Sheila Windsor
Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K.
Living in Bexhill, East Sussex, U.K.
Contact the poet
Listen to the poet reading her haiku
calling each other
the free owl and the captive
unable to sleep
First Place – The BHS James W Hackett International Award 1998
it’s getting late
every sound
might be you
Runner-up – still – The Haiku Award 1998
single wisp of cloud
vapour trail
somewhere a cricket
Runner-up – still – The Haiku Award 1998
finding the bathroom
by moonlight
the cry of the fox
Runner-up – still – The Haiku Award 1999
into snow the crow prints mine
First Prize – The Herb Barrett Award 2001
October sun
a warm greenhouse tomato
settles in my palm
Highly commended - Haiku Presence Award 2001
bedroom curtains
apart just enough
crescent moon
First Prize – Kaji Aso Studio 2001
also published Hawaii Education Assoc. Anthology
winter trees
each day
more sky
First Prize – The 6th Shiki Commemorative Kukai 2001
swaying and dancing
shadows of leaves
on the piano lid
The New Haiku – 2002
red balloon until there’s only blue
First Prize – The Herb Barrett Award 2002
also published: RAW NerVZ
if i spin this globe faster we merge youandi
The cover of RAW NerVZ – Spring 2002
with ink drawing by Mark Windsor
hoar frost
the dead spider drawn
into a star
Second Prize – The Kamakura Shrine One Verse Competition – 2004
fireflies the space between stars
Commended – Haiku Presence Award 2004
funeral day
the cherry blossoms
about to break
Honourable mention – Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2008
lullaby . . .
a turtle tracks back
to the ocean
First Prize – The Svetlana Marisova Memorial Kukai 2012