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SHINTAI HAIKU (BEST)
Selected by Susumu
Takiguchi, UK
nursing home—
in her last hours an old woman
calls for her mother
Carole MacRury, US
BEST TEN
In no particular order
1
the baby
teaches the new mom
baby talk
Gary Gach US
2
graveside—
echo of gravel
against the coffin
Allen M. Terdiman, US
3
inifinity then a fishing boat on the horizon
Paul Pfleuger, Jr., TW
4
night flight
opening the shade
to a star
Bruce Ross, US
5
beach nap—
my youth in the cry
of a gull...
Carole MacRury, US
6
a moonlit field—
faint sound of the growing corn
heard in silence
Origa (Olga Hooper), US
7
Forest morning—
two racks of moose antlers
lie interlocked
Zhanna P. Rader, US
8
molten lava
just oozing down the side—
volcano birthday cake
Willow Katsumi, US
9
Boy caught in the flood
dying
unprepared for death
yajushi (Vinodh Marella), IN
10
nearly drowning
between two shores
which one to go
Tagalog version:
nalulunod sa gitna
ng dalawang pampang
saan tutungo
Victor P. Gendrano, US
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