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Haiku Corner: Robert Epstein
coronavirus scare ––
coronavirus she recommends a birdbath
for company
scare ––
she recommends a birdbath
Welcome back to the Marketplace Haiku Corner. We received a surprising number of entries to
the inaugural Marketplace Haiku Contest. Thanks to all who submitted. I am pleased to
announce the winners below.
for company
Editorʼs Choices
Broken vase
Holding water still
To moisten stems of rose
~ Judy Cress
Fog covers the Bay
People wearing winter garb.
San Francisco June.
~ Sandy Lawrence
Welcome back to the Marketplace Haiku Corner.
We received a surprising number of entries to the
inaugural Marketplace Haiku Contest. Thanks to all
who submitted. I am pleased to announce the winners
below.
EDITOR’S CHOICES
Broken vase
Holding water still
To moisten stems of rose
~ Judy Cress
Fog covers the Bay
People wearing winter garb.
San Francisco June.
~ Sandy Lawrence
Digging around first
Head down into second base
All you get is dirt.
~ Thomas Turman
HONORABLE MENTIONS (UNRANKED)
Now the screen is blurred.
The tears are flowing freely!
Once I was lucky!
~ Loren L. Wilbur
Lights begin to fade
Shadows move and the floors
creak
Monsters in the dark
~ Brennan Taft
a prism of cold
an icy kaleidoscope
clink hard in my glass
~ LaVonne Taft