Poet Profile

Anita Curran Guenin

Anita Curran Guenin was born and raised in Rhode Island where her family has deep roots. She retired from the New York Times Magazine Group after a long career in marine publishing.
She was a frequently published, prize winning haiku poet. Her work Love Story, was one of nine poems selected in 2016 for publication by Genjuan, Japan's only international haibun contest. She was also a member of Haiku San Diego.
Besides her interest in poetry, she was an avid genealogist and a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Jamestowne Society, and Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anita Curran Guenin, passed away on August 5 in San Diego, CA.
after: The Providence Journal, Sep. 19, 2018.

Awards and Other Honors:

Honorable Mention, Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Award (Haiku Society of America, 2012); Third Prize, Best Unpublished Haibun Award (Haiku Society of America, 2013); Honorable Mention, Francine Porad Award for Haiku (Haiku Northwest, 2015); Honorable Mention, Genjuan International Haibun Contest (2016).

your shoulder blades
cut my hands—
first lilacs

on the last walk
we find no berries to share
forked road

twilight—
white poppies light themselves
from within

bottom of the hill—
a red tricycle 
rusts into winter

invading every inch
of the garden—
infidelity

we huddle 
over mother's open grave—
lawless winter

under the couch
a small sock—
white camellias

last piece of wood
in the pile
winter widow

rain drizzles
into my bones—
homesick

your side of the bed
still warm—
early flight

Credits:

"your shoulder blades" - Honorable Mention, Francine Porad Award for Haiku (Haiku Northwest, 2015); "twilight" - Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology (2010); Ripples: Haiku Society of America Newsletter25.2 (2010); "invading every inch" - Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology (2015); "on the last walk" - Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology (2011); "bottom of the hill" - Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology (2011); "we huddle" - Honorable Mention, Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Award (Haiku Society of America, 2012); Frogpond 36.1 (2013); "under the couch"; "last piece of wood" - 2013 Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology; "rain drizzles", "your side of the bed" - .2014 Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology.