18thANNUAL
HAIKU CONTEST

HAIKU CONTEST WINNERS - 2008

THEME: Kagami/Mirror

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English Language Division

Adults Category

1st Place:

Coneta Guinn – Brookwood, Alabama
A tiny smudged face

gnarled in rage-

a mirror of me.

2nd Place:

Sam Martone – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

 "Seven years bad luck,"

Say a thousand mouths at once.

She cleans my red hand.

3rd Place:

Mary Sella – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

My daughter's brown eyes

Gaze intently into mine:

I am young again.

Honorable Mention:

Rose Marie Stutts – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

seasons passing--

when did Mom's face. . .

appear in my mirror?

Grades 7-12 Category

1st Place:
Amanda Deavers – Vance, Alabama
look in the glass
what do you see, a small girl
trying to hide from me

2nd Place:
Theresa Grundhoefer – Leeds, Alabama
Look at the CD
The back shows my reflection
I listen to it.

3rd Place:

Taylor Loperena – Cottondale, Alabama

That girl looking back

Claws at the surface in angst

Wishing she could escape

Grades 4-6 Category

1st Place:
Simon Tomlinson – Birmingham, Alabama
Frog
dives through the glistening surface--
a whole new world.

2nd Place:

Kaitlyn Strachan – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

I can see myself

mirrored in the sunset of

my grandparents' eyes

3rd Place:

Caley Booth – Ralph, Alabama

When I see myself

in my grandmother's blue eyes

I am an angel.

Grades 1-3 Category

1st Place:
William Mays – Tuscaloosa, Alabama
I went on a walk
And I saw a fish jumping
I saw my self young.

2nd Place:

Nick Leach – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Ink chasing around

The brush does not make a sound

As I draw myself

3rd Place:

Will Kornegay – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Funny faces smile

back at us and laugh out loud-

my brothers and me.

Honorable Mention

Ellie Gorman – Birmingham, Alabama

Putting on lip gloss

Wearing mom's sapphire necklace

Bossing my brother

Adult Category

First Place: 
Yuriko Ago – Chiba, Japan
Yogo no me no
Miete hazukashi
Hatsukagami

Recovered from illness,
I look into the mirror on New Year's Day
and blushfully, put my first make up on.

Second Place:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi – Chiba, Japan
Toshiyooi
Mazu naki tsumano
Kagami fuki

For the new year preparation,
First, I cleaned my wife's mirror,
who has passed away.

Third Place:
Yoshiomi Yano – Chiba, Japan
Toshinokure
Kagamini hanasu
Tomoshiraga

New Year's Eve,
I talked to my face in the mirror;
how much gray hair I have!

Grades 7-12 Category

First Place:
Ryosuke Kikuchi – Chiba, Japan
Kagami miru
Uijin no asa
Jyukensei

He looks into the mirror

In the morning of his first campaign

for the entrance exam battle.

Second Place:
Saki Oono – Chiba, Japan
Asayake ga
Kawamo no kagamini
Mabushikute

A sunrise

that reflects off the mirror surface of a river

blinds me.

Grades 4-6 Category

First Place:
Kana Uejima – Chiba, Japan
Haha yuzuri
Watashi no kagami to
Utsuru kao

Both are inherited from my mom:

The mirror I look into

and the face I see in it.

Second Place:
Rikuma Takeshita – Chiba, Japan
Sakasafuji
Kagami no youna
Yamanakako

An upside down picture of Mt. Fuji

on the mirror surface

of Lake Yamanaka

Grades 1-3 Category

First Place:
Yume Tamaru – Chiba, Japan
Bill no mae
Utsuru sugata wo
Check suru

I see myself

in the window of the building;

I check how I look.

Second Place:
Tetsuhiro Kaneko – Chiba, Japan
Kagami mitai
Ohisama utsutta
Mizutamari

A pool of water on the road,

the sun reflects clearly

like in the mirror.