First Honorable Mention – 2019 TLP Haiku chapbook Contest The Turbulent Mountains By Mohammad Azim Khan Remarks below are from Susan Antolin, the judge of the 2019 contest Haiku on the topic of war date back to the time of Basho. In this collection of wartime haiku, the setting is Afghanistan and the specific images […]
Stirring Ashes
Third Place Winner – 2019 TLP Haiku Chapbook Contest Stirring Ashes By Alan S. Bridges Remarks below are from Susan Antolin, the judge of the 2019 contest Set in a quintessentially American landscape, Stirring Ashes weaves between the natural world and our place in it with great sensitivity and an eye for just the right […]
Forsythia
Second Place Winner – 2019 TLP Haiku chapbook Contest Forsythia By Robin Anna Smith Remarks below are from Susan Antolin, the judge of the 2019 contest Perhaps not since Roberta Beary’s The Unworn Necklace, have I felt quite so drawn into the narrative arc of a haiku collection. In Forsythia, as the poet’s journey through […]
