New Year's Haiku/Tanka Challenge Winners

Thanks very much to all for sending along poems with barely 12 hours of open reading time, on New Year's Eve to boot. The winning poem (haiku) is

Snow blurs tracks
From year
Just past

Russell Libby

And here are 3 runners-up ...

New Year’s Day —

the wreath has fallen

between the doors

Scott Metz

end of the year--
not enough fingers and toes
to count my blessings

Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

ashes, few embers—
enough for a fresh fire though
this New Year’s morning

Joseph Hutchison

Once again, my sincere thanks to all who sent work along. It was all solid and a nice way for me to start the new year.

Happy New Year to all.

And from Issa, a reminder: Edo is the ancient name for Tokyo, but we all may fill in the name of our own town ...

homeless, too
seeing in the new year
in Edo

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don