Terri’s Poetry

outdoor shower
a shiver in
the cricket’s song

Best of frogpond
Issue 45.1, 2022

a bit of sky in the found feather

Plum Haiku Contest
2nd Place, 2022

vesper bells…
a skiff slips beneath
the moon bridge

Martin Lucas Haiku Award
Commended, 2021

in the center
of the cavern
a call to worship

Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition
Second Place, 2020

growth spurt—
measuring himself
against the hollyhocks

8th Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards
Honorable Mention, 2020

city park
pigeons bobbing
to the busker’s tune

Golden Triangle Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, 2019

Easter morning—
and I can’t even
get out of bed

Sonic Boom, 3rd Annual Senryu Contest
First Place, 2017

the gasp
before the sigh. . .
cherry blossoms

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
Best United States haiku, 2017

shelling sugar-snaps
my daughter decides
to open up

Golden Triangle Haiku Contest
Judge’s favorite, 2017

January. . .
loneliness  knitted
into a scarf

Wild Plum Haiku Contest
First Place, 2016

labeled a liberal
but I’m all right
with that

Sonic Boom First Annual Senryu Contest
Honorable Mention, 2015

a bit of rust
on the Chevy’s fender
harvest moon

HSA Henderson Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, 2014

Spring thaw
an ice shanty leans
into the melt

Under the Basho
Honorable Mention, 2014

perigee moon—
the amateur astronomer
invades my space

Modern Haiku 45:2
Favorite Haiku, Summer, 2014

autumn morning
the shape of a grandchild
beneath the quilt

Haiku North America Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, 2013

waiting room—
a fly climbs the stairs
on an Escher print

HSA Gerald Brady Senryu Contest
Third Place, 2012

he brings flowers
the same shade—
bruises

frogpond, 34:3 ~ Autumn , 2011
Touchstone Award, 2011

starry night
we make up our own
constellations

Starry Night Kukai, Sketchbook
1st Place, July/August, 2011