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2021 Haiku Contest Winners

A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression. Congratulations to the winners of our 2021 Haiku Contest!

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Children Under 10

Fall Life

The trees are blowing
Pumpkins and leaves blooming too
I stare and wonder

Mica Mays

Children 10-18

Morning Walks

Birds chirp, trains rumble
Warm sunshine is the best part
When the world awakes.

Judah Ford

Adult: General Themed

Fireflies flickering
Through a shadowy forest
A bewitching glow

Heidi Holmes

Adult: Harvest Themed

Pollen clings gently
To the bee’s leg in the sun
A golden harvest

Matthew Boyer

Adult: Moon Themed

as white as a ghost
haunting and familiar
watching every night

Amanda Taylor

Consul-General’s Choice: Adult

Land of rising sun
Behold nature’s great bounty
Eve of harvest moon

Stacey Haag

Consul-General’s Choice: Child

Fall

Leaves are colorful
I was sitting in the leaves
I watched the scarecrow.

Leah Pack

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