Carmen Sterba

forgotten words –

we brush eraser bits 

off the table

“No Longer Strangers” Haiku Northwest 25th Anniversary Anthology 2014

space needle


the news helicopter’s 

sun flash

The Haiku Foundation, Per Diem, May 2012

sunlit ground fog


my ribcage rises and falls

Whirligig, April 2011

spring wind


a cosplay girl 

adjusts her wings

Whirligig, April 2011

Perseid shower – 

tiny green apples 

dot the lawn

The Heron’s Next, XIII:1 2011

lapping shore water – 

the things we take


for granted

Haiku Museum of Literature Award, Frogpond 33:1 2010

meteor shower 

we stay


for the credits

haijinx, Vol. III:1 2010

foam flowers


the pull of sand under 

my inner child

The Heron’s Nest, IX:4 2007

rearview mirror


dark clouds gathering 

into a twister

The Heron’s Nest, VII:6 2005

one mallard


drifts on the satin lake 

my mind smooths out

The Heron’s Nest VI:3 2004

the Quakers’ silence


spills out a wide-open door 

– autumn woods

Modern Haiku 35:1 2004

single living


I allow the teakettle 

a full whistle

A New Resonance 4: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, 2005, Red Moon Anthology, 2005,
Honorable Mention, 2004 Valentine Awards, The Heron’s Nest III:3

Passover Week


a mother’s gaze lingers 

on her first born son

Haiku Harvest, winter 2003, sunlit jar, 2002

dappled shade


the three-legged cat swipes

at the lizard’s tail

Year 2002 Anthology, Nevada Country Poetry Series, CA sunlit jar, 2002, Presence #14

sunlit jar


the beekeeper’s gift 

on the doorstep

sunlit jar, 2002, The Heron’s Nest III:6 2001