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!
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