WHR 2025 – Vanguard Haiku

World Haiku Review Spring 2025

Mt Aso in Morning Sun – painting by Susumu Takiguchi

Vanguard Haiku

First Place

dusty attic trunk …
the parts of mother’s heart
never open to me

Chen-ou Liu

Second Place

street lights
dancing with ghost
a bomb-ripped village

Iliyana Stoyanova

Third Place

war zone …
I roam the streets today
looking for the past

Subir Ningthouj

Seven Honourable Mention

(in no particular order)

draped over his lawn
a pall of leaves undisturbed
by the gardener’s death

Maxine Kim Green

still attached
to the old days
a watch on a chain

Ernest Wit

hospice visit—
on the window
my reflection

Meera Rehm

city park
a policeman and a bird left
a note on my car
 
Slobodan Pupovac


when he smiles
the rest of his face
joins in

Owen Bullock

old movies
how much younger
they look now

Joshua St. Claire


front line
from both sides
human voices

Vladislav Hristov

• WHR 2025 – 100 Haijin part 13
• Mountains of Japan
• WHR 2025 – Haibun
• WHR 2025 – Vanguard Haiku
• WHR 2025 – Shintai Haiku