General Topics - K-3rd Grade

First Place

Drinking pond water
dog fell into the cold wet
he saw a cat fish.

-Maria Lopez, Ukiah, CA

Second Place

Slides
Playground slides are fun
they make a lot of static
make your hair stand up

-Taylor Gordon, Mendocino , CA

Third Place

I like my grandma
The tree is very bumpy
The salsa is red

-Oswaldo Calvillo, U kiah , CA

Honorable Mention

A golden brown leaf
falls down upon a dirt path
Summer turns autumn

-Celeste Fox Kump, M endocino , CA

Honorable Mention

Ditch and meadow green
striped with daisies white and gold
brown shed by the woods

-Tavi Hillesland, Mendocino , CA

Honorable Mention

slowly and quickly
time passes up on the wall
numbers and lines flow

-Rowin Breaux, Fort Bragg , CA

Honorable Mention

Grass is growing fast
children are playing freeze tag
faster and faster

-Emily Reinhart, Mendocino , CA

General Topics - 4th-6th Grade

First Place

Golden red leaf falls
into the deserted pool
the kids in classrooms

-Elizabeth Norvell, Mendocino , CA

Second Place

Sheep in a huge field
Running from the chasing dog
Then they stop to eat

-Casey Pickering, Potter Valley , CA

Third Place

Summer breezes blow
sounds of laughter in the heat
sip of lemonade

-Bo Yan Moran, San Francisco , CA

Honorable Mention

Tiny white snowflake
Lands on my warm, beet-red hand
Disappears from earth

-Justin Thornton, Potter Valley , CA

Honorable Mention

Sliding down a hill
hitting rocks and falling down
doing it again

-Reed Carter, Mendocino , CA

Honorable Mention

hundreds of ripe pears
rows of skyscraping ladders
green, red, and yellow

-Jay Ferrick, Ukiah , CA

General Topics - 7th-9th Grade

First Place

Snow in Ukiah
it just has to be a dream,
but my hand is wet

-Sarah Foster, Redwood Valley , CA

Second Place

Bell rings in the school
the class is going to end
then there’s another

-Chris Yiu, Ukiah , CA

Third Place

balloons floating up
people all around me too
cake is really sweet

-Brianna Clare, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

We live together
Under one beautiful roof
Biting on the fruit

-Teven Estes, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

Snow kills the blossoms,
But they die so gracefully,
Tumbling over.

-Eva Tindall, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

Up the small ant crawls
Hoping to find a blossom
Upon the green stem

-Mackenzie McNamara, Ukiah , CA

General Topics - 10th-12th Grade

First Place

Zephyr blows, leaves fall
on red, orange, yellow, brown
My childhood swing sways

-Virginia Chung, Ukiah , CA

Second Place

Blossoms and green grass,
Summer’s warmth with winter’s breeze.
A kite against blue.

-Jonathan King, Ukiah , CA

Third Place

Funky synthpop sounds
Pulsing from my stereo
Neighbors call the cops

-Jenny Mullis, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

The snow is freezing
Everything is white and dull
I can’t find the mud

-Robert Garbocci, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

The smell of the grass
The cool morning and hot nights
Double-days are here.

-Keith Harpe, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

A river far off.
I stand in the warmth of night
in the hot season.

-Jetro Chirre, Ukiah , CA

Haiku about Ukiah, Youth

First Place

The cemetery
then on past the county jail
to Ukiah High

-DeAndre Thurman, Ukiah , CA

Second Place

Two honor students
sneaking by the campus cops—
breakfast at Denny’s.

-Emily Little, Ukiah , CA

Third Place

ducks all around
smell of sawdust fills the air
old Masonite Mill

-Tyler Trouette, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

Boarding through the streets,
Meeting the cracked pavement,
Skin left on the ground.

- San Juan Miguel (Michael) Schantz,
Redwood Valley , CA

Honorable Mention

Food bank neckbraceman
Everybody knows him
Jaywalking State Street

-Julian McClanahan-Calvert, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

Legs burn and lungs ache,
Difficult is my journey,
The bench on the hill.

-Joseph Knox, Ukiah , CA

Contemporary Haiku, Youth

First Place

dirt flinging
up from beneath my cleats
stealing second

-Megan Daly, Ukiah , CA

Second Place

Standing still
among the trees
blending in

-Bo Yan Moran, San Francisco , CA

Third Place

the rain drops
sound softly upon
the dusty ground

-Michael Fowles, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

the trash can
only feet away
litter

-Jonathan King, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

the cookie drops
I see no one in the room
five second rule

-Ryan Mangan, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

Food Maxx
My dad works there
Day and night.

-Marissa Eaquinto, Redwood Valley , CA

General Topics, Adult

First Place

Woodpecker-bored barn—
rows of small sun spotlights shine
on sleeping black pigs

-Kayla Wildman, Ukiah , CA

Second Place

Frogs’ croaks fill the air
on and off throughout the night
time to clean the pool

-JoAnn Levin, San Raphael , CA

Third Place

We drank our fill
from casks of fresh spring water
leave one for Buddha

-Barbara MacKay, Fort Bragg , CA

Honorable Mention

calico creeping—
beyond the wall of hedges
a spray of pigeons

-Donna Cleveland, Redwood Valley , CA

Honorable Mention

Late fall’s bitter cold:
Shoulders hunched while walking on
sounds of fallen leaves

-Chuck Gallozzi,
Mississauga , Ontario , Canada

Honorable Mention

Rain rattles windows
Room fills with gray morning light
A cup of hot tea

-Sandra Linn, Ukiah , CA

Haiku about Ukiah, Adult

First Place

one census taker
in the Ukiah city
ten thousands buddhas

-John Frary. Ukiah , CA

Second Place

library kids’ room
the globe shows Ukiah!—smudged
by eager fingers

-Kayla Wildman, Ukiah , CA

Third Place

Lawrence croons commands
Ukiah Promenaders
twirl and do-sa-do

-Marylin George, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

Gentle river hum,
Carrying the cricket songs,
Sounds that lead me home

-Laura Bianchi, Ukiah , CA

General Topics, Adult
Guest Judge: Jane Reichhold

First Place

Late fall fig tree
naked except for
one big leaf

-Kayla Wildman, Ukiah , CA

Second Place

temple bells
sharp and clear
goose pimples

-Barbara MacKay, Fort Bragg , CA

Third Place

morning mist
without reverberations
small sun-gong

-Phillis Meshulam, Sebastopol , CA

Honorable Mention

New Year’s Day
still doing last year’s
dirty dishes

-Kayla Wildman, Ukiah , CA

Honorable Mention

wayward wind
a dry maple leaf
loops-the-loop

-Donna Cleveland,
Redwood Valley , CA

Honorable Mention

lotus blooms
floating on branches
magnolia

-James Henry Chapman, Ukiah , CA