dawn mist lifting -
waking to a world
of woodpigeons

listening gently to her heartbeat quicken

(for my daughter, R)

for all the world
like an eagle -
mountain crow

Snapshots Haiku Calendar competition

I have just found out that I am both a winner and a runner-up in the Snapshots Haiku Calendar competition.

I have been writing haiku seriously for about ten years now and this is the first proper contest that I have entered. So, as you can imagine, I am thrilled with the result.

The Snapshots 2012 Haiku Calendar can be ordered from the Snapshots website from August 2011.

A list of the results and the adjudicator's report are also available on the Snaphots site.