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Alvin B. CruzAlvin B. Cruz

Year and Country of BIrth :   1968, Philippines
Instagram : @thehaikupoet
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Alvin B. Cruz teaches English at a university in Manila. His haiku have won awards in different international haiku competitions and were nominated for the Touchstone Awards, Best of the Net, and The Red Moon Anthology. He is the author of  Sunsets Are Sonnets and Other Poems, Written on Water, and Paper Cranes. 


 

finding where I belong
the empty space
in the jigsaw puzzle

Honorable Mention, The Robert Spiess Memorial 2023 Haiku Awards

rainbow flag
there is no color
for who I am

2nd Place, The Haiku Society of America Senryu Awards 2021

what could have been peace lily

Haiku in Action, Oct. 27, 2023

memories…
the depth of footprints
in the sand

The Mainichi, July 25, 2024 Haiku in English

coastal clean-up
the message in
an empty bottle

3rd Place, The Haiku Society of America Senryu Awards 2023

this long journey
to healing…
cactus blossoms

Runner-Up, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Haiku Moment Award 2024

soft rain the commas in our silence

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2024

her dead child’s birthday
she lets go
of a balloon

Tsuri-doro, Issue #22, July/August 2024 Issue #22

words we said too late lilacs

Cold Moon Journal, June 12, 2024

insomnia
yesterday’s rain
still falling

Cold Moon Journal, June 12, 2024

rain after a long drought mother’s remission

Cold Moon Journal, June 12, 2024

my kite
without the strings
lost childhood

Honorable Mention, Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2021

flower moon
you and I in love
with her

Presence, Issue 77, November 2023

meadow pipit
father chooses
his funeral song

Frogpond, 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024

her first paper crane
a child’s wish for
the war to end

2nd Place, 27th Kusamakura International Haiku Competition

wherever
it takes me…
paper boat

Modern Haiku, 54:3, Autumn 2023

forgetting my regrets forsythia

Hedgerow, Issue 140, 2022

side view mirror
you and I closer
than we appear

Frogpond, 44:3, Autumn 2021

blood moon
siblings divide
the hospital bill

Prune Juice, Issue 39, May 2023

forever you and I

Prune Juice, Issue 39, May 2023

spider lilies
the road not taken
no longer there

Modern Haiku, 53.1, Winter/ Spring 2022

sudden rain
the beggar’s
cupped hands

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/ Winter 2023

small talk
the empty vase
between us

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/ Winter 2023

the self
I never knew
half moon

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/ Winter 2023

enso
the ever-widening circles
of raindrops

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/ Winter 2023

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