Helen Buckingham
remembrance...
two seagulls arc together
wheel apart
The BHS / James W. Hackett Award, Runner-up, 2003
back outside
the gallery...
an endless sky
Haiku International Association Contest, Honourable Mention, 2003
steam-filled market...
mistletoe tethered
to a meat-hook
The National League of American Pen Women Haiku Contest, Finalist, 2005
summer's end--
the receptionist's
butterfly nail
Paper Wasp Jack Stamm Award, Finalist, 2005
throbbing basement sunflowers nod
Paper Wasp Jack Stamm Award, Finalist, 2006
Mother's Day morning...
blossom fresh from the garden
mirrored in her spoon
The Mainichi Haiku Contest, 2nd Place, 2006
linden shadows
watching people watching
the blind man
Suruga-Baika Literary Festival Award, Winner, 2007
ferry home
the painted bucket
loses its glow
The Mainichi Haiku Contest, Runner-up, 2008
beating the rain...
Dad lingers
to smell the pinks
The BHS / James W. Hackett Award, Runner-up, 2008
falling blossom
parents hover
by the school gates
Ito En Haiku Grand Prix, Honourable Mention, 2008
harvest moon sweeping up the last of the grain
Kusamakura Haiku Competition, Third Place, 2008
rainbow's end--
the crabbing child
empties her pot
Haiku Dreaming Australia Awards, 2nd Place, 2009
ocean breeze...
abalone shells tremble
beneath the bedroom nets
Haiku Dreaming Australia Awards, Runner-up, 2009
a chestnut moon...
the eldest resident
lights up
Seinen-jo Maple Moon Award, Commended, 2012
an owl hoots
...the night plays dead
Kusamakura Haiku Competition, Third Place, 2012