THF June 2022 Kukai, first prize

This poem I wrote, won first prize in the Haiku Foundation's June contest:

canning day

mason jars filled

with sunshine 

Thank you very much to all who voted for my haiku, and to Dee Evetts for his commentary. 

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

THF May 2022 Kukai, first prize

This monoku I wrote, won first prize in the Haiku Foundation's May haiku contest:

spent blossoms falling softly out of love 

Thank you very much to all who voted for my poem, and to Dee Evetts for his commentary. 

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Touchstone Award, Commentary from the Panel

Very grateful to The Haiku Foundation panel for choosing my poem, and taking the time to write this wonderful thoughtful commentary. 

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

"beneath the blossoms..."

beneath the blossoms

she counts her years

on one hand

Happy and grateful that this haiku, which originally won second place in the inaugural Japan Fair international haiku contest, is one of the six winners of The Haiku Foundation Touchstone awards for individual poems 2021.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)