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English Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Ms. Marie Stutts -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Rain, like silver thread,
Stitching grey sky to black ground
In wet embroidery.
2nd Place: Mr. Daryl Baughman - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Summer Apples green,
Guarded by the pasture bull;
Little thieves running.
3rd Place: Mr. J. Sellers - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Solitary moon
Vineyards deserted and bare--
Ice gems on twig ends.
4th Place: Mr. Jerome Hoffman - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
In ancient eyes dance
Dew-bejeweled spiderwebs:
Her most loved moments.
5th Place: Dr. Bill Gunther - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The ripple expands,
Gradually moving away
Like growing children.
Junior High and High School
Category
1st Place: Ms. Laura Jordan - Phenix
City, Alabama
A chilled breeze calls out
To the frost bitten flowers--
Until Spring you wilt.
2nd Place: Mr. Heath Puckett - Pisgah, Alabama
An old fishing hole:
Ducks splash the murky water,
Bluegill swim below.
3rd Place: Ms. Kristi Pugh - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A football is thrown
Will someone dive to catch it?
As the red leaves fall.
4th Place: Tyshun Nevith - Reform, Alabama
Standing high above,
The graceful pine tree looks down
On climbing squirrels.
5th Place: Ms. Melissa Osbome - Pisgah, Alabama
Emerald eyes closed
Cats sleep in the noonday heat
Through summer weather.
Elementary School Category
1st Place: Stacey Timmerman -
Birmingham, Alabama
Gentle arching whale
Swims gracefully with her calf
During the warm day.
2nd Place: Blakeley Winslow - Montgomery, Alabama
Gleaming winter stars
Pour their icy, frozen light
Through nights dark curtain.
3rd Place: Miranda Wilemon - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Enigmatical
Far away and peaked with snow
The mountains watch me.
4th Place: Jamie Bankston - Bridgeport, Alabama
Pretty red roses
Like a setting sun at dusk
Smooth as satin sheets.
5th Place: Stephanie Kay Lester - Athens, Alabama
Magical pasture
Pretty white ponys roaming
Trampling on green grass.
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Mrs. Hiroko Wakui -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Little girl's haircut;
Her shoulder, touched
By spring wind.
2nd Place: Mrs. Mitsuko Miyagawa - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A cloud is floating away
Two red maple leaves hold each other
Like hands in prayer.
3rd Place: Mrs. Shigeko Awakura - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ahead of our table
Extends a lake that shines
A dogwood tree blooms.
4th Place: Mrs. Satoko Seale - Moundville, Alabama
Nostalgically,
Daffodils are in bloom:
Memories of my mother.
5th Place: Mrs. Miho Toi - Montgomery, Alabama
The Doll's Festival
Away from home;
My daughters are standing in front of the display.
Children's Category
1st Place: Ms. Yuko Okamoto -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
While Spring has come,
Your words which froze me
Have not yet melted away.
2nd Place: Mr. Ryo Hayamizu - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Campus paths
Covered richly
By cherry flowers. |
