Adelaide B. Shaw
Adelaide B. Shaw lives in Somers, NY, USA. She is the mother of three Children and grandmother of six. Adelaide been creating Japanese poetic forms–haiku, haibun, tanka , senryu and photo haiga–for nearly 50 years, has been published widely and placed well in several contests. Her collection of haiku, An Unknown Road, published by Modern Tanka Press, won third place in the Haiku Society of America’s Mildred Kanterman Merit Book Award. Her second book of haiku, The Distance I’ve Come, is available on Cyberwit and Amazon. Adelaide also writes fiction and has been published in several journals. Some of her published Japanese short form poetry are posted on her blog: http://www.adelaide-whitepetals.blogspot.com
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quiet morning
yesterday’s geese
gone from the pond
Presence, Autumn 2017
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a wasp
caught between window and screen
the paths we take
Never Ending Story, June 2017
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mid-winter
dappling sunlight
on the polished floor
Stardust, January 2017
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winter hills
clinging to craggy rocks
an ice fall
Shamrock, October, 2017
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May morning
she colors her trees
bubble gum pink
Acorn, Winter 2017
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dog days
squeaks from the sprinkler
become squeals
Heron’s Nest, June 2018
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first day of fishing
on the creek bridge
fathers, sons, grandsons
Shamrock, Summer 2018
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garage sale
three rusted sleds
held back for next year
Modern Haiku, Winter 2019
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sea star
the many times
you renew me
Frameless Sky, Winter 2019
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outdoor café
no extra charge
for cherry blossoms
Heron’s Nest, June 2019
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spattering rain . . .
in the woods ten minutes
and still not wet
Dragonfly, V.2, No. 2, April 1974
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closed roller coaster
the winter sea rumbles
through the pilings
New Resonance 3, Red Moon Press, December 2003
Gatherings: An Anthology of Amusement Parks, Carnivals, Fairs and More, Bottle Rocket Press, Spring 2008
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dinner time–
bouncing through the playground
a wind filled bag
Raw Nervz, IX:2, summer 2004
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the January cold–
a pile of walnut shells
found in the attic
South by Southeast, V. 12, No. 1, January 2005
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nothing to do. . .
we sit and listen
to the pulsing heat
Haiku Harvest, V. 6, No. 1, Spring 2006
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fresh eggs
in the winter hen house
warming my hands
Haiku Reality, June 12, 2008, Best of Issue
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changing houses
the spring sun
gentles the move
3 Lights Gallery, October 2008
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stacking stones
for a garden wall
the weight of their age
Kaji Asi Studio Contest, Honorable Mention, May 2012
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freshly plowed field–
purple wildflowers
outside the fence
Bottle Rockets, V.13, No.2, (#26) Winter 2012
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distant rumbles
a trembling surface
on the pond
Loch Raven Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, October 2015
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bees at work–
sweating out the afternoon
in the hammock
Cattails, September 2016
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feathery clouds
trailing on the wind
apple blossoms
Basho Memorial Museum Basho Contest October 2016, Commendation
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ice floes–
stop and go traffic
on the river road
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frigid temps–
the radiator’s soft ping
in the night
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a wall of fog–
the early spring morning
begins with a fawn
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spring thaw–
that dirt road
going nowhere still
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February thaw–
the easy weight loss–
of the snowman
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another birthday–
roadside wildflowers
past their peak
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fire-red lilies–
a radiating heat
at sunset
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day after Christmas
a dumped tree
still decorated
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mountain cabin
discovering spring
on level ground
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autumn decorations–
I let the leaves stay
where they fall