Haiku by Karin Hedetniemi – Juried and First Published in 2025
on a moonless night
the red coal of your cigar
burns between stories
🌟 2nd Prize • 2025 Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society • Judges Commentary
spring melt
the neighbours paint their front door
cherry blossom pink
🌸 Sakura Award • 2025 Haiku Invitational
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
while it snows elsewhere…
brushing cherry blossoms
off the windshield
✨ Honourable Mention • 2025 Haiku Invitational
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
fresh cut peonies
I ferry the ants
back to the buds
✨ Honourable Mention • 2025 Hexapod Haiku Challenge
The Frost Entomological Museum • Judges’ Commentary
one broken cookie
the barista says
this one is free
✨ Honourable Mention • 2025 Bloodroot Haiku Award
North Carolina Poetry Society • Pinesong Awards Anthology (page 25)
before the ascent
starlight on the mountain
softens stone
Frogpond • Autumn 2025, Volume 48:3 (print)
rusted love locks
on an iron bridge
the weight of promises
Haiku Canada Review • Oct 2025, Volume 19, No. 2 (print)
conch shell
mother hears the ocean
from her childhood
Haiku Girl Summer • Aug 18, 2025
hands brush
the moon appears
between bare branches
Haikuniverse • Feb 14, 2025
unearthing a button
I thank this gardener
for planting roses
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal • Apr 2025, Issue 11
crossroads paradox
my destiny awaits
both left and right
Poetry Pea Journal • Issue 1:25
a slant of light
forgetting why
I came upstairs
Haiku Canada • 2025 Members’ Anthology (print, page 26)
heirloom dictionary
a language we share
…pressed flowers
Haiku Canada BC-Territories Newsletter • Jul 2025 • Volume 10
slack key guitar
my body slides
into aloha mode
Haiku Canada BC-Territories Newsletter • Sep 2025 • Volume 11