Poet Profile

Angela Terry

Angela (Angie) Terry is the 2010 Secretary for the Haiku Society of America and is part of the Haiku Northwest group, which meets monthly to share haiku. She has participated in various Haiku North America and Haiku Society of America meetings, as well as joint meetings of haiku groups in Western Washington. Her haiku have been featured in a variety of literary festivals, anthologies, and journals.

Awards and Other Honors: Suruga Baika Literary Award (February 11, 2007); Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (2007); Highly Commended, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (2006).

each note
each pause...
the heat

oars in unison
slicing the river
slicing the moon

coffee shop—
hearing his name
in someone else's conversation

a whisper
with no promises left
turning tide

morning meditation
a moth
works the room

watching as
plum blossoms fall—
and still shivering

Credits: "each note" - Frogpond 32:1 (2009); "coffee shop" - The Heron's Nest X:4 (2008); "morning meditation" - The Heron's Nest 11:1 (2009); "oars in unison" - The Heron's Nest 11:3 (2009); "a whisper" - Acorn 22 (2009); "watching as" - Suruga Daichu-ji (2007).