Tea House Haiku Journal

07/06/09: My piece received 4th place - honorable mention!

My entry for *moyanII's visual poetry contest where she has asked for submissions of haijins' journals, notes - something to show their handwritten haiku work.

You see one of my working poetry journals which is open to some of the haiku that I wrote for the spring haikuthon in March 2008 [link] .

The setting - a cafe within an establishment where many a writer, including myself, takes refuge to collect their thoughts & inspirations while having a cup of coffee or tea. This is my favorite table when I come here.

The haiku that are seen on the open pages of the journal:

snow melts-
bones of winter
grin from the grass

scalloped leaves-
a caterpillar's
overbite

dream catchers
at dawn's first light-
cocoon remnants

morning dew-
ladybug
reflections

sun bonnets in vogue-
a bee attends
high tea

curbside run-off
graceful silhouette
the flight of a crane

wasp nest
in my mailbox-
unpaid bills

daybreak-
empty and unbroken
a lone snail shell

bathroom window
moonlight
voyeur

freshly washed hair
drying in the spring air-
I think of him