Bruce H. Feingold

Bruce H. Feingold Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who lives in Walnut Creek, California, with his wife. He regularly publishes haiku in journals such as Modern Haiku, bottle rockets, Frogpond, and Mariposa. His haiku have also appeared in The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku in 2005 and 2010. Bruce's poems reflect his work as a psychotherapist and his passion for family, traveling, hiking, yoga, and Buddhism.

Awards and Other Honors:

First Place, Hawai'i Education Association (HEA) - Hawai'i Word (2005); Second Place, HEA - Season Word (2003); Third place, HEA Humorous (2004); Honorable Mentions, HEA - Season Word, Hawai'i, and Humorous Categories (1993,1994,1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006); Honorable Mention, the Haiku Poets of Northern California Senryu Contest (2010); First Honorable Mention, Maxi Poem, Bay Area Poets Coalition Annual Contest (1992); Featured Poet in Haiku Headlines (April 2002); First Place, Reader's Choice Award, Haiku Headlines (1993 and 1995); Third Place, Reader's Choice Award, Haiku Headlines (1996); haiku selected to appear in The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (2005 and 2010); Third Prize, 16th International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition (2011); Shortlist, Touchstone Award for Individual Poems (The Haiku Foundation, 2011); Commended [Innovative], The Haiku Foundation HaikuNow! International Haiku Contest (2012); 4th Place, 8th International Kukai (November 2012); Second Place (tie), Shiki Monthly Kukai [Kigo] (May 2012); First Place, Haiku Poets of Northern California Senryu Contest (2012) haiku selected for fear of dancing: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2013 (Red Moon Press, 2014); haiku from Mariposa selected for the Haiku Poets of Northern California's President Chime Award for 2013; Featured Poet for October, Mann Library's Daily Haiku (2016); haiku republished in old song, The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2017, edited by Jim Kacian and the Red Moon Editorial Staff; The Betty Drevniok Award First Prize, 2018; UHTS 2017 the Annual Hortensia Anderson Memorial Awards Second Place; Haiku Poet's Northern California Senryu Contest, 2018, Honorable Mention.

Books Published: A New Moon (Red Moon Press, 2004); Sunrise on the Lodge (Red Moon Press, 2010); Old Enough (Red Moon Press, 2016).

farewell hike-
windswept emptiness
of Haleakala

haiku dad-
I help my daughter trim
her college essay

sunrise at the lodge-
white water rafters pick
at their scrambled eggs

autumn evening-
bundling up the Harris Tweed
for Goodwill

moonless night-
my reclusive neighbor
points out Jupiter

coyotes wail
under a waning moon-
first freeze

Credits:

"farewell hike" - First Place, Hawai'i Education Association Twenty-Eighth Annual International Haiku Contest - Hawai'i Word (2005); "sunrise on the lodge" - bottle rockets 12 (2005); inside the mirror: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2005 (Red Moon Press, 2006); "moonless night" - Modern Haiku 41:3 (2010; evolution: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2010 (Red Moon Press, 2011); "haiku dad" - Third Place, HEA Twenty-Seventh Annual International Haiku Contest - Humorous (2004); "autumn evening" - Second Place, HEA Twenty-Sixth International Haiku Contest - Season Word (2003); "coyotes wail" - Third Honorable Mention, HEA Twenty-Ninth International Haiku Contest - Season Word (2006).