snow on distant hills
embraced by the morning sun
so it's no' there now
Read at Yunnan University
April 2011.
go and you'll be missed
stay down here at santubong
mangrove in the mist
Read on Radio Sarawak
07 Nov 2007.
Read at Yunnan University
April 2011.
semester goodbye
I long for the warm touch of
seducer july
Third place tie, 5-7-5 competition,
and accepted for publication,
Sol Magazine, Summer 2005.
Read at Yunnan University
April 2011.
all you want is more
I thought you were a gannet
seagull on the shore
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April 2011.
quiet now at damai
clouds watch old mount santubong
reach up to the sky
Read on Radio Sarawak
07 Nov 2007.
cherry blossom days
fill the sky in kunming zoo
under nature's gaze
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June 2005 and April 2011.
like the mist at dawn
we may stay here for a while
but must soon be gone
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April 2011.
as these rules are fine
I can make a haiku rhyme
but just this one time
First place, 5-7-5 competition,
and accepted for publication,
Sol Magazine, March 2004.
Read at Yunnan University
April 2011.
copyright colin w campbell
rhyming haiku