This forum is for the purpose of exchanging information concerning the Manitou Shores Haiku contest. This is also the forum where the winners will be announced. Be sure to "JOIN" the group so that all the relative email addresses can be read. Here are a couple of masterpieces to keep in mind before sending your entries:

loneliness---
growing leeks in a dream
like this world

Nagata Koi

my dead mother--
every time I see the ocean
every time...

Issa

only in the river
darkness flows:
fireflies

Kaga no Chiyo