17thANNUAL
HAIKU CONTEST

HAIKU CONTEST WINNERS - 2007

THEME: Tomoshibi/Light

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English Language Division

Adults Category

1st Place:
Rose Marie Stutts - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

          Ant by ant … our cake

          Leaves the porch – Mom’s birthday spent

          Laughing, in the house

2nd Place:
Amanda Messina - Birmingham, Alabama

          Dawn light upon the

          Lips of waves touches him as

          His hand dips under.

3rd Place:
Mary Jean Sellers - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

          Early night we cheer

          For moonlight and sparkling stars

          And boy with fireflies

4th Place:
Beth Sherrill - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

          Black cat silhouette

          Against faded, sheer curtains

          Backlit by sunrise

5th Place:
Mary Sella - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

          Grandmother’s bright smile

          Etched in my heart forever:

          Light for my journey

Grades 7 -12

1st Place:
Sam Martone - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

          Forgotten pennies

          Glimmer at the well’s bottom

          Wishes arguing

2nd Place:
Tyler Heath - Berry, Alabama

          There the woman sits

          Bathing in the warm sunlight

          Waits for perfection

3rd Place:
Margaret Haas - Birmingham, Alabama

          Glowing softly in

          The shimmer of foggy skies

          The lamppost stands tall

Grades 4 - 6

1st Place:
Kate Perry - Birmingham, Alabama

          A yawning flower

          Observes morning sky so pale

          And greets the new day

2nd Place:

Emily Cutler - Birmingham, Alabama

          Wild horses gallop,

          I am in awe and wonder.

          They were born so free.

3rd Place:
Tiffany Bryant - Birmingham, Alabama

          Imagination

          Cannot live without someone

          To light the beauty.

4th Place:
Martha Grace Mize - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

          Shimmering light on

          The rippling pond reflecting

          In her teal blue eyes

5th Place:
Sebastian K. Black - Birmingham, Alabama

          An owl softly

          Hoots and interrupts the calm

          Quietness of dark

Grades 1 - 3

1st Place:
Lindsey Drozd - Northport, Alabama
          Lighting the night sky
          Shining brightly from the moon
          Bringing happy thoughts

2nd Place:
Sam Newton - Birmingham Alabama

          Sparkles like night stars
          Sweet dove flies down from heaven
          Spreading golden light

3rd Place:
Thomas McMahon - Birmingham, Alabama

          The light of my life:

          Soft, white, fluffy as a cloud.

          Marvelous ice cream.

Adult Category

First Place: 
Mitsuko Miyagawa - Birmingham, Alabama
Osanago no

Kakeyuku hanano
Hikari chiru

A young child runs through
The field of flowers;
Light scatters.

Second Place:
Mizue Komuro - Narashino, Japan
Hokusai no
Fuji yori noboru
Hatsuakari

Mt. Fuji is covered by
The New Year’s sun
As if drawn by Hokusai.

Third Place:
Shichiro Kurihara - Narashino, Japan
Isaribi ga
Minamode yurete
Akifukashi

Fishing fires oscillate
In the boats on the water;
Autumn deepens.

Fourth Place:
Kaoru Misonou - Funabashi, Japan
Tomoshibi ya
Yonabe natsukashi
Koki mukae

A light is burning;
Memories of night works in my younger days;
I’ve turned seventy.

Fifth Place:
Shoji Nakamura - Narashino, Japan
Tomoshibi ni
Hikaru shika no me
Fuyu no kari

Eyes of a deer shine

In the lamps

Torched by winter hunters.

High School Category (Grades 7-12)

First Place:
Tomohiro Segawa - Funabashi, Japan
Hi o keshite
Hoshizora ni yo o
Akewatasu

I turned my light off,

Letting the starry sky

Guide my night.

Second Place:
Yuuki Hirato - Funabashi, Japan
Tooroo ni
Negai o komeru
Natsu no umi

Lantern-offering on the water.

Prayers flow

On the summer sea.

Elementary School Category (Grades 4-6)

First Place:
Midori Kobayashi - Narashino, Japan
Kawagishi ni
Shizuka ni dekiru
Hanaikada

A raft made out of fallen cherry flowers

Quietly floats

The river side.

Second Place:
Kevin Pitz - Narashino,  Japan
Gaitoo wa
Konchuutachi no
Matsuri kana

An outdoor lamp

Covered by all kinds of bugs

As if there was a summer fair.

Third Place:
Mika Matsusima - Narashino, Japan
Tsuki no yo no
Tooroonagashi
Umi hikaru

Lantern-offerings float

Under the moon.

The sea shines with them.