Haiku Contest

Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem of three lines, often, but not always, composed of 17 syllables arranged in a 5-7-5 form.  Haiku usually contains a reference to nature and the seasons and reflects a Buddhist perception about life.

 

Many thanks to those who submitted Haiku poems. Many were very good. Some were funny. Picking the best was a challenge. But these reflect the simplicity and transcendence of the art form. Domo arigato!!

 

Read what Patricia Donegan, poetry editor of the Kyoto Journal, has to say about Chiyo-ni's Way of Haiku.  It may just inspire you.

 

 

NINTH ANNUAL AKAI HANA HAIKU CONTEST 2010 WINNERS

  

 

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Mourning Dove slipped through

The surface of the river,

Reflecting lost love.

Katherine Kent

 
 

Winning entries:

So many questions

Almond-eyed pink nosed kitten.

So many questions!

Anne Marie Thomas

  

There is no password

or PIN number to access

The gold of summer.

Mike Harris

Our seaside Tantra

Crescendoed at dawn as the

Earth quaked in Kaoshuing.

Tony Williamson

My life was perfect

Nothing at all made me sad

Then he went away.

Andrew Rogers
 

Honorable Mention

Hissing and clicking

My winning haiku steps forth

Gnashing its mandibles.

Dan Puckett

        

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