2014 TLP HAIKU CONTEST FAVORITES

TLP Haiku Chapbook Contest Winners

The Deep End of the Sky, Chad Lee Robinson

The Window That Closes, Graham High

All That Remains, Catherine J.S. Lee

Sketches from the San Joaquin, Michael McClintock

Other Turtle Light Press Haiku Books

Nick Virgilio: A Life in Haiku, Nick Virgilio

Peace and War: Haiku from Israel, Rick Black

2014 TLP Haiku Contest Favorites

Turtle Light Press • Arlington, VA • 2019

2019 Turtle Light Press Free E-Book Edition

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In honor of the fine work submitted to the 2014 TLP Haiku Chapbook Competition, we have selected a handful of poems that we most en-joyed and have made them available for you in this free e-book.

The 2014 TLP Haiku Chapbook contest was won by Chad Lee Robinson, of Pierre, South Dakota, for his entry, The Deep End of the Sky. His poems convey a sense of daily life on the North American prairie and take us deep into the heartland of America.

In 2016, the Haiku Society of America named The Deep End of the Sky a Merit Book Award Winner.

We hope that you will enjoy this wide cross- section of haiku.

Rick BlackPublisher

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

S.M. Abeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Ludmila Balabanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Brett Brady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2David Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Aubrie, Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Margaret Dornaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Andrea Eldridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Lois Funk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Duro Jaiye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5PMF Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Michael Henry Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Chen-Ou Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Kate MacQueen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8David McCann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8K.J. Munro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Kathe Palka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Joan Prefontaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Chad Lee Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Alexis Rotella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Donald Skrivseth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Max Verhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Julie Warther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff . . . . . . . . . . . .15

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S.M. AbelesWashington, D.C.

the first biteis all I wantwild pear

a grown manon a swing . . .nightfall

Ludmila BalabanovaSofia, Bulgaria

family album . . .lights of a passing trainin the night

Modern Haiku, Autumn 2009

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Brett BradyHaiku, Hawaii

winter diner—the smell of oxtail soupand wet wool

Aubrie CoxLouisville, Kentucky

country churchforget-me-notsbetween the floorboards

Out of Translation, Kattywompus Press

David CobbEssex, England

a new neighbourand a good beginninghis lost ginger cat

toysmy father couldn’t fixsummer rain

black water bayouwhispering namesof old gods

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Margaret DornausOzark, Arkansas

endless rain . . .mother’s silver beginningto tarnish

The Heron’s Nest, 16:3, September 2013

Lois J. FunkManito, Illinois

whisper of rainladybug shells spillfrom umbrella pleats

Andrea EldridgeClaremont, California

the flyflying with usno longer a local

Bottle Rockets, #31

Duro JaiyeHirakata, Japan

lonely dinner—the saxophone solojoins me

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P.M.F. JohnsonMinneapolis, Minnesota

chocolatehis eyes follow her wrapperto the floor

Frogpond, Spring/Summer 2008

Michael Henry LeeSaint Augustine, Florida

winter solituderethinking the churchof my choice

budding lotuswhen did I becomewho I am

Frogpond, Winter 2013

Chen-Ou LiuOntario, Canada

winter rainI fall asleepholding myself

A Hundred Gourds, June 2013

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Kate MacQueenChapel Hill, North Carolina

freeze warningthe young widow drapestender plants

K. J. Munro Whitehorse, Canada

at the wake his dogsearches room after room oneperson another

David McCannCambridge, Massachusetts

the old hotelat the sand’s edge—five days of August rain

Kathe PalkaFlemington, New Jersey

winter shadows—the whirl of starlingsthrough empty rooms

paper wasp, Spring 2012

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Joan PrefontaineCottonwood, Arizona

bark beetlesin the Ponderosa pinethese gnawing doubts

Tinywords, Winter 2013

Chad Lee RobinsonPierre, South Dakota

atthedeependof theskyprairie

dementia unitthe old therapy dogremembers everyone

Frogpond, Winter 2013

meadowlark—all you’ll ever need to knowabout sunrise

stars at dusk:the tractor’s radiocrackles

The Deep End of the Sky

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Alexis RotellaAnnapolis, Maryland

Fig Newtonsan offering to Buddhaand the temple mice

Between Waves, Red Moon Press

Max VerhartHertogenbosch, Netherlands

sleepless nightfor the tenth time I winthe same fight

Donald SkrivsethMinneapolis, Minnesota

on the tent walla cicada leavesits past behind

Julie WartherDover, Ohio

fall diagnosisthe dahlia bulbs remainin the ground

Haiku North America Anthology, 2011

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this side of the panethe wind nothingbut swaying treetops

A New Resonance 9, 2015

sun-soaked chrysalisthe effortno one sees

The Heron’s Nest, Spring 2014

Valorie Broadhurst WoerdehoffDubuque, Iowa

late summer walking . . .into our shadows

Haiku Moment, 1993

If you have enjoyed this free e-book of TLP favorites, please consider purchasing one of our haiku titles from the TLP store. . .

Nick Virgilio: A Life in Haiku by Nick Virgilio

Peace and War in Israel by Rick Black

The Deep End of the Sky by Chad Lee Robinson

The Window That Closes by Graham High

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