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English
Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Rose Marie Stutts -
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The scent of warm bread
A sunlit flower garden
Mother...remembered.
2nd Place: Jean Lindquist - Trussville, Alabama
Face in the window
Lines blended with lacy curtains
Another good-bye.
3rd Place: Stephen Windham - Woodstock, Georgia
The full moon, transflxed
By its image in the pond
Ghostly Narcissus.
4th Place: David C. Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Hair veils the small face
I have seen her in my dreams
She comes bearing smiles.
Honorable Mention
Wayne Simms - Montgomery, Alabama
As you stir my tea
You smile, revealing a glimpse
Of who dwells inside.
Joe Pierce - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Soldiers at the city gates
Crickets outside my reed door
This tea cup is hot.
High School Category
1st Place: A. J. Braatz -
Birmingham, Alabama
Geese are on the move.
A sleek squadron sailing south.
Flying in a V.
Honorable Mention
Maggie Mordecai - Birmingham, Alabama
Moon smiles cheerfully
Its reflection on the lake
Silvery mirror.
Morgan Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
When the wind pauses
Our eyes and hearts sway closer
To understanding.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Melissa Brasse - Hoover,
Alabama
Baby willow tree
Standing leafless all alone
Always in my heart.
2nd Place: Shelby E. Agnew - Trussville, Alabama
A rock in the lake
Ripples move out like feelings
Never-ending rings.
3rd Place: Joseph Fonbah - Northport, Alabama
The angry trucks come
They tear down all the big trees
Nothing left but dirt.
4th Place: Josh Dikis - Hoover, Alabama
Beautiful penguins
Wiggle through hand, chunky ice
Tulip-shaped footprints.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Lillan Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Sun and flowers make
My soul smiles like a great big
Smiley face painting.
2nd Place: Riley Blackwell - Birmingham, Alabama
My heart is beating
Like a sweet puppy's fast yip.
It is always fast.
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Daiji Naito - Osaka,
Japan
The first three days of the
new year
“Don't you want this or that to eat?”
Keep asking my mother whose health is failing.
2nd Place: Mitsuko Miyagawa - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Cherry flowers falling in the wind
The warmth of my friend's hand,
Who will depart from me shortly.
High School Category
1st Place: Aiko Yamaguchi - Narashino,
Japan
In the snow
I see the sole light in the house
My mother has stayed awake for me.
2nd Place: Rie Sasaki - Narashino, Japan
Summer mountain climbing
We feel as one
With our voices encouraging each other.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Tomomi Yokoyama - Narashino,
Japan
Cold winter sky
A pair of birds snuggling up to each other
Warm my heart.
2nd Place: Ayami Tojo - Narashino, Japan
An excursion for watching autumnal leaves,
Hills and woods are
All dressed up.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
Honorable Mention
Yusaku Miyazawa - Narashino, Japan
Finally back
My birthday
When cherry flowers bloom.
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