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English
Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Ms. Virginia Gilbert -
Normal, Alabama
In a far field, cranes
Under a drape of rain, bend
White wings, folding moons.
2nd Place: Ms. Rose Marie Stutts - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dead of night pervades
Sound of rose petals dropping
Wake up crickets! Sing!
3rd Place: Ms. Mary Nunley Hutchins - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Long budding shrub, high
Canyon bird ...whose song freed you
To sing for yourselves?
4th Place: Ms. Ann P. Park - Aliceville, Alabama
Jewel of Summer
Hovers over bee balm beds
Fueling himself.
5th Place: Ms. Lewis Adam Shumaker - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Frozen Gargoyle Cat
In my hand a tall blue glass
Hears clear ice crackle.
Junior High and High School
Category
1st Place: Ms. Melissa Kornegay -
Vance, Alabama
The red cap and gowns
A child stumbles down the step
Graduation Day.
2nd Place: Ms. Tamara Baker - Birmingham, Alabama
Oaks sway and leaves float,
Drifting down to the heads of
Sweet lovers below.
3rd Place: Ms. Olivia Erickson - Indian Springs, Alabama
The sun disappears
Kissing the tips of mountains
With rays of splendor.
4th Place: Ms. Jennifer Johnson - Phenix City, Alabama
Running, jumping splash
The water parts beneath me
I emerge refreshed.
5th Place: Ms. Amanda Teague - Birmingham, Alabama
Fiercely, the wind blows
Against the delicate limbs
Of a sad willow.
Elementary School Category
1st Place: Mr. Josh Jordan -
Birmingham, Alabama
Songs of wind whisper
Tall brown trees lean low to hear
The soft breeze of time.
2nd Place: Ms. Martha Patton - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A peaceful smoothness.
Ground sleeps under snow blanket
Crunch! I woke it up.
3rd Place: Ms. Terri Roberts - Birmingham, Alabama
Trees, bow to nature
In the strong winds, you bend down
With your hair of leaves.
4th Place: Mr. Joseph Sewell - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Everything is wet.
The snake and worm slithers by.
Alike in wiggles.
5th Place: Mr. Alexis Boozer - Montgomery, Alabama
When the sun rises
And the rooster crows loudly
Slowly we awake.
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Mr. Kenji Awakura -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Farmer's silhouette
With the setting sun behind
Sea of cotton.
2nd Place: Mrs. Shigeko Awakura - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
From orange to purple
A gentle sunset
Colors the snowman.
3rd Place: Ms. Satoko Seale - Moundville, Alabama
Cherry flowers
Dance down to the ground
Creating a road of impermanence.
4th Place: Ms. Shigeko Honda - Pensacola, Florida
Cool, white sand
Makes a cry
When I walk along on it.
5th Place: Mr. Byoung-Song Chwe - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
I feel so aged!
This year I made
Elaborate New Year cards.
Honorable Mentions
Ms. Shigeko Awakura - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Camelias softly scent the air,
As a golfer's shot echoes
With the sound of a woodpecker.
Mr. Masato Tabata - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Like the fragrance of flowers
That lies on the prairie,
You have come from a dreamland.
Ms. Shigeko Honda - Pensacola, Florida
Oh, white sand beach! I don't know why
You let those roaring waves
Come and leave again, again.
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