Today, in Kumamoto, Japan, lawyer and haiku poet Roberta Beary
will receive the Kusamakura Taisyo (Grand Prize) in the Foreign Language
Category of the 10th International Kusamakura Haiku Competition. The
contest: “strives to celebrate the novelist and haiku poet Soseki, as well
as to bring awareness of ‘Kumamoto city charm and Haiku to the inter-
national level and further develop Kumamoto’s haiku culture.”
Here is the winning haiku:
thunder
the roses shift
into shadow
Roberta sets many moods with her haiku. The newest edition
of The Heron’s Nest (VII: 4, Dec. 2005) has this offering:
third blizzard
the untuned piano
middle C
The senryu page of the most-recent edition of Simply Haiku (Winter 2005)
also contains a few examples of Roberta’s always-anticipated marital poetry:
wedding rehearsal
she models her new
cup size
ceremony over
the bride unveils
her tattoo
wedding night
she surrenders
her green card
Whether Roberta Beary is evoking a sigh, a hush or a smile,
we’re much honored to have her work gracing this website.
December 4, 2005
honors in Kuamamoto for Roberta Beary
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Incredible winning poem. Truly!
andrew
Comment by Andrew Riutta — December 5, 2005 @ 1:41 am
Incredible winning poem. Truly!
andrew
Comment by Andrew Riutta — December 5, 2005 @ 1:41 am