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A Tribute of Haiku

 

Haiku 2: Tributes Containing Allusions 
                to John Crook's Haiku

 

the bugle falls silent
leaving us
to our tears

Mary Lee McClure -- Indiana, USA

--- alludes to ---

Remembrance Day--
thin sound of a bugle
wavers in the rain

John Crook
Heron's Nest Vol II, Issue 1 (January, 2000)
(second runner up Readers¹ Choice awards 2000)
http://www.theheronsnest.com/haiku/0302V7935/thn_rc_2.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/john.crook1/pagesC/Remembrance.htm

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abandoned farm
recalling
the cry of a cockerel

Stephen Amor-- Ohio, USA

--- alludes to ---

winter sunrise
slowly
the cockerel finds his voice

John Crook
Heron's Nest Vol III, Issue 3 (March, 2001)
Editors' Choice Award
http://www.theheronsnest.com/haiku/0303G2299/thn_issue.e1.html#POEM01

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buddhist shrine
burning aloeswood rises
as i bow

hortensia anderson-- New York City, USA

--- alludes to ---

sufi shrine
praying as the sun rises
smell of rose petals

John Crook

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the sudden whiteness
of his soul
passing by

lynne steele

--- alludes to ---

spring dusk
the sudden whiteness
of a barn owl

John Crook (unknown publishing details)

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nightfall
the cat looks again
at your empty chair

Marlene Egger -- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

--- alludes to ---

purring
the cat shifts from lap
to lap

John Crook
(unknown publishing details)

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grey morning
a heron shifts
to ride the wind

-naia -- California, USA

--- alludes to ---

grey morning
the slow beat of a heron
against the wind

John Crook
The Heron's Nest, Volume II, Number 6: June, 2000
http://www.theheronsnest.com/haiku/0206b7321/thn_issue.h3.html#POEM03

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waning moon
the silence unbroken on this
last turn toward home

Laurene, Florida, USA

--- alludes to ---

waning moon--
the dog settles back
into silence

John Crook
(posted to WHChaikuforum)

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late evening--
a cloud covers the moon
and our steps falter

Billie Wilson -- Juneau, Alaska, USA

--- alludes to ---

lunar eclipse
too much cloud
for his brand new telescope

John Crook
haijinx Vol I, Issue 1 (March, 2001)
http://www.haijinx.com/I-1/crook/

and to his comment on Haikuforum: "I have been taking late
evening walks for a while now."

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wind chimes
trip our security lamp --
cloud-covered stars

Mark Brooks -- Texas, USA

--- alludes to ---

lost in the stars
we trip a neighbour¹s
security lamp

John Crook
haijinx Vol I, Issue 1 (March, 2001)
http://www.haijinx.com/I-1/crook/h3.html

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soaring dove
day by day the neighbors
missing him

Carmen Sterba -- Kamakura, Japan

--- alludes to ---

falling leaves
day by day seeing more
of my neighbours

John Crook
Blithe Spirit Vol IX, No 4 (December, 1999)

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sunset
light shifts on the garden seat
no more

Rob Scott -- The Hague, The Netherlands

--- alludes to ---

autumn light
leaves shift position
on the garden seat

John Crook
Modern Haiku, Volume XXXII, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 2001

 

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