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English
Language Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Jeanne Marie Booth -
Dillard, Georgia
A basket of bulbs.
Winter sun spices the air
From the window sill.
2nd Place: Amelia Heath - Northport, Alabama
Hearts awake unaware.
Tears return with memory.
Yet, a new day dawns.
3rd Place: Barbara McClary - Calera, Alabama
A formal handshake.
Peace is the warriors' dream.
Scent of jasmine wafts.
4th Place: Rose Marie Stutts - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
These great hollow bells,
From their emptiness, music
Throughout the city.
Honorable Mention
David Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The doctor looks down.
"Six months at most," he says.
I order peach trees.
High School Category
1st Place: Kris Miller - Duncanville,
Alabama
Fragile white snow flakes
Gently drift from the dark sky
Like tiny angels.
2nd Place: Britney Rupert - Lake View, Alabama
Radiant sunrise
Glistening through the tall trees.
A new beginning.
3rd Place: Cathie Strickland - Pinson, Alabama
A single flower,
Sprouting in a battlefield,
Proves that life goes on.
4th Place: Amy Price - Vance, Alabama
Hope is like pollen,
That sticks to bees' furry legs,
Waiting to be dropped.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Jamie Moore - Hoover,
Alabama
Through the morning's mist
Rising colors paint the sky.
A new day begins.
2nd Place: Laura Andreades - Montgomery, Alabama
Hope is a sunset.
You look and see the glory
Of another world.
3rd Place: Will Hester - Montgomery, Alabama
The World Trade Center:
Here, a flower is blooming
Out of the rubble.
4th Place: Elyse Evans - Montgomery, Alabama
The sun has come out.
The puppies open their eyes.
A great day we pray.
Honorable Mention
Olivia Hails - Montgomery, Alabama
People run away
Yet, the sun went down that day
And kept rising, too.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Blake Senn - Vestavia
Hills, Alabama
Oh very small prayer:
Help comfort me like strong love
Cover me with strength.
2nd Place: Amie Lemley - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Little girl waiting
Frantically for her birthday.
She turns nine years old.
3rd Place: Jennifer Collins - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The little children
Are waiting for rain so they
Can jump in the mud.
4th Place: Blake Morgan - Trussville, Alabama
Peace on Earth will come.
Peace is what we need the most.
The dove might fly soon.
Japanese Language
Division
Adult Category
1st Place: Shichiro Kurihara -
Narashino, Japan
Winter sparrows
Gather around the food
My grandchild scattered on the ground.
2nd Place: Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Narashino, Japan
The flames of war were gone.
Children are now learning how to write
Under the cold winter sky.
3rd Place: Daiji Naito - Osaka, Japan
New Year morning,
I wish I could forget
Everything bad about last year.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Kasumi Muto - Narashino,
Japan
The New Year visit to the shrine.
On the horse's back, this year's animal of hope,
I wish I could gallop off.
2nd Place: Yui Miyanaga - Narashino, Japan
First graders walk through dancing cherry flowers
With satchels
On their small backs.
Elementary School Category
(Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Chiharu Ogawa - Narashino,
Japan
I wish I were a bird;
Then, I could walk
Along the rainbow.
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