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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Rang Unga ag Ako

rang ungang eaki ag ako--
gahuyap it aninipot
gahuyap it mga bituon
***—Roberta Beary

my son and i
counting fireflies
counting stars
***—Roberta Beary
Publication credit: the thin curve: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 1999 (Red Moon Press, 2000)

1 comment:

Area 17 said...

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Things have certainly moved on for this wonderful haiku!

It won First Place in the Penumbra Haiku Contest of 1999.

It currently appears in Roberta Beary's book of poems, The Unworn Necklace, which won first prize in the Snapshot Press Haiku Collection Competition.

It's a 2008 Finalist in the Poetry Society of America's Williams Carlos Williams Award

Ffi on current happenings with Roberta check out this weblink: Roberta Beary
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