Sylvia Forges-Ryan
Born 1937 in New York City, New York, USA
Living in North Haven, Connecticut, USA
Sylvia Forges-Ryan
Breaking off an icicle
the taste of metal
and my childhood
Inside the Mirror: The Red Moon Anthology
Among these lilies
in Monet’s pond
Basho’s water sound
Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace
Moon
in the tide
with Mother’s ashes
Mainichi Times, First Prize
Rereading the Iliad
another corpse dragged
through Fallujah
Grande Prix, 39th A-Bomb Contest, Kyoto
Scattering his ashes
the moon
in bits and pieces
Harold G. Henderson Award, First Prize
A soldier’s headstone
between one date and another
so short a line
Ukiah Festival, First Prize
So much in love
she hardly needs
to see him
R. H. Blyth Senryu Award, First Prize
Deep into winter
writing poems I can share
with no one
Key West Robert Frost Haiku First Prize
Long ago
I would have picked
these violets
Haiku World