Maria Tomczak
Living in Opole, Poland
http://www.poesi-haiku.blogspot.com
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family reunion
the Great Wall of China
has missing puzzle pieces
Chrysanthemum 19, April 2016
funeral service
on the coffin jumps
spring rain
The Mainichi, April 2016
still life
between the sketchbook pages
the kireji
Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2016
mackerel sky
a yogi turns the horizon
upside down
Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2016
winter field
the crows devour
the last light
Little Haiku Contest, Third Prize
hand-knitted scarf
the length
of her sleepless night
Shiki Monthly Kukai February 2016, 1st Place
homecoming
the smell of fresh laundry
on the wind
A Hundred Gourds, 5:1 December 2015
mountain trek
the stream cooling
our shadows
Cattails, January 2016
open window
from the nearby bakery
a night shift smell
Cattails, January 2016
cold gust of wind
goose bumps on my skin
and the lake’s surface
“Akita – the Land of Poetry” vol.7
hospice silence
an old yogi salutes the sun
in his mind
European Quarterly Kukai #12 - Winter 2015, 3rd place
chemo center door
she strokes the sunlight
in her wig
Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2015
chess match
another leaf falls
in slow motion
Frogpond 38.3, Fall 2015
skylark song
my sumi-e cherry branch
starts to blossom
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2015, Honourable Mention
Cold Moon
she pulls silver hair
out of the brush
Modern Haiku, 46:3 Autumn 2015
riptide
the lingering silence
after diagnosis
The Mainichi, November 2015
endless rain
from the old radio
still the same hum
A Hundred Gourds, 4:4 September 2015
ripened grapes
the midday sun
closed inside
Cattails, September 2015, Editor's Choice
after the divorce
our patchwork quilt
starts to unravel
Cattails, September 2015
moonless sky
a crow separates
from the night
Frogpond 38.2, Spring/Summer 2015
lingering memory
she reaches for
another onion
Wild Plum - a haiku journal, Spring & Summer 2015
Independence Day
her first steps
in mother’s high heels
Creatrix #30
campfire
our shadows
gathering around
Creatrix #30
between breaths
a shooting star
becomes the night
The Heron's Nest, Volume XVII, Number 3: September 2015
tree felling
more and more gaps
in my memory
Wild Plum - a haiku journal, 1:2 Fall & Winter 2015
rainy season
the sky pours
into my shoes
World Haiku Review January 2015, Editor's Choice
sunrise
I watch my shadow
stretching itself
World Haiku Review, June 2015
equinox
half sunken boat catches
the moonlight
Under the Bashō 2015
blackbird song
my sumi-e bamboo grows
beyond the sheet
2015 aha Haiku/Senryu Contest, 2nd Place
humming a tune
he forms another branch
on the bonsai
Cattails, May 2015
insomnia
with each cuckoo
closer to the dawn
Cattails, May 2015
driftwood
I catch the difference
between fate and chance
A Hundred Gourds, 4:2 March 2015
hide and seek
a cornflower
in the wheat field
A Hundred Gourds, 4:2 March 2015
new neighbors
dandelion seeds
flying over my fence
The Heron's Nest Volume XVII, Number 1: March 2015
setting sun
taking my thoughts
beyond the horizon
World Haiku Review, January 2015
wind chill
among trembling leaves
more and more sky
Polish International Haiku Competition 2014, Commendation
goodbye kiss
the setting sun lengthens
our shadows
Cattails, January 2015
spring morning
on wool sweater
still his smell
Haiku Harvest - Spring and Summer 2006 - Vol. 6, No. 1
cherry blossom tattoo
she shows him
the hidden branch
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Sakura Award 2010
dark cloud
caught into
the fisherman’s net
The 14th Mainichi Haiku Contest 2010, Honorable Mention
storm in the mountains –
a clap
from every side
The Mainichi, September 2009
coffee art
I postpone
the first sip
The Heron's Nest, Volume XVI, Number 2: June 2014
deep silence
I feel the weight
of the snow
Daily Haiga, April 2014
unstable
wind treading
the summer grass
The Mainichi, September 2013
waiting at café window
each raindrop falls
into another
The 16th Mainichi Haiku Contest 2012, Honorable Mention