Third Haiku Book

Under Fallen Leaves,
The butterfly

Rita Odeh
2015



(I appreciate it if you tell me which poem is your favourite.
I will be adding all this year's haiku harvest to this corner.)
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-27-
first sunrise-
a spider, too
reading the silence

First place, January2016, Shiki Kigo Kukai


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-26-
squatting
on his own shadow...
the mountain

Mainichi Japan,11 September 2014


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-25-
unfolding bud-
i and you entwined
in a whisper

sieze the poem, FB closed group,10 .12.15


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setting sun-
the field silenced
crow by crow

Honorable Mention in the first annual Haiku Contest of the Embassy of Japan in the US, Dec.2015


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-23-
first thunder-
a leaf falls on another
leaf`s shadow
Second Place, Mongolian Haiku Khaki, Dec. 2015


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-22
lake lily-
landing on its shadow,
a honeybee

Honorable Mention, the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, 2015


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-21-
Jerusalem breeze-
a sparrow passing through
the checkpoints

Distinguished Work, 7th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest, July 2015


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-20-
a feather
in an empty cage...
the Promised Land

A Hundred Gourds, September 2014


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-19-
summer clouds-
a fisher man casts his line
into memories

4th place, Indian Kukai #6, July 2014


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-18-
how many times
flew on your wings, eagle...
oh, this emptiness!
The 122th. WHA Haiga Contest （07/2014)


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-17-
squatting
on his own shadow...
the mountain

Mainichi Japan, September 20 2014


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-16-
inhaling
the mountain’s silence…
a lone tree

The Bamboo Hut, May 2014


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-15-
empty hut-
in and out of the shadows
this black bird

1st place, Shiki Kukai, June 2014


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-14-
braiding
silence into a dream…
the full moon

HSA Anthology, 2014


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-13-
crickets' cries
piercing this darkness...
demolished houses

Shiki Monthly Kukai, September 2014


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-12-
barren branches-
in a scarecrow's shadow,
a crow
sieze the poem, FB closed group, 25.12.15


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-11-
autumn wind-
a leaf curls around
its shadow

Frogpond 37:3, the autumn issue, 2014


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-10-
moonless night-
the fisherman's net
catches the wind

3rd place, Shiki Kukai, October 2014


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-9-
cancer survivor-
the path ahead taken by
a bird's song

seize the poem,fb,16 December 2014


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-8-
moonlit river-
a giraffe sipping
the stars

1st place, European Quarterly Kukai #7, Autumn 2014 Edition


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Jerusalem clouds-
the flags sold by children
sink in darkness

Second prize, The 18th Mainichi Haiku Contest, 2014


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-6-
only the
kite's string remains...
autumn breeze

First Prize, The International Matsue Basho Award, 2nd Edition, 2014


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anniversary-
under fallen leaves,
the butterfly

Third Place, The 12th Annual UKIA Haiku Festival, April 2015
(Jane Reichhold's International Prize)


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-4-
in my shadow-
an ant dragging
another ant

Indian Kukai #10, 2015


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-3-
on a rock
two almond petals...
hugging

European Kukai #9, Spring 2015 Edition


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-2-
a bald eagle
spreads his wings over her...
setting sun

Sharpening the Green Pencil, March 2015


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winday day-
the dance of a bee
deep in a bud

First Prize, Caribbean Kigo Kukai,April 2015
WHA March Haiga Contest



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