Eight Recently Published Haiku

Photo by Dan Curtis

 

a call to prayer
by the sea
the scent of wild roses

tinywords 17.2

 

family picnic
a thundershower
clears the air

Haiku Society of America
2017 Members’ Anthology

 

sea glass —
bit by bit
becoming blind

Frogpond, 40:3, Autumn 2017

 

I go on
about my ailments
organ recital

Modern Haiku 48:3

 

dead sea lion
held by the sand —
by the full moon

deep breath: a book of haiku evolutions
edited by Terry Ann Carter
leaf press, 2017

 

final blessing
cherry petals fall
on silent mourners

Sakura Award
2017 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

 

a sepia photo
of laughing boys —
Remembrance Day

 

sunny side up
getting ready for
my hospice shift

Haiku Canada, February 2018

 

 

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Recently published haiku

Photo by Dan Curtis

 

an old love
umbrellas
lightly touching

Frogpond, 40:2, Summer 2017

Recently published haiku

Dan Curtis

 

the dream
my father still clings to
backyard sailboat

The Heron’s Nest, Winter, 2016

dementia ward
she sits on the far side
of the moon

moongarlic E-zine, Issue: 8

the     just before orgasm

Bones,  journal for contemporary haiku, Issue 12, March 15th, 2017

 

A Haiku Honour

 

I’m thrilled that my haiku “shortest day” was selected for inclusion in Dust Devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016.

The Red Moon Anthology “…assembles each year the finest haiku and related forms published around the world in English.”  The poems are voted in by a panel of 11 editors from a selection of more than 3,000 haiku and related works. It’s an honour to be included in this anthology.

 

My haiku was first published in Modern Haiku, Winter-Spring 2016.

shortest day
my toothpaste
promises brightness

 

Three New Haiku Published

Dan Curtis

 

daddy-longlegs
the thinning of
my bones

Modern Haiku, Issue 48:1

morning star
the first call
of the robin

Cattails, September 2016

curled up
with a scratchy LP
Valentine’s Day

Haiku Society of America,  2016 Member’s Anthology

Newly published haiku

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moongarlic E-zine: Issue 7: November, 2016

moongarlic is an E-zine for short verse, art, word sculptures, photographs, propaganda, for the unwanted, the crazy, the lonely, the good, the bad, the psycho-tropically challenged, the loaded, the clean, the dirty, the hair washers, the head shavers, the fakers, the shakers, the laminated takers . . .

Three new haiku published

Photo by Dan Curtis

I’m delighted that the October 2016 issue of the Haiku Canada Review has just published three of my haiku.

his acquittal

she shoves another carrot

into the juicer

Award Winning Haiku

 

photo credit: chibitomu Cherry Pink via photopin (license)

 

I was pleased that two of my haiku submitted to the The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2016 Haiku Invitational were selected for a British Columbia Award. A total of 696 poets participated in six categories, submitting a total of 1,384 haiku.

 

cherry petals
a bit of cheer
for the busker’s cup

~ Sakura Award

 

an improv
of falling petals
cherry blossom jazz

~ Honourable Mention

Newly published haiku

Dan Curtis

 

all saints’ day
the shoe repairman
mends my sole

~ Prune Juice , July 2016

zendo
a spider scurries
into stillness

~ bottle rockets, issue #35

Newly published haiku

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spring equinox
opening my door
to the first fly

~Modern Haiku, Summer 2016

 

fog
the trees
become a whisper

~ A Hundred Gourds, June 2016

 

drought
the first rain
sinks into me

~ Haiku Canada, 2016 Members Anthology

 

jazz
on the radio
stormy weather

~ Cattails, May 2016