time continues on
with nothing to do but write
haikus of each day
Gold Prize Silver Prize Bronze Prize
Gold Prize / 金賞
English / 英語俳句(18歳以上)
barefoot
willow tips squiggle
the stream
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
Japanese / 日本語俳句(18歳以上)
くの字から 大の字になる 児の昼寝
はぎはら敏子 ＮＹ州
Under 18 / 日英俳句(18歳未満)
てぶくろを いつもかたほう なくしちゃう
喜田もな ＮＹ州
（ブルックリン日本語学園小３ ８歳）
Silver Prize / 銀賞
English / 英語俳句(18歳以上)
spiral staircase –
when did you know
you were leaving
ーSusan Burch, MD
Japanese / 日本語俳句(18歳以上)
還り来る 海の軋みや 流氷群
島崎志津香 ＮＪ州
Under 18 / 日英俳句(18歳未満)
あと1人 ぬいたらゴール 行け私
宇佐美杏里 ＰＡ州
（ノースペン日本語学園小３ ９歳）
Bronze Prize / 銅賞
English / 英語俳句(18歳以上)
dusk light
the silo drains the sky
of swifts
ーEarl R. Keener, WV
Japanese / 日本語俳句(18歳以上)
万緑の 光を櫂は 掬い上げ
岡部加都恵 ＮＪ州
Under 18 / 日英俳句(18歳未満)
日やけした すあしでなみと おにごっこ
前迫沙羅 ＭＡ州
（ボストン日本語学校小３ ９歳）
2021 Monthly English Haiku Semifinalists
2021 今月の英語俳句 候補作品
January
first warm day
breezy small talk
with the fenceline cows
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
pelting rain--
I catch a ghostly glimpse
of Dad's umbrella
ーRuth Holzer, VA
edge of the rice pot
quietly steaming . . .
hazy moon
ーBarrie Levine, MA
chilly morning
rising from the bakery
coffee and yeast
ーStephanie Visaya Bose, HI
stargazing—
a night owl dives
into the milky way
ーRick Jackofsky, NY
cliff walk
the perilous edge
between us
ーKat Lehmann, CT
2 am
the scarecrow keeps
a solitary vigil
ーValentina Ranaldi-Adams, OH
February
a swing as high
as it'll go
the swoop
of a cursive y
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
freezing morning
a child carries an extra scarf
for his snowman
ーRaj K. Bose, HI
spring fair
daughter clutching my hand
and her doll's
ーStephanie Visaya Bose, HI
spiral staircase –
when did you know
you were leaving
ーSusan Burch, MD
warming
the kiss kiss kiss
of the goldfish
ーEarl R. Keener, WV
swaning moonset
in the snowy forest
Sabbath eve
ーDan Schwerin, WI
the turkey
spreads his tail feathers
election day
ーMarilyn Ashbaugh, MI
March
early breakfast
we sip the last
of the moon
ーRoberta Beach Jacobson, IA
we assume
they're whispering about us
winter oaks
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
spring breeze
a scoop of pelicans
wheels the thermal
ーMarilyn Ashbaugh, MI
tapping trees
in the sugarbush
a northern flicker
ーRick Jackofsky, NY
birdsong
the gargoyle’s snarl
softer
ーJonathan Roman, NY
how you love me a little blue heron
ーSusan Burch, MD
Good Friday
the darkest hour
in her sigh
ーDan Schwerin, WI
April
asking a favor
of my neighbor
nodding sunflower
ーGarry Gay, CA
first
to find the puddle
donkey ears
ーRoberta Beach Jacobson, IA
cloud color
circling the drain
where the sun went down
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
budding
with raindrops
spring orchard
ーMarilyn Ashbaugh, MI
contrails…
my poems fade
into obscurity
ーSusan Burch, MD
around the tombs
a warm scent of thyme--
remaining days
ーRuth Holzer, VA
plein air
painting a woodpecker
into its sound
ーDan Schwerin, WI
May
at the height
of the meteor shower
first kiss!
ーEarl Keener, WV
foreclosure
her daffodils
keeping the faith
ーDan Schwerin, WI
autumn loneliness . . .
songs tucked between
an old guitar's frets
ーJonathan Roman, NY
dry summer noon
the exhaust fumes
of the missed bus
ーRaj Bose, HI
fireflies
in a jar
growing darker
ーRuth Holzer, VA
ikebana
the careful arrangement
of silence
ーBarrie Levine, MA
an instant
between tug and momentum--
fly ball
ーBrett Brady, HI
June
windy morn
pumpkin patch scarecrows
without hats
ーRoberta Beach Jacobson, IA
foreclosed farm
its fields brimming
with dandelions
ーJohn J. Dunphy, IL
cupped hands
the creek's coolness
on my lips
ーMarilyn Ashbaugh, MI
hydrangea
our apologies
left unsaid
ーLithica Ann, OH
at the edge
of a summer day
sandpipers
ーRick Jackofsky, NY
red dawn--
an old woman crosses herself
among the ruins
ーRuth Holzer, VA
dusk light
the silo drains the sky
of swifts
ーEarl R. Keener, WV
July
sweet clover between clouds doing nothing
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
drawing
a line in the sand
Irish moss
ーRick Jackofsky, NY
between the earbuds
the teenager
I once was
ーKat Lehmann, CT
super moon
the stag
sheds its velvet
ー Marilyn Ashbaugh, MI
ant farm
all the paths
to redemption
ーSusan Burch, MD
baby's day out
the sun and clouds
play peek-a-boo
ーValentina Ranaldi-Adams, OH
end of the tracks
poppies free
to go wild
ーGarry Gay, CA
August
previous owner
the bulbs describe her
all at once
ーDan Schwerin, WI
sea turtle
in a hundred years
sea turtle
ーRuth Holzer, VA
autumn chill
my dreams the colors
of a winter quilt
ーRoberta Beach Jacobson, IA
barefoot
willow tips squiggle
the stream
ーJulie Schwerin, WI
no matter how it ends a bluebird’s song
ーKat Lehmann, CT
repeating
the same story
cicada
ーBarbara Kaufmann, NY
marigold bouquet
the thick scent
of summer’s end
ーBarrie Levine, MA
September
first pregnancy
letting everyone feel
my happiness
ーSusan Burch, MD
walking
through nebulae
white dew
ーMarilyn Ashbaugh, MI
lavender . . .
the morning morphs
into rose
ーBrett Brady, HI
repot bonsai
her last note
to herself
ーRuth Holzer, VA
prying open
a tin of oolong . . .
winter solitude
ーBarrie Levine, MA
sleepless the ceiling fan pushes the dark around
ーKat Lehmann, CT
radio baseball
a loon rounding
the lake
ーDan Schwerin, WI
October
nodding off
snowflakes tapping
at the windowpane
ーEarl R. Keener, WV
coming down
from the mountain
early winter
ーRick Jackofsky, NY
ginger rice
brushstrokes of autumn
along the river
ーMarilyn Ashbaugh, MI
bamboo grove
a niche for each
winter sparrow
ーRuth Holzer, VA
skewered by
pagoda's finial--
hunter's moon
ーStephen J. DeGuire, CA
fall migration
shifting colors
in the still life
ーLorraine A Padden, CA
sandcastles
the incoming tide
erodes a fairytale
ーValentina Ranaldi-Adams, OH