Alvin B Cruz , Philippines

Introducing  : Alvin B. Cruz has published three collections of poetry -"Sunsets Are Sonnets & Other Poems",  "Written on Water," and more recently "Paper Cranes." His haiku, senryu, tanka, and haibun have been published in many print and online journals, namely Modern Haiku, Wales Haiku Journal. Presence, Whiptail, Cold Moon Journal, Kingfisher, Prune Juice, Frogpond, Failed Haiku, Poetry Pea, Under the Basho, Haiku Canada Review, Scarlet Dragonfly, among others. His haiku have won awards and recognition from several international haiku competitions, including the Haiku Society of America Senryu Award (2nd Place) in 2021, the Irish Haiku Society Honorable Mention in 2021, and the Tokusen (2nd Prize) in Kusamakura Haiku Competition in 2022, among others. Alvin is currently a full-time faculty member at FEU Alabang. He lives in Manila, Philippines.

omitting the dots
in all my i's
irises

June 9th 2023 

enough silence

in my solitude

sound of water

November 21st 2023

starry night

looking at an arrangement

of daffodils

June 11th 2024 

her relapse

a crocus bud opens

in false spring

December 8th 2024