André Surridge
Born 1951 in Hull, England
Living in Hamilton, New Zealand. He is the winner of several writing awards for haiku including the Kyoto Museum for World Peace Award (JAPAN); Jane Reichhold International Prize (USA) and the Janice Bostok International Haiku Award (AUS).
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Sunday collection . . .
the nasturtium leaf
full of raindrops
Japan Bulletin, September 2002
holding my breath
the length
of a skylark's song
2nd Prize Robert Frost Haiku Contest 2007
lavender stalk
the weight of one
white butterfly
Elizabeth Searle Lamb Award 2007
Remembrance Day –
the child insists on a poppy
for her doll
Joint 3rd, With Words International Online Haiku Competition 2008
x-ray clinic
the orange bones
of a willow
Jane Reichhold International Prize, UkiaHaiku Festival 2010
years later
finding the undertaker's bill
for her still-born child
Magnapoets 5, January 2010
the softness
of lamb's ears
garden for the blind
The Heron's Nest XIV No.1, March 2012
evening breeze
a flag releases
its stars
Janice Bostok International Haiku Award 2012
autumn leaves the tumble of a shining cuckoo's song
from one hand to the other money spider
A Hundred Gourds 5:1, December 2015