JUNE CHALLENGE, PART TWO

 

 DEAR HAIKU WRITERS,

 

Inspired by this image, please, continue the haiku suggested by the first line: 

 

hospital walkway -

 

  Please, send your submissions between June 15 and 29.

 Haiku submitted outside this period will not be considered.

Thank you. 

 

PS

Take a look to the June challenge, first part, to see the highlighted poems. 

 Congratulations to all the participants. I enjoyed every entry that was submitted.

 

 

Hospital Walkway -

loved ones of the sick frozen 

like salt sculptures

2 

 

Hospital Walkway -

in partial shade we count 

the leaves of the plant

 

 Urszula Marciniak

 

 

3

 

hospital walkway
a winter of therapies
to re-emerge
 
4
 
hospital walkway
between illness and healing
the whiteness of a soft blanket

 

 Oscar Luparia

 

5

 

hospital walkway

leaves still alive

in the withered bouquet

 

6

hospital walkway

resuscitating

the potted plant

 

Anne Fox 

 

 

7

 

hospital walkway -

the red line seems so long 

against my short life

     

            Natalia Kuznetsova 

 

 8

hospital walkway                                                                                                    

the click-clacks of his cane                                                                                 

suddenly stop 

 

 Martina Matijević

 

9

 

hospital walkway—
my daughter's hand
finding mine

 

10 

hospital walkway—
the slow pace
of visiting hours

Elliot Diamond 

 

11

hospital walkway-

resurrection into a new

life

 

 

Glorija Lukina

 

12

 

hospital walkway-

anxiety about what

awaits me

 

Brigita Lukina

 

 13 

hospital walkway-

light around me...

where am I?

 

Petar Lukina

 

14

 

hospital walkway

the varying tempo

of steps

 

15 

 

hospital walkway

some incidental smiles

returning blankness

 

 Biswajit Mishra

 

 

16

 

hospital walkway-

the signature-smell

leads to the ICU

 

17

hospital walkway-

sunflowers in the garden

in a westward twist

 

 Pravat Kumar Padhy

 

 18

 

hospital walkway - 

last year’s sorrow

sprouts white 

 

19

 

hospital walkway - 

an ambulance siren

threads the silence

Neena Singh