-01-1 




first snow
the asylum seeker
thoughts on the land 
 -  sprite, England  2003-01-1 




minus forty-six
steam from the coffee
warms my nose 
 - Angèle Lux, Canada  2003-02-2 




Falling leaves
I already miss you
This winter 
 - Cat Ghost, USA  2003-02-1 




morning mist--
a canada goose
asleep on the dock 
 - Timothy Russel, USA  2003-06-2 




Chataignier en fleur.
Chandelier qui brille
sur la table. 
 - Rositsa Yakimova, Bulgaria  2003-06-1 




sunset --
the day's heat
still in the car 
 - Cindy Zackowitz, USA  2003-07-2 




summer wind
the blue jay's reflection
in the birdbath 
 - Mary King, USA  2003-07-1 




pleasantly drunk
in the orchard
a flock of waxwings 
 - Gene Murtha, USA  2003-08-2 




children dancing
circles in the rain-
autumn leaves 
 - Robert Mestre, USA  2003-08-2 




sudden rain
cows crowd the entrance
to the hotel 
 - Johannes Manjrekar, India  2003-08-1 




warmed-over coffee--
the gray gray sound
of winter rain 
 - Billie Wilson, USA  2003-08-1 




splatting drops . . .
  moments ago they held
      a rainbow 
 -  Naia, USA  2003-08-1 




rain
another leaf
down 
 - Odd G. Aksnes, Norway  2003-09-2 


