The Spring Lantern

Haiku Challenge Review

2023 - Year in Review

January

February

March

river moon

the quiet stance

of an egret

Mona Bedi
India

our argument

left hanging -

moon sickle

Sarah Paris
USA

April

cherry blossoms -

laughter of school girls

arm-in-arm

Anne Curran
New Zealand

a sprig of Jasmine

on my breakfast tray -

Mother's Day

Anne Curran
New Zealand

taking the trash out

cherry blossom petals lay -

scattered by the rain

Sunyata
USA

half moon -

I wish her

whole again

Ann Curran
New Zealand

May

birdbath

the moon shivers

from a cat's tongue

Vuong Pham
Australia

water fountain

refilling our bottles

for the homeless man's dog

Tracy Davidson
United Kingdom

rain beading

on my friend

the flax bush

Derek LeDayn
Aotearoa New Zealand

June

end of summer

the last cricket sings

out-of-tune tunes

Maria Tosti
Italy

same Kansas wind

at the June wedding...

her funeral

Randy Brooks
USA

cat on the mat

where midsummer's blade pierces

the curtain's defense

Jenny Shepherd
United Kingdom

July

morning sun

between a mother

and her calf

Goran Gatalica
Croatia

swallows darting

in and out of rotted piers -

low tide at sunset

Jerome Gagnon
USA

blocking

the banyan sun -

a beehive

Nair Daipayan
India

August

judging me

with tilted head

my one-eyed cat

Beki Reese Van Buren
USA

note after note

leaves rustle

brown maya

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo
Phillipines

a flock of sheep

grazing the hillside

prayer beads

Mike Gallagher
Ireland

September

coloring my world

the maple leaves me

a changed person

Bonnie J Scherer
USA

sip my tea for one—

wedding anniversary

under changing leaves

Monica Kakkar
India & USA

lording it over

the fallen birch leaves

the smugness of pine

Jenny Shepherd
United Kingdom

October

November

December