Announcement
of Awards
WHC 1st Global Haiku Tournament |
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The First
WHC Global Haiku Tournament, starting in April 2002, ended in success at the end
of June, establishing itself as a viable and popular annual event. It was a
three-month marathon tournament but behind the scenes there had been a lot of
hard work put into it. During the tournament, contesting teams, their supporters
and general spectators all joined in and created an exciting, tough and useful
exercise with which to learn and enjoy haiku in a light-hearted and playful
manner. Tempers flared sometimes, ego raised its ugly head other times, but
eventually everyone cottoned on as to the purposes of the Tournament and fought
in earnest. It was all a learning process of haiku and renku. After such a close
and good fight, now it’s time for celebrations. Celebrations of getting
together of haiku-loving people in the world –- celebrations of haiku
literature itself. We have tried to recreate such a stormy and wonderful
atmosphere as much as possible in the pages of World Haiku Review. We hope you
will enjoy it just as much as a few hundred poets did online during April, May
and June. The WHC Global Haiku Tournament is here to stay. A small history was
made in the world haiku community.
WHCtournament was sponsored
and awarded by The
Japan Times.
Prizes (books) are to be
presented to:
- the First Place Team - awarded by WHC
- the Best Three Haiku & Honorable
Mention (selected by judges) - awarded by The Japan Times
- the Best Renku (selected by judges) -
awarded by The Japan Times
- the Ten Popular Haiku (selected by
spectators) - awarded by The Japan Times
- the Best Popular Renku (selected by
spectators) - awarded by The Japan Times
Shichifukujin
The Seven
Samurai
The
Pointed Radishes
Tapping
Woodpeckers
| FIRST PLACE
TEAM - AWARDED BY THE WORLD HAIKU CLUB |
The
Pointed Radishes:
Gary Steinberg, US, Team Captain
an'ya, US
hortensia anderson, US
Juanito Escareal, US
Kris Kondo, JP (Match 2)
Carmen Sterba, JP
karma tenzing wangchuk, US
John Wisdom, US
Christopher Patchel, US
| JUDGES'
SELECTION - "BEST THREE HAIKU & HONOURABLE MENTION" |
I am
pleased to announce the Judges' choices for the best individual haiku written in
the tournament. There are 10 different poets featured in the Judges choices -
well done to all of them!
Paul T Conneally
Director, WHCtournament
summer's end
a drawbridge across
the changing tide
Paul
Miller
The Seven Samurai
morning tidepools
a hermit crab tries on
the bottle cap
Deborah
P. Kolodji
Tapping Woodpeckers
a few scattered planks
remain of the old bridge
thistles in bloom
Gary
Steinberg
The Pointed Radishes
vacation ends
the tadpole tank
filled with frogs
Gary
Steinberg
The Pointed Radishes
after therapy -
I clear a channel
for the snowmelt
Linda
Robeck
The Seven Samurai
old diary opened--
the fine lines of a mosquito
crumble when touched
kris
kondo
The Pointed Radishes
the white silk gown
a faint scent of camphor
as pleats unfold
Ushi
(Andrea Gradidge)
Tapping Woodpeckers
a few slugs
in the new lettuce--
final exam week
DeVar
Dahl
The Seven Samurai
sudden shower
four wasps investigate
a window gap
one sail remains
on the old windmill
spring clouds
Paul
Miller
The Seven Samurai
summer evening
the slow moving river pulls
at a willow's limbs
Soji
Tapping Woodpeckers
spring clouds-
my son tosses a penny
to the rapids
Mark
Brooks
The Seven Samurai
| JUDGES'
SELECTION: "BEST RENKU" - AWARDED BY JAPAN TIMES |
untitled renku by The
Seven Samurai
Match 1 - Session 4 - April 2002
hokku: Judge, Janice
Bostok, AU
The Seven Samarai:
Linda
Robeck, Captain, US
Fay Ayogi,
US
Mark
Brooks, US
DeVar Dahl,
CA
Paul
Miller, US
Alan J
Summers, UK
Billie
Wilson, US
spring wind
blowing mares' tails and clouds
along the ridge
spring - Judge, Janice Bostok
blue wildflowers
on both sides of the fence
spring - paul m
from the kitchen
that Joni Mitchell song
about a tattoo
non-seasonal - Mark Brooks
an origami box
for Halloween candy
autumn - Alan J Summers
the prisoner's
cell window
frames the moon
autumn moon - Billie Wilson
quick prayers before
he chops turtle heads
non-seasonal - Fay Aoyagi
my clothes
still damp from
yesterday's swim
summer - Linda Robeck
a trace of aftershave
on her silk blouse
love - DeVar Dahl
after our reunion
we visit each other
every weekend
love - Mark Brooks
another spark flies up
the chimney flue
winter - paul m
sunlight
on a bird
on the rooftop
11 non-seasonal - Alan J Summers
as the cherry bough
drops its first petals
12 spring - [blossom] Billie Wilson
| POPULAR VOTE
- "BEST HAIKU" - AWARDED BY JAPAN TIMES |
coming soon
| POPULAR VOTE
- "BEST RENKU" - AWARDED BY JAPAN TIMES |
coming soon
Read the poetry, match
results, reports and Chairman's Address on the following pages.
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