Can I say enough?
Compiled and ranked by importance:
Crucial for hot fudge
Companionable with nuts
Chip components of the 20th century's greatest invention - the chocolate chip cookie
Captivating to lovers
Conflicts have been fought over it
O'erlapping this present slouched
With that stately time
Heel-struck of high-ranked nobles
Their ladies, a-chime
To be what of, had enriched
What of, had refined
Through its visuals, ambience
In soul so inclined.
my heart on the line
not to be disappointed
waiting and praying
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Submitted on January 28, 2026 for contest A VALENTINE'S SENRYU sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN - RANKED 2ND
Hawaii here I come
not for a day or a week but
for three whole months
I want to really get
to experience the island
meet your friendly people
climb each volcano
try on a grass skirt
dance at your luaus
run along your beaches
snorkle and see your reefs
listen to the whales swim by
No intentions of leaving until I have learned
the smell of each Hawaiian flower
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on January 4, 2026 for contest DREAM DESTINATION sponsored by SOTTO POET - RANKED 2ND
By moon and star and gondola lamp
High ranked Love energized.
Street-spotted, but for shame dim apprized
That whirled of sot and vamp.
a warm embrace
deflating the loneliness
of oncoming fall
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Submitted on November 1, 2025 for contest 1423 SENRYU sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 8TH
red poppies
swaying in the wind
freedom bought and paid
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on October 16, 2025 for contest 1421 A NEW HAIKU sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 3RD
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you love” - Rumi
Our hearts are drawn mysteriously
attracted to a force field
by a powerful magnetic pull
we often know not why ~
feels like it’s just meant to be.
Hushed calls from deep within
to reach out and connect.
Be it to a soul or trinket,
will not take no for an answer.
It calls out to us most insistent
like the future holding open a door
or fate working its magic.
We’re made to feel like the tides
gently pulled one way then the other.
That’s our soul leaning towards its wants
~ telling us in not so many words
the path we are meant to follow.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on October 26, 2025 for contest RUMI QUOTES sponsored by SOTTO POET - RANKED 3RD
and January 12, 2026 for contest YOUR LOVE PULLS ME sponsored by ANOUCHEKA GANDAGISSOON - HONORABLE MENTION
Saffron threads ~ a mere pinch
the dish elevated to an elegant affair
a blessing ~ lucky diner’s delight
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
Submitted on September 25, 2025 for contest 1415 WHAT YOU WILL sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 3RD
sunday fiddle
funday diddle
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Submitted on September 18, 2025 to contest FOURTLE sponsored by CHARLES MESSINA - RANKED 4TH
summer warms hearts when it lingers
but is gone quick as sand through fingers
Submitted on Spetember 3, 2025 for contest A SEASONAL CRYSTALLINE POEM sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN - RANKED 2ND
card left unsigned
bouquet left at the door
~ cautious admirer
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on September 3, 2025 to contest 1409 SENRYU sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
untitled chapter
in my life’s journey
~ stuck on hold
AP: 3rd place 2026, 3rd place 2025, Honorable Mention 2026
Submitted on August 29, 2025 for contest 1407 UNTITLED HAIKU sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 3RD
What's up doc repeats Bugs Bunny
thinking he's being cute and funny
sounding like a wily parrot
while posing chewing on his carrot
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on August 14, 2025 for contest CARTOON CHARACTER CLERIHEW sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN - RANKED 2ND
i ride the waves of translucent hues
in shades of blues playfully reflecting the sun
i exude tones of capricious seagreen and
while scattering flecks of iridescence
shift in tinges uniquely unpredictable
to the core ~ i am aquamarine
AP: Honorable Mntion 2025
Submitted on August 14, 2025 for contest IMAGINE YOURSELF AS A COLOR sponsored by ANDREA DIETRICH - RANKED 1ST
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