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English
Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Charles Ghinga - Homewood,
Alabama
Artist autumn comes,
Paints her blush across each tree,
Drops palette, and leaves.
2nd Place: Marshall Humphries - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
An early winter,
A flower between pages,
Wilted, long ago.
3rd Place: Olene Barron - Troy, Alabama
Golden harvest time,
Shadows long as memories,
Yet the war goes on!
4th Place: Jeanne Lowe - Mobile, Alabama
Autumn's earth is warm.
Brown pelicans glide across
Sun glistening waves.
Junior High and High School
Category
1st Place: Evan Harvey - Madison,
Alabama
Tiny hummingbird
Zipping amongst the flowers
Pauses for a sip.
2nd Place: Kellie Franks - Birmingham, Alabama
Power lines; a flock
Of canaries sit watching
As people pass by.
3rd Place: Amy Metz - Birmingham, Alabama
Her cheeks are flushed pink,
Her smile beams radiantly,
He slips the ring on.
4th Place: Thomas Picardy - Birmingham, Alabama
The lion creeps up
To its unsuspecting prey.
So shall death find us.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Michael Washington -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ash is in L.A.
From lots of burning buildings
People were fighting.
2nd Place: Jessie Williams - Birmingham, Alabama
Moonlight on the sea,
Glittering like a white pearl,
Gleaming in the night.
3rd Place: Yashica Jordan - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
White clouds fill the air
Blinding snow covers the ground
The air is golden.
4th Place: Kenneth Lipp - Birmingham, Alabama
Night, a velvet sheet
Covering the sleeping world,
Till the golden dawn.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Kristine Miller -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Rain that sparkles fine,
As it glimmers off the tree,
Like strings of bright gold.
2nd Place: Allison Terry - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Digging in the dirt,
My dog is named Licorice
He's as black as ash.
3rd Place: Florene Dixon - Birmingham, Alabama
Flowers on the ground,
Blowing in the breezy wind,
Whirling all around.
4th Place: Mary Bickley Silberberg - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Winter comes again.
Padding on soft little feet.
Quiet quiet, Shh!
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Mitsuko Miyagawa -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A camellia drops.
Its life still intact;
Spring storm rushes in.
2nd Place: Suzushi Kanamori - Narashino City, Japan
With a solemn look,
The pregnant cat walks
Toward cherry trees in bloom.
3rd Place: Momoyo Katsu - Hiroshima, Japan
Flower petals
Cling to stepping stones.
Should I tread on them?
4th Place: Ako Dill - Fayette, Alabama
Winter-camellias bloom.
In my letter, I wrote everything
I wanted to say.
Children's Category
1st Place: Nobuhito Nagata - Narashino
City, Japan
A snow scene exists
On the other side of the window
Frost clouds my view.
2nd Place: Yuichiro Akimoto - Narashino City, Japan
Can you see?
At the finger tip of the limb,
I see a baby cherry flower.
3rd Place: Yuri Hayase - Narashino City, Japan
Snow!
I see the rabbit's ears...
In-sight, now out-of-sight.
4th Place: Chihiro Goto - Narashino City, Alabama
Spring winds
Carry cherry petals
Down to the stream.
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