With a large storm approaching today it seems like a good time to knuckle down and choose my favourite 10 haiku from the 2017 editions of The Heron’s Nest. As the journal’s got larger, the choice has become more difficult – The Heron’s Nest is a beacon of excellence.
Anyone may vote, you can find the details here (scroll down, deadline January 15).
Here are four of the haiku (one from each edition) appearing on my list – no guarantees they’ll make it through though as I’m still at a top 100 or so!
feeling the silence
sink in —
moose tracks in the snow
Angela Terry, THN 19.1
where an army
swept through wheatfields
hopping sparrows
Michael McClintock, THN 19.2
late autumn
the stillness of blue
miles deep
Jenny Fraser, THN 19.3
enough mint scent
to cross the milky way
high summer begins
Burnell Lippy, THN 19.4
Thinking about haiku deeply enough to feel swayed to cast a vote is a fun way to start the year.
breath, a collection of haiku 