Rowayton Library's Seventh Annual Haiku Contest Winners - 2012
The Rowayton Library has held its annual Haiku Contest for the community for seven years and it is still going strong. More than 270 Haiku were submitted for review by our judge, award winning poet Vinni Marie D’Ambrosio.
Anyone can write a Haiku and, at the Rowayton Library, everyone is a winner (of a Rowayton Library pencil just for entering).
And why would you enter?
Why would you take a moment to write a Haiku?
For the pencil?
Maybe.
Or…
maybe for experiencing that moment, that ability to capture a moment in time and share it – by writing a Haiku.
It is that Zen moment and we would like to share with you – the Haiku moments of this year’s winners.
(listed alphabetically by first name)
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-Aidan Maloney
It’s a wonderful
Day I see red leaves, roses
Thorns poison ivy?!?!?!
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-Aidan Maloney
Gleaming stars twinkle
In the shimmering light of
The winking white moon
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-Aidan Maloney
Nothingness looms in
The deeply depressed dark sky
Until the stars light
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-Aidan Maloney
I am a thunder cloud
I am a lightening bolt
I’m amazing weather
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School
-Aidan Maloney
“Ring!” children’s voices
Fill the jammed hallway “Ring!”
School’s out kids sprint home
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Winter
-Alexa Flores
Winter, oh winter
The snow is gleaming, (sparkle)
Oh winter, oh wind
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Winter
-Annika Friedrichsen
Winter morning sun
Rises against the cold snow
Melts it all away
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Summer
-Austin Keller
Summer is steaming,
Steaming hot, burning my feet,
On the burning sand
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-Bianca Kave
Nature’s wind blows softly
They whisper I am here now
As they soar through kites
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-Bianca Kave
Don’t you know there’s a
Winter fairy that flutters
Don’t you know she’s real?
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Winter
-Billy Begos
Snow flies through my hair
Snow truck rumbles down the lane
Pushing snow aside
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Spring
-Billy Begos
Worms crawl under me
Crawling under the spring wind
Making richer soil
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Autumn
-Billy Begos
Falling down down down
Leaves crunching under my feet
Everlasting sound
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Summer
-Billy Begos
Waves crashing at my feet
Moving golden sands aside
Cold and refreshing
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Autumn
-Billy Begos
Autumn’s here and now
Leaves are falling very fast
Autumn is awesome
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Summer
-Billy Begos
Spring’s left, come outside
The waves crashing by my side
Yay, it’s summertime
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Breana Alvarez
The sea is crashing
Waves, cold, blue, ocean water
Rolls in really fast
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Ocean
-Claire Ripperger
Starfish stick to rocks
Sharks chasing prey for their lunch
Dolphins swim with joy
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Winter Time
-Dairelys Miser
Winter winter winter is here!
Burr burr winter is cold burr burr!
Burr burr burr winter!
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Spring is here
-Evelyn Barragan
Flowers in my hair
The grass rubs against my feet
I’m welcoming spring
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-Finley Harris
Rain falls on the ground
My umbrella is broken
Now I can’t go out!
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-Gabriella Larsen
My mom’s car glowed in
The dark as she was driving
I was watching her
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Winter
-Gracie Stadler
Winter snowflakes
As white as a polar bear
It is very cool
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Peace
-Greer Lammens
The storm has ended
The birds are starting to sing
The world is at peace
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The Ocean
-Greer Lammens
A big wonderland
Filled with fish, serpents, and more
One place I call home
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Fall
-Isabella Bartilucci
Leaves fall from the trees
Blowers spin leaves in the air
Like a tornado
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Spring
-Isabella Fortuna
Spring has come again
Rose petals bloom on bushes
And worms come around
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-Jack Farrar
The sun shines on the
Ocean as beautiful fish
Swim through the great depths
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-Jack Farrar
Something is somewhere,
A bush? Behind a tree? Or…
Maybe its just me
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-Jack Farrar
The shells are scattered
All along the shore mixed with
Beautiful red rocks
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-Jack Farrar
I like how the sun
Rises in the east and sets
In the far far west
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-Jack Farrar
Bunnies jump around
In circles like happy goats
When winter begins
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-Jack Farrar
The bugs fly through the
air wildly while the bats chase
The flies rapidly
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-Jack Farrar
Flowers bloom in the
Beautiful garden of the
Kings ancient palace
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-Jack Farrar
The storm has ended
Thunder won’t boom anymore
Here comes the warm sun
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Falling leaves
-James Yallop
Leaves have changed colors
Now they will fall down the trees
And fly with the wind
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Falling snow
-James Yallop
Snow is falling down
Soft flakes landing on my tongue
Turn into water
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Growing trees
-James Yallop
Seeds have been planted
Now they will rise from the ground
Heading for the skies
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-John Fassett
Spring, flowers blooming
Deer prancing, rabbits bouncing,
All great things in spring
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Flowers
-Juliet DiTaranto
Flowers are pretty
They have fun shining like stars
They like to show off
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Clouds
-Juliet DiTaranto
The clouds float around
They are like huge cotton balls
And they also cry
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-Kathleen Conway
Mourning doves return
Blue cloudless sky, hawk circling
poAH, coo, coo, coo
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-Kathleen Conway
One drop of water
Rests on anonymous leaf
Makes a perfect shelf
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Sky
-Katie Lane
Blue high up above
There’re white pillows in the sky
And sleet and snow come
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-Kate Lane
Pebbles of water
They trickle down fast and slow
Splash, on my window
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Sunset
-Kate Lane
Sunset in my eye
Over the hill in the sky
Then at six am
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-Macy Baker
Rain drops keep falling
On my head the dog is wet
Oh my what a mess
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-Malcolm
Along came a bee
Actually stung my tongue
Then there was a swarm
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Winter
-Morgan Reichman
The snow covered trees
Blow in the freezing cold wind
As I walk outside
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Natalia Fortuna
As I run back home
I feel the wind on my face
I forgot my coat
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-Natalia Fortuna
I see the white fog
It blocks the bright big hot sun
Then the sun moves
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-Natalie Ramos
The pumpkin watched as
The kids came up the steps to
Get their trick or treat
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-Natalie Ramos
Kids were swimming in
The hot summery day as
Adults tried to tan
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-Pat Begos
Partly sunny, clouds
Chance of rain 50 percent
Tomorrow, windy
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-Rachel Smith
Wind is much rougher
Than it was in the summer
Which means Fall is here
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-Rachel Smith
When the sun rises
It does a happy sun dance
Also when it sets
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Spring
-Robbie Whitney
Spring is blooming fast
Everything is pretty
Why would I dare blink?
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The Forrest
-Robbie Whitney
The leaves go crackle
The branches cover the sun
And the squirrels run free
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Storm
-Sebastian Tchkotoua
Lighting is striking,
Rain is pouring down, down, down
In a great harsh storm
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-Sebastian Tchkotoua
“Roar, chirp, moo, bak- bak”
Who is saying these weird things?
Animals, all types
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-Sebastian Tchkotoua
Words, words like big, BIG!!!
Words, words like small, small! Are all…
Parts of nature, BIG!!!
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The Beach
-Stella Widmer
Walking on the beach
My feet melt into the sand
They soon disappear
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Wind Mystery
-Tom R Ward
Wind is blowing now
How can it go by itself?
No one understands
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Summer’s Return
-William Owen McClung
Waves are crashing fast,
Crashing on my chest and limbs,
Summer has returned
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Frigid water
-Wyatt Machette
The oceans very cold
You jump in – shivers down your back,
You’re out in a flash
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Rain fall
-Wyatt Machette
The rain falls in drops
Puddles form in dimples of earth
Kids now play in them
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Day light
-Wyatt Machette
Sun rays hit the ground
Light cascades over our world,
Morning comes quickly
And, following the long established tradition of celebrating nature with poetry, the Rowayton Library is holding a celebration and poetry reading honoring the winners. The winners are invited to come read their winning poems. Friends and Family are invited to the festivities and to sample a selection of Italian desserts and coffee on Sunday, April 22 at 1pm at the Rowayton Library.
Vinni Marie D’Ambrosio has been the judge for the Rowayton Library’s Haiku Contest since its inception. A graduate of Smith College and New York University, Vinni Marie D’Ambrosio, Ph. D., is a poet and scholar whose work is found in anthologies, journals, newspapers, as well as in her collections of poems, An Italian Morning (Waterside Press), Life of Touching Mouths (New York University Press), in her long narrative poem, Mexican Gothic (about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, woodcuts by Karen Kunc, Blue Heron Press), and in her cultural study of T.S. Eliot’s youth, Eliot Possessed (New York University Press). Her poem “Copper Beech” appears on a public memorial monument commissioned by New York City.
The definition for Haiku for this contest was as follows:
An original poem of 17 syllables in 3 lines written in the format of: line 1 in 5 syllables, line 2 in 7 syllables, and line 3 in 5 syllables; Depicting a season; Describing an event of nature; Without violence.
The Rowayton Library, 33 Highland Avenue, Rowayton, CT. For more information, please call the Library at (203) 838-5038. This program is free and open to the public.
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