Mukai Farm & Garden is proud to announce the winners of Haiku Festival 2023!
The festival received over 570 haiku from 13 countries around the world. Prizes were awarded in five categories: Heritage, Nature, Reflections, Social Justice, and Young Poets.
A huge “Thank You!” to everyone that submitted haiku and/or donated to Mukai during our 4th annual Haiku Festival.
We couldn’t have done it without you!
Winners
Mom’s 3-by-5 card
Anne Spiers – Heritage
Fold apple pieces gently
into the cake dough
strawberry picking
Kelly Sargent – Nature
my young daughter has sunshine
dripping down her chin
on my window sill
Adele Evershed – Reflections
all the packets of spring seeds
I never planted…
caught on a riptide
Adele Evershed – Social Justice
a suitcase spills its contents
old shirts and new dreams
Salmonberries bloom
Juno Leonard – Young Poets (ages 1-12)
Morning dew settles on their
delicate petals
Stop war
Yoshiki Nobuhara – Young Poets (ages 13-18)
by shaking hands
with sunflowers
戦争は終わる
手をつなげば
ひまわりの花を持ち
People’s Choice Award
Don’t see your name on the winner’s list? Don’t worry, you still have a chance to win the People’s Choice Award! From now through May 15th, you can vote for your favorite haiku using the form below.
For a complete list of the haiku submitted to Mukai Haiku Festival 2023, please click here. Be sure to take note of your favorite haiku’s “Participant Number” (i.e. N5, H12, SJ8, etc.).
The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be anounced on Wednesday, May 17th. Only one vote per person please.
