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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first sunrise-
a spider, too
reading the silence
First place, January2016, Shiki Kigo Kukai
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squatting
on his own shadow...
the mountain
Mainichi Japan,11 September 2014
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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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first thunder-
a leaf falls on another
leaf`s shadow
Second Place, Mongolian Haiku Khaki, Dec. 2015
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lake lily-
landing on its shadow,
a honeybee
Honorable Mention, the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest, 2015
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Jerusalem breeze-
a sparrow passing through
the checkpoints
Distinguished Work, 7th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest, July 2015
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a feather
in an empty cage...
the Promised Land
A Hundred Gourds, September 2014
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summer clouds-
a fisher man casts his line
into memories
4th place, Indian Kukai #6, July 2014
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how many times
flew on your wings, eagle...
oh, this emptiness!
The 122th. WHA Haiga Contest （07/2014)
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squatting
on his own shadow...
the mountain
Mainichi Japan, September 20 2014
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inhaling
the mountain’s silence…
a lone tree
The Bamboo Hut, May 2014
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empty hut-
in and out of the shadows
this black bird
1st place, Shiki Kukai, June 2014
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braiding
silence into a dream…
the full moon
HSA Anthology, 2014
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crickets' cries
piercing this darkness...
demolished houses
Shiki Monthly Kukai, September 2014
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barren branches-
in a scarecrow's shadow,
a crow
sieze the poem, FB closed group, 25.12.15
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autumn wind-
a leaf curls around
its shadow
Frogpond 37:3, the autumn issue, 2014
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moonless night-
the fisherman's net
catches the wind
3rd place, Shiki Kukai, October 2014
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cancer survivor-
the path ahead taken by
a bird's song
seize the poem,fb,16 December 2014
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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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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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in my shadow-
an ant dragging
another ant
Indian Kukai #10, 2015
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on a rock
two almond petals...
hugging
European Kukai #9, Spring 2015 Edition
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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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