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English Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Ferris Gilli - Orlando,
Florida
A full moonlight kiss,
The shape of a gliding owl,
Moves through our shadow.
2nd Place: Eliot Wilson - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Past the winter rain,
A thousand leaden sorrows,
One plum tree in bloom.
3rd Place: Patricia C. Burchfield - Mobile, Alabama
Sunrise, winter sky,
Fingers of gold cross the gray,
Dark dream wakes to light.
4th Place: Canty Worley - Hueytown, Alabama
The late sky grows dark
Ending the journey of day
Like a song, well sung.
Honorable Mention
Mike Ladd (Daikin America, Inc.) - Decatur,
Alabama
Rich brown moist new earth
Bright white chalk in long straight lines
Summer baseball dreams.
David C. Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Flourish bright fungi
Insects creep in where wood warps
And still the rains fall.
Rose Marie Stutts - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dead leaves come alive
A whirlwind skips and dances
Red cheeked children race.
High School Category
1st Place: Maggie Walls - Bessemer,
Alabama
The purple orchid
Glistening with morning dew
Kisses butterflies.
2nd Place: Kristal Wallace - Bessemer, Alabama
A dandelion
A wish is made from the heart
Then gets blown away.
3rd Place: Morgan Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The clouds are frightened
In feathered ribbons they flee
Trailing lazy threads.
4th Place: Tony Wilson - Tarrant, Alabama
A beautiful sky
Brings beautiful sparkles to my eyes
Sometimes makes me cry.
Honorable Mention
David Walker - Birmingham, Alabama
In the tall brown grass
Insects have their own small world
A hectic palace.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Krysten Cooper - Hoover,
Alabama
Cool, clear azure lakes
Tall, lime green shading willows
Drip, drip, a soft dream.
2nd Place: Michelle Spann - Hoover, Alabama
Sea, sky of water
With children at Summer play
The waves hitting rocks.
3rd Place: Allen Trotman - Hoover, Alabama
Shimmering willow
Whispers to a quiet lake
Goldfish swimming by.
4th Place: Bridget Angstadt - Hoover, Alabama
Burnt summer sunset
Brown musician of the night
Chirp, chirp goes his song.
Honorable Mention
Kathy Wood - Hoover, Alabama
Monarch butterflies
Perfect little packages
Gliding on the wind.
Lisa Shaw - Coker, Alabama
Frogs in a green coat
Dressed up and no where to go
Catch flies in the pond.
Ryan Smelley - Northport, Alabama
Birds play in the tree
Happily singing for me
Bird poop lands on me.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Virginia Selden -
Birmingham, Alabama
Blue as the true sky
Tall waves splashing low and high
Like pretty angels.
2nd Place: Elizabeth Scott - Birmingham, Alabama
Small, angry, sad girl
Sees small, round tree on seaside
In happy blossom.
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Masami Kusano - Narashino,
Japan
A Spring doze
At the end of my dream
The vision of a baby carriage.
2nd Place: Haruko Hirose - Narashino, Japan
Puffed up
A pair of winter sparrows
Stay close to each other.
3rd Place: Hideo Fujiwara - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Reflecting through the sunbeams
Small bugs on twings
Some seen, some unseen.
4th Place: Yayoi Yamada - Narashino, Japan
A brazier in the spring
Adding charcoal to it
They listened of their grandkids
Talking to their dreams.
High School Category
Honorable Mention
Ryoko Shinozaki - Narashino, Japan
Morning comes
The color of cherry blossoms
Penetrates my eyes.
Isamu Yoshida - Narashino, Japan
Rought and wavy sea
On a summer day
Touches my heart.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Kyoko Kinpara - Narashino,
Japan
Spring wind
With its fluffy blow
My hat flies off.
2nd Place: Azusa Nakajima - Narashino, Japan
Like these cherry flowers that fall
Sound of a piano echoes
So gently.
3rd Place: Jun Matsumoto - Narashino, Japan
An Autumn leaf
Blown by the wind
Sets up for a lone journey.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Mayuko Sakamoto - Narashino,
Japan
Princess of the Doll Festival
The kimono you wear
Looks so heavy.
2nd Place: Shizuka Hosoda - Narashino, Japan
A hill in the spring
Is a magic carpet
I want to fly with it.
3rd Place: Kenta Fukuishi - Narashino, Japan
Maple leaves
Turn red
Autumn wind blows.
4th Place: Maki Horiuchi - Narashino, Japan
Our school yard
Has a lot of flowers
With bees dancing around.
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