Alvin 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
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
small talk
the empty vase
between us
the self
I never knew
half moon
enso
the ever-widening circles
of raindrops