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WHC GLOBAL HAIKU TOURNAMENT 2002

TEAM 3

MATCH 2
HAIKU & RENKU SUBMISSIONS

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MATCH 2 SESSION 1 "SUMMER EVENING" (KIGO)

PRSE1 summer evening - the crackle of ice cubes in a lemonade glass John Wisdom	PRSE2 summer evening - one frog and the moon for company Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

PRSE3 oars up the rowboat glides to shore summer evening Carmen Sterba	PRSE4 prairie dust settles in the mare's sway-back- summer evening Anya

PRSE5 an old pick-up backfires in the soft-serve parking lot summer evening Gary Steinberg

PRSE6 summer evening - the back porch door slams shut Hortensia Anderson	PRSE7 summer evening - in her native tongue jasmine Ito (aka Juanito Escareal)

MATCH 1 SESSION 2 "FREE FORM"

sea mist -
the edges of pine trees
melt into night

Hortensia Anderson

in a split sec
and the night recovers
itself

Ito (aka Juanito Escareal)

PRFF1 .................midnight the cat finally catches a moonbeam Gary Steinberg

SSFF2 Italian wine - the sway of garlic bulbs in a meshed bag John Wisdom	SSFF3 eating it eating the seaweed eating the sea Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

SSFF4 students recite "the owl and the pussy cat" day moon Carmen Sterba	SSFF5 local pet shop. through bars a spider monkey reaches out to me An'ya

SSFF6	SSFF7

MATCH 1 SESSION 3 "THISTLES IN BLOOM" (KIGO)

PRTB1 a few scattered planks remain of the old bridge thistles in bloom Gary Steinberg	PRTB2 thistles in bloom a plow mule asleep in new hay John Wisdom

PRTB3 thistles in bloom by a rusted-out gas pump Route 66 Karma Tenzing Wangchuk	PRTB4 a supple wind flows down the river hollow - bull thistles in bloom An'ya

PRTB5 thistles in bloom end up on the weed pile - smell of mowed grass Carmen Sterba	PRTB6 thistles in bloom in the abandoned lot honeybees Hortensia Anderson

PRTB7 a short cut to the thrift shop- thistles in bloom Ito (aka Juanito Escareal)

"12 STANZA RENKU"

sun and wind
in fresh-laundered shirts
we set out walking

........................Michael McClintock

sandpiper tracks
fill with the foamy sea

........................Hortensia Anderson

from her high-chair
the baby shows us how
to blow milk bubbles

........................Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

in a stubble field
all the cows are asleep

........................An'ya

the janitor
watches the moon pass
from window to window

........................Gary Steinberg

will the U.S. embargo
against Cuba ever end?

........................Carmen Sterba

at a pawn shop
the perfect notes
of a tarnished sax

........................John Wisdom

ice skate blades reflect
red satin ribbons

........................Ito (aka Juanito Escareal)

spray painted
beneath the overpass
'Jesus loves Lavonne'

........................Gary Steinberg

although the ink has faded
a faint perfume lingers

........................Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

a broken branch
by the village gate
sprouts oak blossoms

........................An'ya

tea pickers return as light
recedes on distant peaks

........................Carmen Sterba

out walking

Team 1's Submissions: Shichifukujin

Team 2's Submissions: 7 Samurai

Team 3's Submissions: Pointed Radishes

Team 4's Submissions: Tapping Woodpeckers