Rita Odeh
Born 1960 in Nazareth, Israel
Resides in Nazareth, Israel
Website/Blog: http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com/
I have B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Haifa University. I am a high school teacher for English and Creative Writing in my town. I write poetry, short stories, novels and literary articles. I am fond of writing short poems, haiku, tanka and creating haiga. Many of my poems and short stories, as well as some literary articles and book reviews and translated texts, have been published in a number of journals and newspapers in my country as well as online journals. I was chosen to be a contributor for Daily Haiku in the 5th cycle: April 2008 to September 2008. My haiku have been published in Daily Haiku, Simply Haiku, tinywords and other journals.
winter twilight –
another wave explodes
in the gull's voice
Notes from the Gean, April 2013
turquoise sky –
the sunflower turns
towards dawn
The 107th WHA Haiga Contest , March 2013
bedroom mirror –
the coldness of that dangling
single breast
Third prize, Sharpening the Green Pencil, April 2013
distant gunfire –
ivy leaves creep along
the old ruins
Daily Haiga, April 2013
World Haiku Anthology: A Vast Sky, 2013
the parallel lines
of the railroad tracks-
missing you
LYNX, xxv111:2, June 2012
wailing wall –
the priest leans against
his own shadow
Notes from the Gean 17, March 2013
World Haiku Anthology: A Vast Sky, 2013
cricket song . . .
the full moon with
a gray halo
behind the door,
another door . . .
winter solitude
Multiverses1.1-Haiku , 2013
distant gunfire –
the flying geese
get louder
Haiku News,Vol. 2 No. 8,18 Februray 2013
a fly
in the spider’s web –
refugee tent
Haiku News,Vol. 2 No. 5 ,January 28th, 2013
being at one
with my mirror reflection . . .
50th birthday
Honorable Mention, 16th Mainichi Haiku Contest (2012)
of a rooster
Haiku News, Vol. 1 No. 41(October 22nd, 2012)
checkpoint at dawn –
workers and sparrows
lined up in the terminal
The Heron’s Nest, Volume XIV, Number 3 ( September, 2012)
back to sleep,
dreaming of the same
small grape
Simply Haiku 10:1, Summer 2012
dispersing fog –
a tiny tongue rings
the old bell
Simply Haiku 10:1, Summer 2012
a butterfly
becomes the tree's
handkerchief
Simply Haiku 10:1, Summer 2012
digging holes
in the sand, the crab
and i
Simply Haiku 10:1, Summer 2012
spring breeze –
a torn kite flows
with the river
Notes from the Gean 4:1, June 2012
harbor breeze –
a white handkerchief
floats in the air
Paper Wasp 18, (2) 2012
a kite flies higher
Daily Haiku(May 12,2008)
tinywords, April 13, 2007
The Haiku Society of America,2012 Members’ Anthology
Camp –
she asks her father
"What is a refugee?"
Daily Haiku(June 23,2008)
autumn morning –
strutting behind his shadow
the old turkey
First Place, Shiki Monthly Kukai Kigo Section (November 2007)
that full moon –
a coin falls into
the beggar's palm
Daily Haiku (May 15,2008)
winter solitude –
only a sparrow
to share my meal
tinywords (2007-02-16)
after a
long night . . .
the morning glory
Daily Haiku (September 15, 2008)
by the river . . .
my rough dream drifts
towards the sea
Daily Haiku (May 14,2008)
a rainy night –
even without sandals
the clouds jog
World Kigo Database, 2006
sparrows . . .
behind the hill singing
of lost identity
Romeo and Juliet-
the seat next to me
remains vacant
Daily Haiku(August 03, 2008)
autumn storm –
the old pine inclines
towards dawn
Kernels, first issue ,Spring 2013
an ant eater digs
his tongue into a bunker . . .
war attack
Kernels, first issue ,Spring 2013
deepening dusk –
he keeps counting
the tents
Haiku News,Vol. 2 No. 16, May 6th, 2013
high noon –
chasing a butterfly
among ruins
Notes from the Gean monthly haiku journal, May 2013
river hut –
birdsongs rise from
the willow
Asahi, May 3,2013
checkpoint at dawn –
the field of sunflowers
facing darkness
Notes from the Gean monthly haiku journal, July 2013
swept along
to the elephant's shadow . . .
willow leaves
Third Place, May 2013, International Kukai No.14
homeless . . .
a bee drifts asleep
on a poppy
A Hundred Gourds 2:3 June 2013
divorce hearing –
nothing on the surface
but a duck's butt
A Hundred Gourds 2:3 June 2013
distant sun –
falling into a wren’s
fading song
Daily Haiga,4 June 2013
dawn stillness . . .
a bluebird reappears near
the ancient walls
7th place, April 2013, International Kukai
distant explosion –
the quick click of her
knitting needles
Fifth Place,January 2011,Shiki Kukai
fallen petals . . .
drops of wetness gleam
on the stalk
First Place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai, CKK #43, June 2013
moonless sky –
military raincoats hung
on a bamboo fence
First Place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai: CKK #44,July 2013
homeless child –
painting a cherry tree
on the bomber
Honorable Mention, Sakura Awards 2013
war talk –
the two roosters eye
each other
First Place, Shiki Monthly Kukai Kigo Section (July 2012)