Keith Simmonds
Born in St.Philip, Barbados
Living in Rodez, France
Keith Simmonds
dangling upon a leaf
awaits the miracle
quivering upon a rose:
ephemeral glow
a solitary goose flies
into early snowfall
announcing the dawn
with high octaves
the mist swallowing
the chimneys
scent of dawn . . .
blossoms swooning
upon blossoms
2nd Annual Basho Haiku Challenge 2009
heady aroma
sparkling with intimacy . . .
lusty joie de vivre
Vicivino.com Haiku Contest – Prize, June 2009
pink glow of sunlight
shimmering in my wine glass:
a full-bodied taste
Vicivino.com Haiku Contest – Honorable Mention 2009
a leatherback turtle
transporting the full moon
on a lonely beach
23rd Ito-En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest 2012 – Merit Award
a sudden downpour:
umbrellas mushrooming
upon the boulevard
22nd Ito-En Oi Ocha…2011 – Merit Award
swine flu alert:
the bride and the groom
wearing their masks
12th Apokalipsa Haiku Contest 2010 – Commendment
fishing boats
disappearing at sea . . .
a hole in the sea
Genkissu! Spirits up! Haiku Contest 2009 – Prize
mid-summer dawn . . .
sunflowers genuflecting
in the morning breeze
Mainichi Daily News: Haiku in English, October 26, 2013
echoes of light
piercing the dawn colours
tremors of silence
Mainichi Daily News… December 6, 2012
Grandma hums
a Christmas carol . . .
first snow
Mainichi Daily News…January 7, 2011
a caterpillar
dangling upon a leaf
awaits the miracle
Hexapod Haiku Challenge, April 19, 2010, Honorable Mention
a red butterfly
quivering upon a rose:
ephemeral glow
CRR Haiku Contest – Prize – Winners’ Circle 2010
autumn mist . . .
a solitary goose flies
into early snowfall
Calico Cat International Bilingual Haiku Contest 2009 – Honourable Mention
a keskidee
announcing the dawn
with high octaves
3 Lights Journal, January 2010, Issue 1
step by step
the mist swallowing
the chimneys
A Hundred Gourds, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2009
Autumn sunrise
on a halo of mist
hitching a ride
Ambrosia - Issue 2, Winter 2009
A lantern
over the village . . .
full moon
Ambrosia - Issue 2, Winter 2009
The empty chair . . .
a flood of memories
for Mother's Day
A Hundred Gourds - Vol.1, Issue 1, 2009
The roaring sea . . .
a fisherman's boat
doing the twist
A Hundred Gourds, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2009
Giant clouds
loitering in the sky . . .
summer solstice
A Hundred Gourds, Vol. 2, 2010
Typhoon:
city hanging
upon the waters
A Hundred Gourds, December Issue, 2011
Cicadas chirping
for the very last time . . .
atomic explosion
WHR, August 2010, 2nd place
Sacred sunshine shafts
piercing the morning silence
icicles crumbling
Mainichi Daily News, #681, March 4, 2006
Young lovers
looking for the stars
in each other's eyes
Mainichi, October 23, 2008
Tumbling
over the waves
gale winds
Mainichi, February 11, 2009
Father and son
fishing together
the same line
Mainichi, March 23, 2009
Gusts of wind
on the eagle's wings . . .
a tilted sky
Mainichi, June 17, 2013
A waterfall
pouring sunlight down
the mountain
21st Ito-En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest - Merit Award - September 2010
Children at the beach
pouring pails of sunshine
back into the sea
4th Yamadera Basho Memorial Haiku Contest, July 15, 2012 - Distinguished Work Prize
Lovers dining
in the open air with
a slice of the moon
Klostar Ivanic International Haiku Contest, October 14, 2010 - Honourable Mention