Best Ku Poems

a very loud noise
started ringing from my clock—
I fell out of bed

a bumped water glass
rolling across the hard floor—
I slipped on my head

a loud screaming...

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Haiku Princess
I Bow to your pen
"Skat", Are you an Angel?

Inspiration the Poem - Haiku Rally ( 11/16/2011 )
Dedicated to "Scat - Oz"   ...

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spilling mother’s milk
Nature’s bounty feeds her child -
river’s youth fades fast


Susan Ashley
April 29, 2020


~ Fourth Place ~
Premiere Contest: Hi-Ku (5)
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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Soaring Hawk poised high
Back drop a deep sapphire sky 
Winds in attendance

Mighty wings unfold
Caressing the Wind Spirits
They lift and support

Circling Hawk perceives
Rainbow circle on a...

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full moon between trees
branches scribbled on her face
aging gracefully

HI-KU(2)
Contest Judged:  12/16/2020 8:43:00 AM
Sponsored by: Brian Strand 
5th Place...

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battle of the sexes


~~MONA LISA SMILE
Picture Oil painting worthwhile 
Leonardo DA Vinci, look out!
What is she really smiling about?

(((The popularity of the Mona Lisa increased...

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It was the spring of ‘74 when my student peers and I
were on the tail end of a group excursion  
through southern Spain, across...

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dandelion drift


               soft the seeds set sail windward ...


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snowstorm and black nights

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first light rain -

slippery is the path 

of fragile love               ...

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lark's song

as green leaves dance with the breeze . . .

gold seeps from sky


Jan. 31, 2020

the 'Hi-Ku(5)' Poetry Contest...

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the nature is a gold mine - positive effect on negative thoughts
breathe in the fresh air - find peace in circle of waves - an...

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new nation to craft
founding fathers sought to draft
a declaration of independence
document that made sense

Thomas Jefferson sought to free slaves
but was warned not to make waves
five...

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hi-jack my haiku?
Hah! You jacked the wrong ku
You stole a senryu

I hide my haikus
safe and sound beneath silly
senryus such as this

Hark and heed this Hank!
Stealing...

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cove framed by glaciers

blue water, ice, peaceful sky-

heaven surrounds me


February 18, 2016

Premiere Contest: Hi-Ku (2)
Sponsor: Brian Strand
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