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English
Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Rose Marie Stutts -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A mockingbird sings
Moonlight silvers cat whiskers
Dozing she listens.
2nd Place: Rebecca Dosch - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The purple thistle
Still smells like you, though pressed flat
For years in this book.
3rd Place: Maggie Pickett - Birmingham, Alabama
String of cranes on high
Eyes on corn fields yellow grain
Borne on winds unseen.
4th Place: Judith Anderson - Leeds, Alabama
Hot sun on water;
Diamonds in foam bathe the shore.
A child dips his toe.
Honorable Mention
Karl Wiggins - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Frost on the window
A wrinkled face gazing out
Wanting company.
Junior High and High School
Category
1st Place: Jessica Brasfield -
Birmingham, Alabama
Daisies all around
We sit swallowed among them
Indigo above.
2nd Place: Lauren Terry - Homewood, Alabama
Days without you lie
Plain and listless on the sill
Like a warm cat's yawn.
3rd Place: Sharon Stanley - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A delicate hand
The rain plays in my hair
Mixing with my tears.
4th Place: Katie Sullivan - Birmingham, Alabama
Dreams are a river.
True ones never stop flowing.
Hurry, row to yours.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Grace Owen - Birmingham,
Alabama
Dressage is a dance,
One person and one dream horse,
Moonlight my spotlight.
2nd Place: Timothy Worley - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Sky, ocean of air
With wispy white messagers,
Bringing rain to us.
3rd Place: Rachel Corona - Hoover, Alabama
Thousands of pansies
Stretching across the meadows
Multicolored quilts.
4th Place: Kahra Rogers - Bessemer, Alabama
Roosters cockle-doo
Eating corn flakes at first light
Then the day begins.
Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Sellers - Birmingham, Alabama
Look out the window.
Tree are rustling in the breeze.
Like wind chimes ringing.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Kyle Thomas - McCalla,
Alabama
Flowers for my mom
Butterflies fly with the wind
Honey factory.
2nd Place: Sara Thoma - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Wind blows on my hair
Swaying like a butterfly
Take me with you now.
3rd Place: Kim Enicks - Birmingham, Alabama
Spotted ladybug,
Crawls across the bright green leaf,
Then it chews its lunch.
4th Place: Kylie Lollar - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Twirling leaves fall down
Flowers dancing in the sun
Whirling Twirling bees.
Honorable Mention
Caley King - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Love is in the air
The air is bitter and sweet
Hot cocoa is good.
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Yoshie Wakamiya - Narashino
City, Japan
I warmed
In my embrace a cinerary urn;
Young cherries bloom.
2nd Place: Mitsuko Miyagawa - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Frosted morning;
Bugs, frozen to death,
Sad shade of red.
3rd Place: Kunio Aoki - Narashino City, Japan
Mother is there,
With the chowder pot lid.
Steam shoots up.
High School Category
Honorable Mention
Takeo Yaginuma - Narashino City, Japan
Baby sparrows
Sing in a chorus.
"Spring has come!"
Masami Abe - Narashino City, Japan
Cherry trees bloom;
Full of hope inside me,
I pass under the school gate.
Tomoko Mizoguchi - Narashino City, Japan
A girl bounces
A ball; cherry flowers
Dance above.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
Honorable Mention
Yumi Iida - Narashino City, Japan
Chilly outside,
But with spring in my heart,
I go into the wind.
Yoshiaki Ono - Narashino City, Japan
Circle of peace;
Everybody, don't let your hands
Go off the chain!
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
Honorable Mention
Keiji Ebihara - Narashino City, Japan
The last day of the year;
Through my house echoes
The sound of temple bells.
Hasumi Kanezaki - Narashino City,
Japan
A snow-covered land
Twinkles and shines like
Precious stones.
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