Terri’s Poetry
Here are a few examples of Terri’s award-winning poetry.
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The Midwest Traveling Rock Garden
The Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden
2025
Porad Haiku Award
summer solstice
a jar of marbles
collecting sunlight
Porad Haiku Award
Second Place, 2023
Best of frogpond Issue 45.1, 2022
outdoor shower
a shiver in
the cricket’s song
Best of frogpond
Issue 45.1, 2022
Plum Haiku Contest 2nd Place, 2022
a bit of sky in the found feather
Plum Haiku Contest
2nd Place, 2022
Martin Lucas Haiku Award Commended, 2021
vesper bells…
a skiff slips beneath
tthe moon bridge
Martin Lucas Haiku Award
Commended, 2021
Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition Second Place, 2020
in the center
of the cavern
a call to worship
Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award Competition
Second Place, 2020
8th Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards Honorable Mention, 2020
growth spurt—
measuring himself
against the hollyhocks
8th Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards
Honorable Mention, 2020
Golden Triangle Haiku Contest, Honorable Mention, 2019
city park
pigeons bobbing
to the busker’s tune
Golden Triangle Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, 2019
Sonic Boom, 3rd Annual Senryu Contest First Place, 2017
Easter morning—
and I can’t even
get out of bed
Sonic Boom, 3rd Annual Senryu Contest
First Place, 2017
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Best United States haiku, 2017
the gasp
before the sigh. . .
cherry blossoms
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
Best United States haiku, 2017
Golden Triangle Haiku Contest Judge’s favorite, 2017
shelling sugar-snaps
my daughter decides
to open up
Golden Triangle Haiku Contest
Judge’s favorite, 2017
Wild Plum Haiku Contest First Place, 2016
January. . .
loneliness knitted
into a scarf
Wild Plum Haiku Contest
First Place, 2016
Sonic Boom First Annual Senryu Contest Honorable Mention, 2015
labeled a liberal
but I’m all right
with that
Sonic Boom First Annual Senryu Contest
Honorable Mention, 2015
HSA Henderson Haiku Contest Honorable Mention, 2014
a bit of rust
on the Chevy’s fender
harvest moon
HSA Henderson Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, 2014
Under the Basho Honorable Mention, 2014
Spring thaw
an ice shanty leans
into the melt
Under the Basho
Honorable Mention, 2014
Modern Haiku 45:2 ~ Favorite Haiku, Summer, 2014
perigee moon—
the amateur astronomer
invades my space
Modern Haiku 45:2
Favorite Haiku, Summer, 2014
Haiku North America Haiku Contest ~ Honorable Mention, 2013
autumn morning
the shape of a grandchild
beneath the quilt
Haiku North America Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, 2013
HSA Gerald Brady Senryu Contest ~ Third Place, 2012
waiting room—
a fly climbs the stairs
on an Escher print
HSA Gerald Brady Senryu Contest
Third Place, 2012
frogpond, 34:3 ~ Autumn , 2011 ~ Touchstone Award, 2011
he brings flowers
the same shade—
bruises
frogpond, 34:3 ~ Autumn , 2011
Touchstone Award, 2011
Starry Night Kukai, Sketchbook ~ 1st Place, July/August, 2011
starry night
we make up our own
constellations