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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
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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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