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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Results: Prize-winning entries for The With Words Summer Haiku Competition 2015


The With Words Summer Haiku Competition 2015 Prize-winning entries


Results

Joint 1st Prize


starry night
the Ferris wheel’s engine
softly idling

Chad Lee Robinson
USA


dry thunder
a freight train crosses
the drought

Jan Dobb
Australia


2nd Prize
   
Punch and Judy–
his grip
tightens

Helen Buckingham
England


The With Words Summer Haiku Prize for Unpublished Work

a long line
at the ice cream stand
cracked asphalt

Neal Whitman
USA


The competition allowed for both previously published haiku as well as unpublished work.

For Highly Commended and Commended haiku:
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-highly-commended-and-commended.html

Details about The With Words Summer Haiku Competition 2015
http://area17.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-with-words-summer-competition-2014_14.html
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2 comments:

Seaview said...

These are all amazing haiku and Helen's made my heart skip a beat.

anna9 said...

I like them all. very unconventional and real original. I like the way the season is brought into them, that is what I mean by original,

Anna