People’s Choice – Haiku Festival 2022

We had a fantastic crop of talented poets turn out for our Haiku Festival, receiving submissions from as close as our neighbors on Vashon-Maury Island to as far away as Bielsko-Biała, Poland. Read the winning poems in each category here. Mukai will print and display each individually calligraphed poem on our grounds at 18017 107th Ave SW, Vashon, WA.

We encourage visitors to Mukai Farm & Garden to vote for their favorite haiku for the People’s Choice awards online or at the kiosk near our parking lot through May 22. Enter the number that corresponds to your favorite poem in the area below to vote for it. Voting is free, however a $2 donation is encouraged.

Thank you to all of our poets for your inspiring work!

1	Bruce Haulman	Heritage	Nineteen Forty Two Vashon Japanese exiled Strawberries ripen
2	Bruce Haulman	Social justice	Eighty years ago May 16, 1942 Vashon’s Exile Day
3	Bruce Haulman	Heritage	Wet Lush Green Vashon Exile and Captivity Dry Harsh Brown Pinedale
4	Julia Mark	Social justice	Through the noise of greed A future world is calling: “Please, save some for me”
5	Julia Mark	Social justice	Nine-Zero-Six-Six When the Order came, they left Hearts cracked, heads held high
6	susan wiley	Social justice	Strawberry roots struggle With memory in hallowed ground Robin pulls red worms.
7	susan wiley	Reflections	Come rain drown anger Finding place at the table To quench and begin.
8	susan wiley	Nature	Winter sealed seeds Prepare in deep rooted soil Its own time for bloom.
9	Eric Odegard	Nature	Winter’s cold darkness Our annual reminder Sunshine starts within
10	Eric Odegard	Nature	Longing for summer’s Hot dry days that make me long For winter’s cool rain
11	Brit Myers	Nature	through breaks in the storm flocks of little birds yet rise to joyride the sky
12	Brit Myers	Nature	new dawn dew point apprentice rainbow-maker to the spring sunrise
13	Stan Kitashima	Nature	Sun Mountain View’s dappled through the sky so bright Silent in the night
14	Julia Mark	Nature	Weary Winter soul Willing the first buds of Spring Nature turns, laughing
15	Ted Gibblons	Nature	The bald eagle squeaks: No need for bel canto: he Has lunch in silence.
16	Ted Gibblons	Nature	Ruby throat Hummers Don’t take guff from an Anna. Diva dives crown queens.
17	Hilary Emmer	Nature	The frogs awaken The orchestra of croaks sing Vashon spring is here
18	Hilary Emmer	Nature	Pink flowers of plum Brighten our minds with color Warmer days ahead
19	Hilary Emmer	Nature	Daffodils open Yellow white along the trails Tears fall from my eyes
20	Eric Odegard	Reflections	Writing a haiku Wondering if it’s wrong to Use a pseudonym
21	Colleen Melody	Reflections	Work, dim sum, Showbox, baseball, Costco, lunch with dad. Three-boat schedule, please.
22	Brit Myers	Reflections	Love’s penmanship is writing bad haikus with Dad as we laugh & laugh
23	Emeilia Odegard	Reflections	Whirring in the sky, Blocking out the big, bright, sun, Tennis ball soaring.
24	JT Wingett	Reflections	be still be one be at peace be open be here be steady have faith
25	JT Wingett	Reflections	have love have grace have humility have patience have heart take over
26	Colleen Melody	Reflections	Patience rewarded! The two-year winter now ends With hugs from old friends.
27	Colleen Melody	Reflections	Shy, sheltered toddler Sees her first busy playground. Her wide eyes say, “Huh?!”
28	Emeilia Odegard	Young Poets	Dreaming in the dark, The future glitters ahead, Among changing worlds.
29	Emeilia Odegard	Young Poets	Please don’t label me, It is confusing and strange, Because I don’t know.
30	JT Wingett	Reflections	shape shifting soldiers from another universe stealing frozen heads
31	Stan Kitashima	Reflections	Freedom mystified Illusion or delusion Living in a lie
32	Stan Kitashima	Reflections	Little boat swaying To and fro rock and roll Dreaming where to go
33	Ted Gibblons	Reflections	Cemetery Road: Forest walk, raven calls echo. Green graveyard sun: thanks.
34	Christine Consolacion	Reflections	You remember me Hello there, It’s been some time Wipe the mirror down
35	Christine Consolacion	Reflections	Give me gentleness The warm embrace of the sun Reminds me of it
36	Christine Consolacion	Reflections	Those moments in time We cherish for a lifetime Be still, my dear self
37	P Plympton Branson	Nature	Beautiful rainbow Touching my eternal soul There for all to see
38	Debbie Butler	Nature	it’s real wet today atmospheric river? huh… used to call it rain
39	Debbie Butler	Nature	earth’s turn: unchanging time dances while we skip rope across the clock’s face
40	Goran Gatalica	Nature	memories of the war catching the flyaway seeds father’s harvester
41	Goran Gatalica	Nature	just another world in my grandmother’s basket the first strawberries
42	Goran Gatalica	Nature	with clear awareness harvested from my father’s field vibrant strawberries
43	Barbara G Hoonan	Nature	Like silk, the fog drifts, concealing the outstretched arms of ancient hemlocks
44	Barbara G Hoonan	Nature	In silence, we walk Above, the raven observes trailside companion
45	Barbara G Hoonan	Reflections	Morning’s icy breath reminds me to be thankful for refuge, for home.
46	Harriet Shull	Nature	Lovely Mount Rainier Seen from our island across the bay Majestic beauty
47	P Plympton Branson	Reflections	Granddaughters show love In an unsuspecting way Touch my heart daily
48	Chee Wong	Reflections	We wander alone, Along the old beaten track, Dreams only known to us.
49	The Salish Sea School Students — By Jack (10), Claiborne (11), Kenzia (10), Evan (9), Erin (9)	Young Poets	Black and white orcas Need salmon for their babies Southern Residents
50	The Salish Sea School Students— By Isla (7), Sailor (8), Lena (7), Elliot (6), Bronwyn (8)	Young Poets	J Pod’s new baby Is adorable and small Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute
51	The Salish Sea School Students— By Sawyer (7), Eli (6), William (6), Piper (6), Noelle (6)	Young Poets	Hy’shqa’s new baby Cute, tiny, and rubbery Well wishes for both
52	Amelia Stone	Young Poets	What is a haiku? I don’t know how about you? Five seven five what??!!
53	Willa Lee and June Lee	Young Poets	I sat on coral I did it on accident Sorry to the fish
54	Willa Lee and June Lee	Young Poets	Obama shave ice So sweet, sour, and yummy Spill it in the car
55	Willa Lee and June Lee	Young Poets	Palm and coconut Are they made of wood or not? I don’t think they are.
56	Kai DiZazzo	Young Poets	Owls live in the trees They build nests in cavities I want to live there
57	Rebecca Graves	Reflections	Synchronicity Abounds, and once in a while Allows us a glimpse.
58	Rebecca Graves	Reflections	Terrifying times. My stultified life so rued, Now a warm blanket.
59	Chee Wong	Nature	Christmas in July, When pionsettias dress in red, In a street parade.
60	Chee Wong	Nature	A walking pilgrim, Across mountains and valleys, In the winter snow.
61	Kenny Alton	Reflections	Living lonely days Now I am a falling star Kissing the Earth’s lips
62	Carpe Diem (no name given)	Young Poets	A shining mountain A beautiful vast forest And a wolf lives there
63	Carpe Diem (no name given)	Young Poets	Spring time is here now A fox comes out of its den And catches a mouse
64	Carpe Diem (no name given)	Young Poets	The bunny hops fast Looking hard for her burrow She finds her burrow
65	Helena J. Folkestad	Young Poets	The bunny hops past Quick as a wave, fast as wind Carrot for dinner
66	Mairin	Young Poets	Pine tree with needles You pine tree are wind and hill Pine tree you are earth
67	Zoey	Young Poets	Trees wave in the wind The wind whistles and howls The forest is calm
68	Carpe Diem (no name given)	Young Poets	A rooster looks up A call shatters the silence A rooster waits too
69	Duncan	Young Poets	A cat took a nap And caught some mice Then went back to sleep
70	Truman O’Brien	Nature	Swoop, dive, soar and chirp Fresh mown grass on a sunny day The swallows return
71	Dawn Smart	Nature	Spring’s morning sun streams in, reveals golden day Eyes widen, hearts laugh
72	Dawn Smart	Nature	Night stillness broken faint whisper of summer wind Heron lifts skyward
73	Dawn Smart	Reflections	Laughter encircles family and friends once more releasing pent joy
74	Lucinda Boyle	Nature	Morning blackbirds trill scattering petals like snow on bright daffodils
75	Lucinda Boyle	Nature	I wade through a pond My boot gets stuck in the mud I pull it free: “squelch”
76	Lucinda Boyle	Nature	Actinomycetes celebrate the springtime rains with sweet petrichor
78	Kenny Alton	Reflections	Each step like a tear Falling from the face of love Joy is confusing
79	Kenny Alton	Nature	Sun upon my skin Clouds mirror my open eyes A soul awakens
80	Andrea Bakke	Nature	Earthworms come alive Wriggling, squiggling in the bin My garbage, their food
81	Andrea Bakke	Nature	The South Wind rolls in Its white caps take to the north Now we wait for rain
82	Andrea Bakke	Reflections	Leading his people Zelenskyy’s a true hero Ukraine will prevail
83	Jane Neubauer	Nature	Red currents full bloom yellow daffodils smiling joyous gifts of March
84	Bart Diener	Reflections	Last year I was robbed It will not happen again My wife is a judge
85	Jason Staczek	Reflections	it’s omicron time be sure to keep your mask on stay safe, okay? bye.
86	Adele Evershed	Social Justice	watching the parade the children waving bunting the men waving guns
87	Adele Evershed	Reflections	sacred waterfall the loud cascade of blueness dripping down her wrist
88	Adele Evershed	Reflections	the spring moon waning she drops her green kimono behind cloud cover
89	Manda Long	Nature	It’s pretty serene Seagulls call like blaring horns Breaks the quiet calm
90	Manda Long	Nature	The screen stares at me Aching eyes longing to be Staring out window
91	Manda Long	Reflections	Hello my sofa Catch me on comfy cushions Let me smoosh my cheeks
92	Devon DeLapp	Nature	Yellow light lays down In a forest’s blue black bed Like fire, frozen
93	Noa Martin	Young Poets	Venus has gas clouds the clouds are poisonous but it has no moons
94	Owen DeLapp	Young Poets	Volcano booms big Hot lava spreads into beds Darkness covers all
95	Owen DeLapp	Young Poets	Weather strikes, big winds Houses fall down on the ground Storm passed, calm again
96	Kathryn True	Nature	At the last moment I tuck the two-spot feather Into my pocket
97	Kathryn True	Nature	On platinum sea Sun throws a rainbow dagger Gray horizon bleeds
98	Kathryn True	Nature	In a tiny vase, last haiku from the old plum Lichened branch blossoms
99	Cherie Suzuki	Young Poets	a sip of hojicha tea puppy cuddles on my knee raindrops fall on leaves
100	Cherie Suzuki	Young Poets	walk to the tee box birds chirping, my heart beating one, two, whoosh, ball flies
101	Cherie Suzuki	Young Poets	cherry petals fall then ride with the free spring wind I wear new pink shoes
102	Kim Van Cleave	Social Justice	Scars, pain, fear, chains, death Learning, evolving, growing Seeds, love, hope, smiles, life
103	Kim Van Cleave	Social Justice	anathema then intersectionality It begins to bloom
104	Kim Van Cleave	Nature	Sakura hana Watashi no hana desu Appreciation
105	Tracy Koncilja	Reflections	Across the water Buoys blinking red and green Stars shine on Vashon
106	Tracy Koncilja	Reflections	Loud laughter, no masks Patrons revel in freedom Raise a glass of wine
107	Tracy Koncilja	Nature	Magnolia trees Reaching to drink spring sunbeams Bursting pink petals
108	Isabelle Reilly	Reflections	blanket ‘round your waist, extra cream in my coffee; today we are small
109	Isabelle Reilly	Reflections	perhaps there’s no god to rule us but the weather and cats’ snack schedules.
110	Isabelle Reilly	Reflections	our hands are shovels; we’ll learn to talk with worms and dig to the earth’s core
111	Tanya Andrious	Reflections	Despair undermines Dislocating sense of self Towards destruction
112	Tanya Andrious	Social Justice	Oh propaganda Persuasive and dangerous Hard to tell the truth
113	Tanya Andrious	Nature	Depleted and dry Tears unleashed from the Heavens Bringing life from death
114	R.D Walton	Nature	The clouds gray and heavy Rumble and roll with thunder, Heralds of the storm.
115	R.D Walton	Reflections	The blood has gone dry The bodies, settled beyond, The war never ends.
116	R.D Walton	Nature	A blanket of stars Settles over the heavens, Lays the world to sleep.
117	Valentina Ranaldi-Adams	Reflections	banners of yellow and blue are now everywhere . . . a faraway war
118	Christopher Calvin	Heritage	ring of mountains circling the histories of our heritage
119	Christopher Calvin	Nature	the sunflower field morning greeting…deepens as twilight turns sunlight
120	Christopher Calvin	Reflections	lily pond me and windless ripples soul reflection
121	Susan McCabe	Reflections	Spoon with man and dog Morning dawns warm with snuggles Starts a perfect day
122	Susan McCabe	Nature	Bird strikes my window We share a longing gaze then Hungry hawk takes her
123	Susan McCabe	Nature	Blossoms pink the sky Cherry bloom scent fills the air I inhale spring’s breath
124	Jane Irish Nelson	Nature	Robins, skunk cabbages, And pussywillow catkins, Harbingers of spring.
125	Jane Irish Nelson	Reflections	Sunflowers, blue skies, But everyone is worried, Thinking of Ukraine.
126	Jane Irish Nelson	Heritage	Genealogy, Looking for our ancestors, Stories of their lives.
127	Tim Avolio-Toly	Reflections	She sleeps safe and sound Curling like a shell against me Her breath is a wave
128	Tim Avolio-Toly	Nature	Quick to the feeder They fight with feathers flapping None are discouraged
129	Tim Avolio-Toly	Nature	The Dogwood blooms again Not in full, but in promise Of a life in Spring
130	Tohma Ono	Young Poets	The tranquility A nice cool breeze on my face Around me birds sing
131	Tohma Ono	Young Poets	The ocean waves crash Colorful fish everywhere The big coral reef
132	Tohma Ono	Young Poets	The starry night sky Stars that make many patterns The big milky way
133	Brinley Hamilton	Young Poets	The rain is falling The night is dark and cold Stars are shining bright
134	Jaidyn Rumburg-Scherler	Young Poets	I adore horses You can ride them. It is fun. I only rode once
135	Jacquelyn Wegley	Young Poets	Nature is pretty I love Nature so so much I love the green leaves
136	Freddy Holverstott	Young Poets	Nice garden bright green Trees blowing in the wind Flowers blooming bright
137	Annalia Hetrick-Richmond	Young Poets	Trees are beautiful Flowers are beautiful too And that’s nature’s way
138	Charlottte Sordenstone	Young Poets	Gallup horses trot Jump jump jump click click click clack Now stop stop halt
139	Dominic (Chappie) Oko	Young Poets	Ice cream is good yay And cat yay yay yay yay yay Dogs too yay yay yay
140	Declan (Ducky) Harpole	Young Poets	Creeper moo moo moo Creeper moo moo moo moo moo Creeper moo moo moo
141	Juno Leonard	Young Poets	Birds chorus, finding Seeds, friends, foes throughout the day Simple says peaceful
142	Juno Leonard	Young Poets	Threats enough we have Our home planet in danger Yet we destroy more
143	Juno Leonard	Young Poets	Down in the marshlands Where the reeds grow, frogs chatter Singing of springtime
144	Bonnie Wilkins	Reflections	Watching snow melting, letting go of the to-do list. What is wrong with that?
145	Bonnie Wilkins	Reflections	Busted by police for writing a bad haiku, tail between his legs.
146	Bonnie Wilkins	Nature	Snow drops to the ground, freeing the burdened pine-bough. I am still, and watch.
147	Tom Wilkins	Reflections	Fresh baked whole wheat bread. The air heady with fragrance. Yes, there is a God.
148	Tom Wilkins	Nature	A rustling of leaves A quick feathery darting, How I love the wren!
149	Tom Wilkins	Nature	Yellows and soft pink. Cherry and forsythia Glow against the dark forest.
150	Jill Andrews	Nature	Rousing dawn chorus a recessional hymn departing seabirds
151	Dan Iulian	Social Justice	refugee shelter – the orphan child spelling “home” in a foreign tongue
152	Dan Iulian	Heritage	around the wood stove – the grandmother moved into an endless story
153	Dan Iulian	Nature	bees and wasps and drones – sharing the colorful light of the same blossoms
154	Lucas Logan	Young Poets	The eagle flies high The heron has a long neck The sky is pretty!
155	Collete Hoglund	Nature	seasoned cattails molt unfolding fluffy hairdos blessings in the wind
156	Collete Hoglund	Nature	geothermal mist ethereal ascension smoke signal prayers
157	Collete Hoglund	Reflections	enduring the storm blowing shadows from my bones heart begins anew
158	Debbie Butler	Heritage	Caucasian grandpa Fort Lincoln Internment Camp they took Germans, too
159	Tomosumi	Heritage	strawberry fields my ojiisan remembers summertime kisses
160	Tomosumi	Social justice	facing east to west sunflowers rise up against Cumulonimbus
161	Tomosumi	Reflections	watercolor brush Kenjiro Nomura paints assembly centers
162	Benjamin Gould	Heritage	Whence? I ask my gods And what rites? What relation? These feet will walk home
163	Benjamin Gould	Heritage	Do-re-mi-fa! So…. Hear One Voice Willing the Dawn Courage blinding mourn
164	Benjamin Gould	Nature	Anther’s red whisper Pistils invoking ripe breath rhythmic, All knowing
165	P Plympton Branson	Reflections	Brush long hair again Feel the generations lapse Time stood still today
166	Stephanie Seeley	Nature	Look On The Water See In The Water, Under Eyes Delights of Sights.
167	Stephanie Seeley	Nature	Woodpecker Laughing But Is That Bird Mocking Me? He Just Laughs Because.
168	Dulce Rozon	Nature	Bees flutter around Smell of sweet flowers abound Spring is here for now
169	Dulce Rozon	Nature	Raindrops on the ground The smell of rain fills the air April comes our way
170	Anna Shomsky	Nature	A murder of crows Stitching the sky together On sharp needle wings
171	Anna Shomsky	Nature	The sky divided By electrical wires Like eroded quartz
172	Anna Shomsky	Nature	Washing our ankles In the icy mountain spring Then stepping in mud
173	Daya Bhat	Nature	koel’s early notes grazing the magnolias summer in sharp four
174	Daya Bhat	Nature	teeth sink in gunwales dripping down from my elbows these ripe mango boats
175	Daya Bhat	Nature	lost in the chorus baritones of cicadas the making of stars
176	Karen Kent	Nature	River in the sky Rains come–quenching–seed and shoots Reach up to join it
177	Karen Kent	Nature	Spring is the promise Morning peaks in the window Sooner every day
178	Karen Kent	Nature	Washed in on the tide Endless wonders dot the sand Pockets full of gifts
179	Stephanie Seeley	Reflections	Cold Shirt Does Not Keep The Fire Inside, Spider Might Be There Instead.
180	Dulce Rozon	Reflections	Thoughts in constant flight Staggering through day and night Hearts delight and fright
181	Holden Hamilton	Young Poets	Mukai is pretty Strawberries and history Canning plant and fruit
182	Jen Huntley	Nature	Spring’s forest jewel Indian Plum Chandeliers Pew! Smells like Cat Pee!
183	Perry Yip	Young Poets	Albatross are cool. They are good at flying far. They love squid. Me too.
184	Tina Anderson	Reflections	He never knew you Gone before you met your son Young man in photo
185	Tina Anderson	Nature	Dark raven guide me Deep into these verdant woods Mosses dripping dew
186	Tina Anderson	Nature	Oh sweet hand in mine On this trail we discover New worlds to explore
187	Allison Do	Nature	A foggy morning – Reaching out into the mist Grasping for a thought
188	Allison Do	Reflections	how to measure growth – what should have I accomplished at twenty-seven?
189	Allison Do	Heritage	Have you eaten yet? A Chinese call and response, I can always eat
190	Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan	Nature	bullet casing my re-planted cherry in bloom
191	Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan	Nature	our cherry in bloom … my father’s hands alive again
192	Marian Brennan	Nature	Barren brumal branch a red berry clings by an icy thread
193	Marian Brennan	Nature	Haiku 2: Full-moon maple leaves listening to soft voices near a mossy stone
194	Marian Brennan	Nature	Ivory sloup drifts wind sweeping the Salish Sea inflates the canvas sail.
195	Linda Allen	Reflections	bought a vintage truck then picked up a one arm tan escape when i can
196	Linda Allen	Reflections	possibly, sometimes? chronically indecisive? hmmm? perhaps i am
197	Linda Allen	Reflections	hoya cut from mum’s sprigs smuggled across border home now rooting here
198	Samantha Wright	Nature	Blackberry twilight sugar-sprinkled, stumbling dusk sunlight in shadow
199	Samantha Wright	Nature	Softly, pink snow sighs Songbirds predict early blooms Cherry trees oblige
200	Samantha Wright	Nature	Quickening soil knocks Larkspur and lilac agree It is time to grow
201	David McClellan	Nature	Soft moss on my roof Eats the shingles, bit by bit And such pretty fuzz
202	David McClellan	Nature	One-oh-eight degrees Heat wave like never ever Sand dollars at risk
203	David McClellan	Heritage	Logs, fish, crops, bricks, ships Vashon-Maury history now commuters, arts
204	Reid Wegley	Nature	Salty Sea Lion Slaps a Seagull with a fish While I rinse a dish
205	Holden Hamilton	Young Poets	Crashing together A gas cloud and nebula It looks so pretty
206	Ella Odegard	Young Poets	Today you can keep square roots and fractions, while I take trees and tadpoles
207	Ella Odegard	Young Poets	Climbing up a tree. Does it get better than this? The branches doubt it.
208	Ella Odegard	Young Poets	even when we think we’re old, important, busy let’s still be laughing
209	Jane Valencia	Nature	Cold outside with dog Stars freeze too — night is punctured Strokes of silver — swans!
210	Thomas Parobek	Nature	Still and quiet path The forest seems as fiction Light stepping of foot
211	Thomas Parobek	Reflections	Elusive dark sleep Heavy laden droomy trance Lonely night remains
212	Thomas Parobek	Nature	Crackling snap of wood Glow of slow flame and ember Smoke dances upward
213	Tom Conway	Reflections	October harvest Boxed and stored on the back porch Sweetness comes with time
214	Tom Conway	Nature	Tulips lilt for light, Slow dancing between shadows, Petaled chorus line
215	Tom Conway	Nature	Cooped up hens and chicks Jack in the box each morning Clucking choir released
216	Rachel Keil	Reflections	You don’t know the pain That is silently carried Like lead in my bones
217	Rachel Keil	Reflections	Trail spreads before me Mind wandering on its own Legs know the way
218	Rachel Keil	Reflections	You filled the spaces Ones I didn’t know were there So much empty space
219	Katherine Helgeland	Reflections	Sun rising, eyes wide Golden glow warms sacred earth See God’s finest church
220	Katherine Helgeland	Nature	White butts in the field Moving slowly up the hill Soon elk disappear
221	Katherine Helgeland	Heritage	I remember you Uff da, lefse, namen do Yuck! Lutefisk too
222	Greer Cardoza	Young Poets	Shining in the sky Illuminating the night With the stars by its side
223	Greer Cardoza	Young Poets	Lift off of the ground With your pretty feathered wings Launch into the sky
224	Greer Cardoza	Young Poets	A hurt cry for help Silently we do not hear it Our earth is crying
225	Marlowe Cardoza	Young Poets	Future, Present, Past These words mean nothing to time It just keeps moving
226	Marlowe Cardoza	Young Poets	A deep indigo a twisting and turning moon and gentle bright stars
227	Marlowe Cardoza	Young Poets	Walk up to the shrine Underneath the Torii gate Kamisama home
228	Fae Cardoza	Young Poets	The moon is bright but it can change to crescent circles and skinny crescent
229	Fae Cardoza	Young Poets	The clouds are big but can be gone very soon in very cold weather
230	Fae Cardoza	Young Poets	Hawks are beautiful the sun is more beautiful The full moon is too
231	Burke Michaels	Reflections	The old man farts loudly Splash the earth cries in much pain Boom flip crack smash goes the man
232	Burke Michaels	Social Justice	Death and plague break souls War and pain destroy ukraine people help and hurt
233	Debra Paulsen	Nature	Leaf fell, then eagle rose to become cloud. Rain touched my face like feathers.
234	Debra Paulsen	Reflections	No better time to Die, to send one’s soul tumbling with Autumn’s last leaves.
235	Adi Shepard	Nature	Yellow daffodils, Bright and sunny with kindness, Smile blooms on my face
236	Adi Shepard	Social Justice	Suspicious looks cast his way, his charcoal skin a Threat, hatred can kill.
237	Adi Shepard	Social Justice	She was innocent, That didn’t seem to matter. Shots fired, blood stains sheets.
238	Petra Hilderbrand	Young Poets	Strawberry mountain Tall and short or steep and flat Always welcoming
239	Petra Hilderbrand	Young Poets	“Buzz” go the bees Bees comb honey in their hive Bees pollinating
240	Petra Hilderbrand	Young Poets	Vashon Washington A cute island in the sound Will always be home
241	Stephen Hilderbrand	Nature	Gossamer threads fields Woven so swift and gently Ensnares passing flies
242	Stephen Hilderbrand	Heritage	Strawberry island We all must work to preserve Welcome home, Vashon
243	Stephen Hilderbrand	Reflections	Ferries kiss, reflect Surrounded by sound around Sing out, you are here
244	Sebastian Chrobak	Reflections	friendship in progress the taste of our strawberries sweeter every day
245	Henry Herridge	Young Poets	Ice Cream is good yay Dogs yay yay yay yay yay yay yay And cats too yay yay

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