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WHC GLOBAL HAIKU TOURNAMENT 2002

TEAM 1

MATCH 1
HAIKU & RENKU SUBMISSIONS

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MATCH 1 SESSION 1 "SPRING CLOUDS" (KIGO)

SHSC1 Cherokee flute song sage smoke curls into spring clouds Karina Klesko	SHSC2 spring clouds deliver their downpour my blouse - my new skin Mary Angela Nangini

SHSC3 across rice paddies from one tree to another spring clouds Eiko Yachimoto	SHSC4 gray spring clouds -- I wait for the rain and...wildflowers Betty Kaplan

SHSC5 spring clouds -- watching the colors change on sakuras Judith Gorgone	SHSC6 spring clouds bloom in azure field mustangs bolt Michael Baribeau

SCSC7 spring clouds a gust of wind lifts her skirt Terri Relf

MATCH 1 SESSION 2 "FREE FORM" (NO KIGO)

SHFF1 dusk gathers in the garden raspberry tea Karina Klesko	SHFF2 in your presence full disclosure of beauty rain of light Mary Angela Nangini

SHFF3 on serene tatami with shoes on another me...gradually Eiko Yachimoto	SHFF4 my future in the bottom of a cup green tea leaves Betty Kaplan

SHFF5 step after step an old man struggles uphill to reach nirvana Judith Gorgone	SHFF6 salamanders from muddy son I'm ten again Michael Baribeau

SHFF7 covered with newspapers a man sleeps on the sidewalk Terri Relf

MATCH 1 SESSION 3 "SNOWMELT"/"MELTING SNOW" (KIGO)

SHSM1 snowmelt old poetry flows down Chinese mountains Karina Klesko	SHSM2 melting snow and ice slide down the slope slick trail Mary Angela Nangini

SHSM3 snowmelt rushes -- I pick a stick from a beaver dam Eiko Yachimoto	SHSM4 melting snow -- at the school bus stop Tyrannosaurus Rex Betty Kaplan

SHSM5 melting snow a hat, carrot, pipe, and broom in a puddle Judith Gorgone	SHSM6 snowmelt- to our birdfeeder island hopping Michael Baribeau

SHSM7 melting snow a child's drawing taped to the refrigerator Terri Relf

12 STANZA RENKU

spring wind
blowing mare's tails and clouds
along the ridge

..............................Janice Bostok

tied to the tree
streamers with fond names

..............................Terri Relf

fishermen
in the corner pub
all about their catch

...............................Betty Kaplan

breaks in a new mitt
home run dreams

................................Judith Gorgone

a giant wafer
in a heavenly chalice
full moon

...............................Judith Gorgone

long night
let me read his love letter

...............................Eiko Yachimoto

a song opens
elixir's fragrance
desired by you

...............................Mary Angela Nangini

rose water
with each new bud

...............................Karina Klesko

on the warming mantel
a great grandmother
holds a baby

...............................Betty Kaplan

a ring of eight gems
watch from the web

...............................Michael Baribeau

what is happening...to
the nativity site
rain of shells

...............................Eiko Yachimoto

waiting for year god
kadomatsu

...............................Karina Klesko

Fond Names

Team 1's Submissions: Shichifukujin

Team 3's Submissions: 7 Samurai

Team 3's Submissions: Pointed Radishes

Team 4's Submissions: Tapping Woodpeckers

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