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