ukiaHaiku 2008 Poetry Winners

The copyright of all haiku remain with the writers

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Children, K -3 Grade, All Topics First Place horses galloping through meadows of tall green grass stop for an apple Marlena Dennett Redwood Valley, CA Second Place fish nibbling the bait boat floating on the water the sun on my face Ravi Polini Mendocino, CA Third Place a golden brown leaf falls on a bumpy dirt path crunches under foot Amelia Robinson Ukiah, CA Honorable Mention growing spunky soft playing in the bright spring time dark mommies soft bleet Ryan Golden Ukiah, CA Honorable Mention black and yellow bees ready to sting me better run away Ally Gomez Willits, CA Honorable Mention stop warning rattle big diamondback scaly snake slowly I move back Triston Dougherty Sonoma, CA Children, 4-6 Grade, All Topics First Place A tree is moving Butterflies land on the ground Breeze carries them away Clay Chapman Ukiah, CA Second Place Hair blown in the wind Puddle drying under feet Friends laughing on swings Kasey Norton Ukiah, CA Third Place The snow begins to melt The soggy ground reveals traces of spring Why trust a groundhog Reed Scriven Ukiah, CA Honorable Mention The leaves of Autumn Flying through the calm air breeze A big yellow pond. Hong Xiang Bai Ukiah, CA hooray for summer the boys of summer are back time for sunflower seeds Nico Brunner-Caldeira Mendocino, CA Youth, 7-9 Grade, All Topics First Place Chocolate milk in a man’s mustache Mike McClure Ukiah, CA Second Place Airless in the heat Egoless in the night frost Forgotten balloon Bo Yan Moran San Francisco, CA Third Place Silent neighborhoods Fallen leaves around the street No one is home now Cori Delapenha Dublin, CA Honorable Mention Ticking clock Rusty squeaking springs Sleeplessness Bo Yan Moran San Francisco, CA Youth, 10-12 Grade, All Topics First Place Dead leaves crunch dryly flowers crushed and lawns trampled Little kids running Joseph Zhu Talmage, CA Second Place A rose in the night Red petals dripping with dew Gazing at the world Erin Gragson Ukiah, CA   Third Place A plant sprouts from loam Heavy earth impedes the way At last there is sun Nikki Teran Ukiah, CA Honorable Mention Trees twitch in the wind As blossoms pop open all over their branches Chris Yiu Talmage, CA Children, K-6, About Ukiah First Place jump jump jump rope on a hot Ukiah day a cold glass of lemonade Megan Baker & Drew Smith Ukiah, CA Second Place overwhelming heat pools, popcicles and ice-cream Ukiah summer  Maya Boults Ukiah, CA Third Place walking down School Street with my friends and no adults I feel very cool Hattie Sher Ukiah, CA Honorable Mention Ukiah mountains white snow all over mountains drinking hot cocoa Daisy Cano Redwood Valley, CA Youth, 7-12 Grade, About Ukiah First Place Lake Mendocino full of water sometimes Alicia Erostico Ukiah, CA Second Place wind blows my hair bumping tunes, windows down on State Street we roll Kenzie Ricci Ukiah, CA Third Place White “U” rain makes it melt Joe Ford Ukiah, CA Honorable mention Ice cream truck Kids yelling money in a wallet Zack Moody Redwood Valley, CA Adult, About Ukiah First Place early May morning running up the hill to see the mountain beyond Sherry Weaver Smith San Ramon, CA   Second Place abandoned railway decked with poppies and lupine hobo scenic route Cathy Monroe Redwood Valley, CA Third Place mottled blue lake sky oars row against the current fresh trout for dinner Artis Spriggs Eugene, OR Honorable Mention pedestrian sight deer walking these midnight streets quietly at home Nicole Porter Ukiah, CA Honorable Mention harmonica wails blows highway one – o – one blues on a dusty trail Mark Welch Willits, CA Honorable Mention branches sweep the sky plum trees blossom cotton white springtime on Ford Rd. Dot Brovarney Ukiah, CA Adult, Traditional First Place receding thunder a hummingbird in and out of the daylily Timothy Russell Toronto, OH Second Place a banana slug resting on a fallen leaf yellow on yellow Barbara Mackay Fort Bragg, CA Third Place On the same still twig the first two cherry blossoms – light years between stars Eduard Tara Iasi, Romania Honorable Mention Babies in backpacks on over-stuffed city bus delivering us Mickey Chalfin Albion, CA Honorable Mention tin houses and mud paths – a girl plays a soundless flute, imagines music Sherry Weaver Smith San Ramon, CA Honorable Mention the storm sky clearing – one bedraggled pigeon roosts among the seagulls Catherine J. S. Lee Eastport, ME Adult, Contemporary First Place A soldier’s headstone –  between one date and another so short a line Sylvia Forges-Ryan North Haven, CT Second Place petrified forest a child inspects my legs Ernest J. Berry Picton, New Zealand Third Place green light a cloud of snow geese stops us Barbara Snow Eugene, OR First Honorable Mention one step at a time through knee-deep snow . . . a gray dawn Kirsty Karkow Waldoboro, ME Second Honorable Mention banana slug measuring the length of my walking stick Garry Gay Santa Rosa, CA Third Honorable Mention found by children who never knew her garden traces of wild mint Kirsty Karkow Waldoboro, ME