spring garden –
from here to the moon
the scent of flowers

Golden Triangle Haiku Contest – Awarded haiku (February 2017)

winter pond -
even the sun
frozen

University of Tehran Haiku Contest 2017 - 3rd Place (April 2017)

lonely walk -
stolen by the new moon
my shadow

Haikuniverse (July 2017)

Engagement ring--
her voiceless answer
in the eyes

Asahi Haikuist Network (October 2017)

a lonely alley -
the twilight absorbs the scent
of cherry blossoms

HAIKU MASTERS-TV-NHK WORLD-JAPAN - Runner up (May 2018)

they’re gone--
an old house veranda
filled with dusk

Asahi Haikuist Network (August 2018)

another life –
around the golden Buddha
a mosquito

Haikuniverse (September 2019)

Wedding Anniversary—
still the same scent
of cherry blossoms

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2019 - Honorable Mention (October 2019)

another sunrise--
another prayer
for rain

Asahi Haikuist Network (September 2020)

autumn moonlight –
a homeless man falls asleep
on his own shadow

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 4:1 (December 2020)

after the gale--
from silence the sound
of cicada

Asahi Haikuist Network (July 2021)

end of the summer—
the calm surface of a lake
absorbs the twilight

The Society of Classical Poets 2021 Haiku Competition - Runner-up (September 2021)

paths in the fog
absorbed by autumn
former dreams

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 5:1 (December 2021)

after years
their former feelings –
old trees in buds

Golden Triangle Haiku Contest - Selected haiku (March 2022)

no more wishes
under falling stars
my hand in yours

76th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - Honorable Mention (October 2022)

forgotten promise –
in an autumn puddle
the rising sun

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal - Vol. 6:1 (December 2022)

no lottery luck--
day after day
her love

Asahi Haikuist Network (February 2023)

the morning jogging
through a flowering meadow
spring scent of her hair

Gila River Indian Community Thirst Annual Haiku Ramble Contest - Winning poem (June 2023)

a signpost
lost in the mist
autumn’s last day

LEAF Issue One (June 2023)

places of childhood
still the same colour
of forget-me-nots

LEAF Issue Two (November 2023)

millions of stars –
a conversation with God
without words

LEAF Issue Two (November 2023)

crossroads –
wherever I look
an autumn dusk

6th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum (July 2014)

child's prayer -
the faith that moves
mountains

The Mainichi (August 2014)

no dream -
the moonlight filled with
a nightingale’s song

Folded Word-Lab Contest - Awarded Haiku (April 2015)

old wine -
the taste of feelings
on her lips

Asahi Haikuist Network (November 2015)

big city lights –
the flash of your eyes
in the crowd

The World Haiku Review (June 2015)

midsummer night -
too short for a dream
about you

Asahi Haikuist Network (September 2015)

stone Buddha -
I learn to forgive
a mosquito

Sharpening The Green Pencil 2016 - Third Prize (April 2016)

morning prayer -
discovered in dewdrops
pieces of sky

Asahi Haikuist Network (April 2016)

fresh snow -
how many new ways
to trampling down

Suruga Baika Literary Festival - Honorable Mention February 2008

spring puddle

a frog jumps over

the moon

Lyrical Passion Poetry - 1st Place Spring 2008

sweltering heat

a few cool words

from her

Mainichi Daily News -  August 2008

first snow

tracks of a homeless man

from sill to sill

Lyrical Passion Poetry - 1st Place September 2008

yellowed meadows

a little bit of green

in your blue eyes

Asahi Haikuist Network -  October 2008

the waft of spring

a butterfly on the hand

of sumo master

NC State University Insect Museum - Grand Prize March 2009

loneliness

the sound of an old guitar

from here to the moon

Asahi Haikuist Network -  October 2009

old friends--

a smell of forget-me-nots

at dusk

Mainichi Daily News -  July 2010

fog thinning out--

more and more visible

the way to nowhere

Mainichi Daily News -  December 2010

fading rainbow -

a letter from

the forgotten friend

The 14th  Mainichi Haiku Contest - Honorable Mention January 2011

bitter tea

between sips

her sweet smile

Asahi Haikuist Network -  April 2011

autumn dusk -

in an empty room

unfinished puzzle

Mainichi Daily News -  December 2011

spring puddle -

a piece of the sky

between us

Asahi Haikuist Network -  July 2012

after radiotherapy--

through an icicle

sunrise

 The Mainichi -  March 2013

so many words

without a word--

your hand in mine

  The Mainichi -  April 2013