Haiku Contest Winners
Monday, May 10, 2021, 9:36 a.m.Tenley-Friendship Library
Haiku Contest Winners
More than 100 patrons submitted haiku during our Haiku Contest in April! Thanks to everyone who participated. When you next come to or walk by the branch, you'll see all of the entries plus the winners.
Because there were so many good ones, we chose more than one winner in each category, and here they are:
Children
Because there were so many good ones, we chose more than one winner in each category, and here they are:
Children
By Willa:
Books are a new world.
Books are a new world.
A path I would love to take.
Dive in to feel them.
By Elana:
I love the rainwings
I love the rainwings
They shoot venom and take naps
And they camouflage
Teens
By Anya:
a fragile blanket
a fragile blanket
spring snowfall frozen midair
we gaze up, eager
By David:
With viral vengeance
With viral vengeance
The green withers, the sound dies
and still, blossoms bloom
Adults
and still, blossoms bloom
Adults
By Kristen:
The bus was a bore
The bus was a bore
I thought, but now I long for
Window seat daydreams
By Caitlin:
Metro center crush,
Metro center crush,
Hot seats, stale air, warm bodies,
And yet, I miss it
By Linda:
Six feet apart--six!
Six feet apart--six!
It might as well be six miles.
Arms waiting to hug.
