6th Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest

    What a huge surprise! My haiku received an honorable mention in the 6th Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest! There was a total of 1,063 entries from 32 countries.

    

  

persimmon sky
I taste the sweetness
of answered prayers

     I wrote this haiku for this photo which was one of the photos for the Haiku in English on a set theme category

     If you want to read the full details of the contest results, head over here.

     This is my second time to receive a recognition from the Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest. The first was in 2012 and that time they sent me a congratulations letter, souvenir booklet of all the winners and honorable mentions, and two cute daruma dolls. I wonder if I will be receiving a surprise package from them soon.

December Contests

   Have your turned in your entries for these contests? There's still some time left before

the deadline.

1) Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest

    http://matsuyamahaiku.jp/contest/eng/

    David McMurray mentioned on Asahi Haikuist Network that the deadline for the second round is on December 9, 2012.

2) Diogen International Winter Haiku Competition 2012

    http://www.diogenpro.com/diogen-winter-haiku-international-competition-2012.html
    Deadline: December 15, 2012

3) Fujisan Haiku Contest 2012
    http://www.fujisan-3776.jp/haiku.english.htm
    Deadline: December 15, 2012

    Good luck, everyone! :-)
    

Daruma Dolls From Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest

     These are my 5 1/2 inch Daruma dolls from Japan. Aren't they adorable? :-) I just can't stop admiring them! These came in a box together with a congratulation letter and a booklet containing all the award-winning haiku for the Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest.  My haiku was among the 8 selected. Five hundred haiku were received from haikuist in 20 countries, including America, Australia, Belguim, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, England, Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Philippines, Romania, and Serbia. You can go here to read some comments from the contest's judge David McMurray.

     Daruma dolls are supposed to bestow good fortune and happiness. I wish this year would be a year of abundant blessings - good health, love, peace, joy, prosperity! I also pray that my creative nature would continually bring blessings to me and others.

Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest

     Early this afternoon, I had a wonderful surprise! An email from Japan informed me that my haiku has received an award at the Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest. Somebody else received the Excellence Award, but I'm one of the 8 poets whose haiku has been chosen from 500 entries. Haikuists from 20 countries participated. For the full details, read here.

                                                     

pulling her to places

she has never been

the sound of a train