Some of these haiku, about the writer’s home or a spiritual home, were created in April 2006 at Lugz Coffee Lounge, Vancouver. Others were written at home and emailed in through the year.

The Home Sweet Haiku winners are listed below:

Broadway Station night
dealer picks blackberries through
security fence
 —Angela Kenyon, Vancouver

Bougainvillea
Calls me home. Singapore feels
Like rain on my tongue.
 —Joanne Underwood, Calgary

Beside the black lake
gimli sits and attracts me
to its ancient troll
 —Michael Stefansson, Richmond BC

shirts slips shorts sox sheets
stiffened to ice overnight
a life on the line
 —Lin Geary, Paris ON

cataract chills cataract
thrills look at the ice
my cataract spills
 —Salvatore Difalco, Toronto

Snow buries Mom’s Dodge
hot pancakes on a weekday?
pray our school is closed
 —Ross Bragg, Vancouver

Mown grass in Alba Park—
The Punxsutawney sibyl
Primes our hearts for spring.
 —William J. Coyne, Medford OR

Digging in the earth
after a blossoming rain
my cat outlives me
 —Tyler Gabrysh, Redcliff AB

The winners made their appearance in the print version of issue 65.

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