Elizabeth Crocket
Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resides: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth has had two books shortlisted for the American Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award. She won the 2nd annual Jane Reichhold Photographic Haiga Contest and won 2nd prize in the H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest. Elizabeth has been featured in the Haiku Foundation Haiga Galleries twice, showcasing her collage haiga and photo-haiga. She was co-judge of the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Contest in 2020, and had a photo-haiga commissioned by the City of Burlington for an outdoor art and writing display. She has been widely published in most of the leading haiku journals, including Modern Haiku, Frogpond and Mayfly.
Website: Elizabethcrocket.com
resetting the clock
a longing
for the old me
birds bouncing
on the telephone wire
news that it's a girl
their headstone
whispering out loud
the news they'd want to hear
selecting plots
for eternal rest
cloudburst
Modern Haiku, Volume 44.1, Winter-Spring 2013
my scars
the best part of me
humbled
from Extra Candles by Elizabeth Crocket (print chapbook) published by Red Moon Press, 2016 (sold out)
housework
again today
remission
from Extra Candles by Elizabeth Crocket (print chapbook) published by Red Moon Press, 2016 (sold out)
hunger pangs-
a second chance
at the feast
from Extra Candles by Elizabeth Crocket (print chapbook) published by Red Moon Press, 2016 (sold out)