Gregory Longenecker
Born 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA
Living in Pasadena, California USA
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in the eyes
of a snowy owl
northern lights
First Prize, Fourth Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest 2023 – English-Language Section
strawberry season
acres and acres
of bent backs
Touchstone Award 2019
The Heron’s Nest, XXI, #1, March, 2019
lingering
in the tidepool
a child’s gaze
First Prize, Haiku, 2019 San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu & Tanka Competition
the hoot of an owl
the way Mother put up with
my bedtime questions
First Prize, Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2020, Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
prayer book
all the funeral cards
but hers
moving day
we take apart the bed
our parents dreamed on
First Prize, H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest, 2017
crocus
after such a long time
saying yes
Honorable Mention - San Francisco International Haiku, 2012
the dead of night
my father wanders
through my dreams
Frogpond - 37.2, 2014
morning
the slow silence
of a snail
Reader's Choice of the Year - Shamrock Haiku Journal - #27, 2014
scout camp
with new flashlights
we signal aliens
Acorn - #2, 2015
an owl questions God twilight
Bones - #3, 2013
summer twilight . . .
girls braid and unbraid
each other’s hair
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Members’ Anthology 2012
busy
with their own lives
summer clouds
Acorn - #31, 2013
too soon to call it love new ice
Photo Co-Winner - tiny words, 13.1, 2013
winter rain . . .
the hole in the garden
where the old oak stood
Modern Haiku - 44.3, 2013
under the table
my knee touches my grandson’s
the lengthening days
Second Prize, The 2012 Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi Haiku Contest
sitting zazen
the janitor closes doors
one by one
Frogpond - 36:2, 2013
Gettysburg
the hushed silence
of fallen snow
World Haiku Review - December, 2012
wild strawberries
I remember
our tangled legs
bottle rockets - #28, 2013
searching for a sign post year’s end
Mariposa - #28, 2013
pathology slide
the delicate pink
of cancer cells
Frogpond - 28:2, 2005