Poet Profile

Catherine Nowaski

Catherine Nowaski is a corporate training manager and instructional designer who delights in the change of pace and perspective offered by haiku. She has been the treasurer (aka “keeper of the funds”) for the Rochester Area Haiku Group since shortly after its inception in 2004.

Awards and Other Honors: In 2006, "September garden" was awarded First Place in the Sonnenberg Japanese Garden centennial celebration haiku contest (judged by Pamela Miller Ness).

September garden
patina of old pennies
in the fountain

reaching that certain age
the pink rose petal just
beginning to curl

veiled moon
longing for something
I cannot name

broken resolutions—
icicles
returning to rain

sun's warmth
a slight scent of apples
poached from the trees

family plot
the comfort of knowing
my place

Credits: "September garden" - First Place, Sonnenberg Japanese Garden centennial celebration haiku contest (2006); Five Seasons: Rochester Area Haiku Group (Elephant Eye Press, 2009); "veiled moon" – Magnapoets (July 2009); "sun's warmth" – - Five Seasons: Rochester Area Haiku Group (Elephant Eye Press, 2009); "reaching that certain age" – fish in love: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology (2006); "broken resolutions" – dandelion clocks: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology (2008); "family plot" – Modern Haiku 40:1 (2009).