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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Winning haiku including Highly Commended : The 2010 With Words International Online Haiku Competition Results

We would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!
Alan, Karen and Kathy, With Words

A Full Report and Judges Commentary will appear up on With Words later in the New Year.

1st Prize


the coot's lobes
just melting the ice
snow in the wind


John Barlow
Ormskirk, England



2nd Prize


after chemo--
finding more beauty
in the petal bare bloom
 

Terri L. French
Alabama USA



HIGHLY COMMENDED


in their roost
of bark and brambles
the wintering owls

John Barlow
Ormskirk, England



family photo box
how my father smiles
in black and white

Sandra Simpson
Tauranga, New Zealand



bright moon
light years
between starfish

Ernest J Berry
Picton, New Zealand


Commended

Brett Brady, Hawaii, USA 
Sandra Simpson, Tauranga, New Zealand 
Susan Richardson, Cardiff, Wales
John Barlow, Ormskirk, England 

Congratulations to everyone, and many thanks to every entrant who entered the competition and helped support our literacy programme and charities.

 

4 comments:

cassandrapuna said...

Great choices. All beautiful.

snowbird said...

I can never read John Barlow's haiku enough...In simply presenting the image he never betrays the mystery of what is...

Area 17 said...

Thanks for the comments! ;-)

This year had the strongest entries in our competition history so far.

Alan, With Words

Caroline Gill said...

Congratulations to all!