Neal Whitman
Born 1948 in Boston Massachusetts, USA
Living in Pacific Grove, California, USA
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my blue bucket
decorated with shore birds –
gathering sea shells
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Annual Contest 2009 Honorable Mention
alone in my bed
rain returned without warning –
morning icicle
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Annual Contest 2009 Honorable Mention
my blind date
disarming the alarm
she invites me in
HSA Brady Memorial Award 2010 Honorable Mention
we wade our way in
Japantown festivities
persimmon pudding
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Annual Contest 2011 Honorable Mention
midnight basketball
the clang of a netless rim
under crescent moon
Ito En Haiku Grand Prix 2011 Top Five Finalist
a low-riding gull
enters the mist
it never comes out
Diogen Pro Kultura Magazin Third Prize Autumn Haiku 2012
our old mastiff
sleeping by the fireplace
his farts forgiven
Diogen Pro Kultura Magazin First Prize Winter Senryu 2012
Deda's plums in bloom
the dates on his gravestone
eroded by time
Diogen Pro Kultura Magazin Third Prize Spring Haiku 2013
insomnia
so I count my ex-girlfriends
distant sirens
Diogen Pro Kultura Magazin First Prize Summer Haiku 2013
chemotherapy
photographs of the Taj Mahal
in a well-thumbed book
World Monument Fund Semi-Finalist 2013
in the hot tub
my eyes on her floating breasts
Hunters Moon
HSA Henderson Memorial 2013 Honorable Mention