First Place 37 Points
sand sculptures
a mermaid slips back
into the sea
Edward
(7,2,12) = 37 Pts.
Well done!
Second Place 25 Points
sandcastles...
her youngest daughter
calls me daddy
Colin Stewart Jones
(2,5,9) = 25 Pts.
Love it! There is a whole touching story in this.
A complex story most economically told.
Third Place 23 Points
footprints...
from sandcastle
to sandcastle
Jacek M.
(1,6,8) = 23 Pts.
Fourth Place Twenty-two Points
marking my place
in last summer's book
beach sand
Shelley Krause
(0,5,12) = 22 Pts.
My favorite among the entries that took time as their theme. It's been years since I read on the beach, but this brings it all back.
Fifth Place Eighteen Points
the soup spoons
begin to disappear
sandbox season
Ann K. Schwader
(2,1,10) = 18 Pts.
One of lifes many little mysteries. Well done.
sand castles . . .
she helps me fill
the empty hours
Francine Banwarth
(1,4,7) = 18 Pts.
cool sand ~
my footprint fills
with Pacific
Paul Hodder
(1,3,9) = 18 Pts.
Sixth Place Seventeen Points
after all these years
sand still falls
from the shell
jean cully
(0,4,9) = 17 Pts.
Seventh Place Fifteen Points
white sand
a child asks why
I'm wearing shoes
Bill Kenney
(1,3,6) = 15 Pts.
Eighth Place Twelve Points
white sand
the flip side
of the sunbather
Collin Barber
(1,0,9) = 12 Pts.
Funny!
old sandals
treading sand
back to the shore
Helen Buckingham
(2,2,2) = 12 Pts.
climbing the sand dunes
one step forward
two back
Meggy
(0,3,6) = 12 Pts.
An amusing observation of a situation most of us have experienced. Well done.
high summer . . .
sands from Mongolia
dust the vineyard
Michael McClintock
(1,2,5) = 12 Pts.
Ninth Place Eleven Points
my footprints
disappear in the wet sand
morning waves
Israel Lopez Balan
(1,2,4) = 11 Pts.
sand ripples
wave after wave
after wave
Melissa Spurr
(1,2,4) = 11 Pts.
What can I say? I tried to write this one and couldn't.
Tenth Place Ten Points
end of summer
the ribs of fishing boat
half-buried in sand
Kirsty Karkow
(0,1,8) = 10 Pts.
last day
waves take the sand
from under my feet
Joyce Clement
(1,0,7) = 10 Pts.
That's life... and death. Well done.
A great pairing of inevitabilities, the ocean's waves and the end of vacation.
Eleventh Place Nine Points
a day off
the ant carries another
grain of sand
Robert Naczas
(1,2,2) = 9 Pts.
Twelfth Place Eighth Points
sand in her spinach . . .
again she dreams
of the pearl
Bill Pauly
(0,2,4) = 8 Pts.
under the broom
memories
of the beach
Bill Hudson
(1,1,3) = 8 Pts.
open window...
voices drift up
from the sandbox
Irene Golas
(1,1,3) = 8 Pts.
Thirteenth Place Seven Points
sandy shallows
the sunlight ripples
on the bottom
RaV
(0,1,5) = 7 Pts.
looking back
my footprints on the sand
disappear
Gosia Zamorska
(1,0,4) = 7 Pts.
beyond the boardwalk
ten thousand bird tracks
on the sand
Laurene
(0,2,3) = 7 Pts.
sand in my eyes...
the pearls I dreamt have sunk
back to sea bottom
jet57
(1,1,2) = 7 Pts.
A lovely metaphorical verse. I like it without quite seeing the seasonality, but still well done.
the grit of sand
between my toes . . .
his gnawing words
Mary Davila
(1,0,4) = 7 Pts.
tide is held
within sandcastle moat
north star
ARW
(1,1,2) = 7 Pts.
Fourteenth Place Six Points
On the Golden Sands
your toes trying to write
the first haiku
Adina Enachescu
(1,1,1) = 6 Pts.
simmering sand
the zigzag footprints
of a beachcomber
Audrey Downey
(0,1,4) = 6 Pts.
red roses
where
the white sands part
Ben Gieske
(0,2,2) = 6 Pts.
I liked this simple observation.
the wind from the sea
moves the sand
in my shadow
helge t.
(1,1,1) = 6 Pts.
Hourglass
the last grain of sand
drops
Gautam Nadkarni
(1,1,1) = 6 Pts.
on the sand
a statue of the Buddha
and bullet holes
haikugeert
(0,2,2) = 6 Pts.
a grain of sand
in the oyster shell
seven year itch
Leah Ann Sullivan
(1,1,1) = 6 Pts.
feeling better
the truant shakes sand
from his shoes
LeRoy Gorman
(0,2,2) = 6 Pts.
drifting sand
erasing
where people were
Rose Marie Stutts
(1,0,3) = 6 Pts.
summer vacation
slipping through fingers like sand
the children growing
todd eddy
(0,0,6) = 6 Pts.
Fifteenth Place Five Points
heat haze
the fry cook looks out
over the boardwalk, over the sand
aom (tim)
(0,2,1) = 5 Pts.
I wanted to award this a point. But 'over the sand' sounds tacked onto
a finished poem in order to qualify.
sand dollars
scattered by the tide
his leaving
Beth Powell
(0,0,5) = 5 Pts.
The natural world may seem to come unglued with a relationship lost. Well done.
True summer sandwich:
Ziploc-warmed peanut butter
and jelly and sand
Conrad Sienkiewicz
(0,1,3) = 5 Pts.
This doesn't scan perfectly, but absolutely captures something worth capturing.
sandy beach
the murmur of footprints
at sunset
Dejan Pavlinovic
(0,1,3) = 5 Pts.
wave demolishing
the sand castle
the child's cry
miorita
(0,2,1) = 5 Pts.
sand clock...
to see the beauty
of each grain
Rita Odeh
(0,2,1) = 5 Pts.
Sixteenth Place Four Points
short night~
the sand slips
through the hourglass
Apurva
(0,0,4) = 4 Pts.
beneath my bed
a zen garden in a box
spilled sand
bre
(0,2,0) = 4 Pts.
hiding from June sun
in dime-sized sand caves
1,000 new frogs
Bridget Cougar
(1,0,1) = 4 Pts.
ebb tide
in the quiet of morning
sand fleas scurry on
Carol Raisfeld
(0,1,2) = 4 Pts.
Crowd on the sand
above the ocean
only a seagull
Constantin Stroe
(0,1,2) = 4 Pts.
My mind's eye rising as I read down this haiku... nice.
morning mist
sand crab digs
beneath the wet sand
fedelmia
(0,1,2) = 4 Pts.
ebb tide sand
the child jumps over
a crab hole
kala
(1,0,1) = 4 Pts.
lonely ramparts
in the sinking sun
sand castle
Linda Papanicolaou
(1,0,1) = 4 Pts.
The best version of the sandcastle cliche.
two names in sand
our romance swept away
by time and tide
Mary Lee McClure
(0,1,2) = 4 Pts.
child at beach fills pail
empties it, fills, empties
zen mind
miriam chaikin
(1,0,1) = 4 Pts.
hungry,
with a handful of sand ...
the stars
og_a
(0,0,4) = 4 Pts.
The more I read it, the more I like it.
hurricane's eye
the crunch of sand
underfoot
soji
(0,1,2) = 4 Pts.
Seventeenth Place Three Points
childhood sand beach
under the only tree
the day lingers
Bruce Ross
(0,1,1) = 3 Pts.
beach weather
from the washing machine
the sound of sand
frederick gier
(0,0,3) = 3 Pts.
left behind
in the back seat
swimsuits and sand
LGD
(0,0,3) = 3 Pts.
a trail of sand
and bathing suits
the bedroom
Neil Muscott
(0,1,1) = 3 Pts.
powdered
to sand
~ a life span
Rebba
(0,0,3) = 3 Pts.
sunning on the beach
the sand sticks to her oiled skin
footprints by the chair
Rebecca S.
(0,1,1) = 3 Pts.
early summer
stretching out in the sun
sand for my pillow
terrytip
(0,1,1) = 3 Pts.
Eighteenth Place Two Points
Sand in her hair
waves of the ocean move
her eyes so full
Angelika Kolompar
(0,1,0) = 2 Pts.
caress of the tide
rolling on sun-heated sands
eternity's pulse
Deirdre Godwin
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
burning sun
my footprints in the sand
fading away
Elena Naskova
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
blue lagoon
the sand in palms
stars sparkles
goblet
(0,1,0) = 2 Pts.
change
in the turtle shaped
sandbox
gourdman
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
sirocco wind
Sahara Desert sand moves
to another dune
Harvey Jenkins
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
summer craze
in rhythm of waves
sand on beach
john tiong chunghoo
(0,1,0) = 2 Pts.
after the beach
grains of sand
inside the bath
Jon Baldwin
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
My entry was a childhood memory. I remember this happening to me, too.
sands of time
glide down the hour-glass:
man the victim
Keith Simmonds
(0,1,0) = 2 Pts.
sand in the shoe
at work I'm counting
days to the vacation
Magdalena Banaszkiewicz
(0,1,0) = 2 Pts.
wet sand
my feet sink
into foam
Marylouise Knight
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
last year's sand
in my swim trunks
the long day
Robert Ertman
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
memories...
in the rolled pant legs
grains of sand
Tanya Dikova
(0,0,2) = 2 Pts.
ocean of sand
amidst waves of dune
seagull's boat roll
Wojciech Wojnar
(0,1,0) = 2 Pts.
Nineteenth Place One Point
eroded cliff
beneath my sandy toes
an ammonite
andrea
I wonder if there's a trilobite in the cliff face.
sand castle contest
a carload of zealots
...but...no shovels
Barbara Snow
on his heels
trying to reach the ocean
oh so hot sand!
Betty Kaplan
golf tournament
another ball lands
in the sand trap
anonymous
old argument
honeymoon beach sand
grits the sheets
Catherine J.S. Lee
murmur of the sea
cliffs of the past times
between my toes
D.V. Rozic
waves on sand
what a silence
in the zen stone garden
Dorota Pyra
sand at the beach
cumulus puffs above
shifting slowly
gillena
cleaning out basement
vial of pink sand falls from
Bermuda trip box
Hazel A. Witherspoon
silver smelts shimmer
above the ripple-marked sand
of the stream bottom
Ignatius Fay
founded in sand
your body form
from last year
ion untaru
grain of sand
annoys an oyster's flesh...
milk hardens to pearl
anonymous
at the ocean
I dye my hair a deep blue
sand in my shoes
Jeff Hanson
late afternoon light
pebbles in the sand
shape-shift to blueberries
jill
summer diving...
my shadow
on the sand bottom
Li Ree
a swoop of white
where the sand becomes sea
vanishing point
Lin Geary
her beach ball cannons
into her brother's castle
sand streaks their tears
mechaieh
natural hermit
the crab burrows
into the sand
Meredith Stern Cavalieri
midlife birthday
sands of the hourglass shimmer
from the narrowing
anonymous
Nothing heard.
Less seen.
Head stuck in the sand
Tina Back
spray painted
on exposed sandstone
class of '08
tom painting
Now we meet.
The sand in the timer
running out.
Trevor Camp
Her pockets still full of sand
she remembers his wet kiss
yositaka
we help him drink
Coke through a straw
Dad buried in sand
anonymous
Twentieth Place Sorry, no points this time.
under the sheet
between his toes
the last sand
Aruna
spring flu
memories of sand
between my toes
Barbara Campitelli
sandcastles...
my handprint
on the closing door
Carol Pearce-Worthington
sand
in the hourglass
slipping away
Carolyn
human statues
guarding a child's sandcastle
knights on horses
Daniela Bullas
growing from rock
to some lovely sand
takes centuries
emile molhuysen
through my hands
each flowing sand grain carries
big rock memories
Frances McCarthy
sunset at the beach
her body seems to dissolve
in the sand
fred flohr
empty sand martin holes
and paint ball stains
the art of the cave children
Garry Eaton
hands thrust deep
their bottoms in the air
kids' digging sand crabs
Greg Longenecker
Evening winds waving
light sands in my barefoot tracks.
Horst Ludwig
Burned by the sun
Yet loath to leave
The cooling sands
James Sawers
running sand
sweet June turns
her time glass figure
Jon Espen Vassbotn
footprints in sand
the first wave
washes them all.
Kamal
black sands
living playfully
in volcano's shadow
Lorene
footprints fade;
out of its sand burrow
the crab peeks
manoj saranathan
a perfect bottle
to put a message in
on the warm sand
marian burke
Disney World lake
my son runs on
old ocean sand
Mike Montreuil
stopping at the beach
to watch wind surfers
now sand in my teeth
Paul O. Williams
empty bedroom
within the hourglass
breathless sand
php
Two little crabs
Towards sea ~
hot sand
Reza
a summer sun
barefoot on sands
I seek my shoes
Sunil Uniyal
At the end of time
Glaciers thaw, becoming seas,
Rocks erode to sand.
Tanja
gulf coast
thunder storms & twisters
shifting sands
anonymous
midday heat
a parasol on the sands
- oasis of shade
Tomislav M.
desert dunes
hillocks of sand
stinging in the wind
usha
Earthquake
a grain of sand seeking for
its hourglass
Vasile Moldovan
General Comments:
This was fun. Some very good haiku.
Many images will stay with me for a long time, wish I could have voted for more.