Haiku Contest Page

	13^thANNUAL HAIKU CONTEST

HAIKU CONTEST WINNERS - 2003

THEME:

TAKARA/TREASURE

English Language Division
Adult Category

1^st Place: Mr. David Kopaska-Merkel - Tuscaloosa, AL
      Will she eat enough?
Great grandma worried like this
In wartime Cuba.

2^nd Place: Ms. Beth Sherrill - Tuscaloosa, AL
      Easter photograph
      An oak tree you cannot see
      Shades my father's smile.

3^rd Place: Ms. Jeanne Marie Booth - Dillard, GA
      Mother's mixing bowl
      An ingredient missing
      Without her stories.

4^th Place: Ms. Mary Jean Sellers - Tuscaloosa, AL
      Birds warble above.
      Mother and child walk slowly,
      Making daisy chains.

Honorable Mention

Ms. Virginia Gilbert - Madison, AL
      Poems, heaven's leaves-
      Cherry and maple branches
      Blazing in the wind.

Grade 1-3


1^st Place: Karmen Gaines - Birmingham, Alabama
     Smooth rainbow colors
     The sun comes out makes it bright
     Beneath we make friends.

2^nd Place: Alden Wetzel - Birmingham, Alabama
     Sitting on a farm
     Feeling the nice, hot, spring breeze
     Playing with my friend.

3rd Place: Charity Servant - Birmingham, Alabama
     The bird and the tree
     Are as nice as they can be
     When the bird has eggs.

Grade 4-6

1^st Place: Shelby Peeler - Hoover, Alabama
     Purring fills my ears,
     Nestled with me in my bed,
     Furry alarm clock.

2^nd Place: Alex Erwin - Hoover, Alabama
     The cherry blossoms
     Pink snowflakes out of the sky
     In the orchard field.

3^rd Place: Rachel Lichenstein - Birmingham, Alabama
     Fall is when we jump
     And play in the crunchy leaves
     With our next door friends.

4^th Place: Dorothea Staursky - Hoover, Alabama
     Painting rays of light
     Shining through my helpless eyes
     Summer has arrived.


High School

1^st Place: Staci Weathers - McCalla, Alabama
     No clouds in the sky,
     Smiles leak from the small child's face.
     Life is good for him.

2^nd Place: Tamra Luttrell - Brookwood, Alabama
     Sprouting up from earth,
     Presence of tranquility,
     Gives us life in spring.

3^rd Place: Elisa Rouse - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
     Sweet honeysuckles
     Calmly recollect light rain
     From mornings gone by.

Japanese Language Division   Adult Category
1^st Place: Mr. Daiji (David) Naito - Osaka, Japan
With the winning top in his palm       The child smiles       As he sleeps.
2^nd Place: Mr. Hiroshi Yamaguchi - Narashino, Japan
From my great grandma       I inherited this Japanese doll       Red from whose lips is fading.
3^rd Place: Mrs. Mitsuko Miyagawa - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Lying on bed of illness       I am encouraged by the visit of       My friend       Spring is near.
4^th Place: Mr. Shichiro Kurihara - Narashino, Japan
An autumnal sky is high       I raced with my grandchild       Realizing that I am no longer       So young.
5^th Place: Mr. Nobuaki Nagayasu - Narashino, Japan
From Alabama       I just received the news       Of their cherry blossoms.
Japanese Language Division Grade 1-3 Category
1^st Place: Miss Haru Murakami - Narashino, Japan
I am thrilled       To see my fortune at a shrine       That says, "Excellent luck.”
Japanese Language Division   Grade 4-6 Category
1^st Place: Miss Hiroko Miyakawa - Narashino, Japan
A deep red evening sun       On my way back home       I want to catch it.
2^nd Place: Miss Saki Igarashi - Narashino, Japan
We made a detour       To stamp on       Frost columns on the ground.
3^rd Place: Miss Midori Oouti - Narashino, Japan
A single flower in bloom       Along the slushy road       I took for my walk.
4^th Place: Miss Nagisa Hoshi - Narashino, Japan
Sea Shell!       Let me hear       The voices of the sea.
5^th Place: Miss Miho Sugimoto - Narashino, Japan
I am back home       That house with lots of light inside       Is mine.

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