Alice Frampton bughug44@hotmail.com English no personal web site Canada Though originally from Washington State, I have lived in British Columbia, Canada since 1973. After working in the childcare field for twenty-five years, I returned to writing and stumbled into Japanese poetry by submitting some three line, non-haiku pieces to a very helpful editor named Jim Kacian. Under his tutelage, through reading, and joining both The Haiku Society of America and Haiku Canada, I've found success with my poems and have enjoyed meeting many fine haijin. My publishing credits include Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, Haiku Canada Newsletter, honorable mention in the Betty Drevniok Competition 2001, Raw NerVZ Haiku, Haiku Canada 2001 Anthology Counting Loons, Haiku Society of America 2001 Anthology Voices and Echoes, Poetry in the Light, Lynx, American Tanka, Countless Leaves, pawEprint by pawEpress, American Haibun and Haiga: Stone Frog, and Haijinx. Reaching as far a Japan, I have also been included on Kuniharu Shimizu's site see haiku here and most recently I've written an article for the Mie Times in Mie Prefecture. I live in Delta, B. C.

watering the grass - a smile from the man who passes by	dried-up pond initials in alder bark scabbed over
so much to do my son points out the lightning	late August - pushing through cornstalks midnight raccoons
red maple against the white wall of the fire station	fog all day the whiteness in my ears
long dusty road: I wait by the mailbox for the cloud	fire-side poetry - I turn to warm the left side of my brain
last goodbye - scent of his wool coat deeper into my nose	chill wind - autumn leaves covering autumn leaves