Horst Ludwig reveled in opera all down the highway. Watson contemplated a near-pristine sketch. Kanematsu wished he could have hugged a haikuist one last time.Ĭorine Timmer sniffed at the hunger moon in Portugal. Barksdale’s appetite in Gotherington, England. Nadejda Kostadinova cleansed her yard, and refreshed her spirit, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mariangela Canzi spotted bright yellow flowering blooms of winter jasmine in Mariano Comense, Italy. In Catania, Italy, did Rosa Maria Di Salvatore see someone fall out of love? Goran Gatalica was enticed by perfume in Croatia. Red might be the color of love according to Helga Stania in Ettiswil, Switzerland. Heart-shaped leaves curled up for the winter near Hifsa Ashraf’s home in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Ī fresh white background brought colors to life for Benedetta Cardone in Massa, Italy. Rosa Maria Di Salvatore hid away in monochrome Catania, Italy. Thick-furred husky dogs burrow in the snow to keep warm at night in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Debbie Strange reported, “It’s only minus 27 degrees with the wind-chill.” Kristen Lindquist might think cats are smarter than dogs in Camden, Maine. Rabang heard his heart beating in Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Her classmate in the 3rd year of medical studies, Keigo Nagano, was honorably mentioned by Susan Antolin for bringing back memories “of a year spent in Sapporo” who wondered “though, whether snow really does make much of a sound.” Anthony Q. Henryk Czempiel considers himself one of a kind in Poland.įearing the spread of China’s coronavirus, Hidehito Yasui’s regular physician in Osaka was so busy he had to curtail appointments.Įrika Moriyasu’s haiku was commended as a mysterious, surreal poem in a contest held at Kagawa University. Rozic asked rhetorically, “Should we shovel the snow, each in our own yard instead of expecting the universe to fix it for us?” Doc Sunday revealed his sign on the Chinese Zodiac.
Welcoming in the Year of the Rat, Djurdja V. Liz Gibbs recalled when her 100-year-old mother would walk beside her “hand in hand down our snowy sidewalk to the house from the car on the street leaving an imprint of our footprints together in the newly fallen snow.” Satoru Kanematsu counted bygone years.
Anna Goluba’s footprints vanished from the sand. Tracking paw-prints, Vasile Moldovan wondered if a game warden was close on his heels. Robin Rich found himself in Brighton, U.K. Walking toward Cetinje in Montenegro, Tomislav Sjekloca wondered who he’d meet up ahead. The haikuist warns “the more desolate the country becomes, the more frequently the bear comes out.” Roger Watson thought he was going home alone in Hull, U.K. Valentina Ranaldi-Adams (Fairlawn, Ohio)