Along with the top places decided by our panel of judges, LPL’s Haiku Contest features a People’s Choice Award to be decided by YOU! Read through all the submitted poems below then vote for your favorite. One lucky poet will win a $10 gift card to the Lancaster Sweet Shoppe!
The People’s Choice Award winner will be announced on Saturday, May 1. Check our social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter) for the post!
People’s Choice Contest Rules:
- Only one (1) vote per person.
- Voting ends Friday, April 30 at 11:59 PM.
For questions regarding this contest, please email Leigh.
More than two dozen haikus were submitted to our first ever Haiku Contest
*We got cookies from the Smiths in the mail today. We don't know a Smith. | *Bird poop on my coat. People say that it's good luck, but I know better. | *I held the wrong hand. Regret brushes its tongue on the nape of my neck. |
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1. "Coal Rust" Streams absorb black clouds As do their inhabitants Burning embers die | 2. Travel memories In my suitcase, in my heart So I don’t lose them | 3. Buda: genteel hills Danube divides, bridges join Pest: flat land, vibrant |
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4. Hillside burials Celtic crosses as sentries Across rolling hills | 5. Delicious cheese board Best with Argentine Malbec Perfect denouement | 6. Walking through the woods Seeing the leaves mapping paths The wind's breath helping |
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7. Evergreen trees stand They stand tall in the forest I like that they're green | 8. Dogs are the cutest! They are Fluffy and playful They sleep in my bed | 9. the earth awakens bursting with song and new life the show has begun! |
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10. Happy tears of the world, Wash away all that is not pure. Leave us with bright colors. | 11. Grow to cover the world. Make the world soft to our feet, Green grass grow ever more. | 12. If you’re fully vaxed CDC still recommends Reading before bed. |
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13. Lancaster is kind Diversity and People Lancaster prevails | 14. Root comes from nowhere to trip me on my face. Ouch! That will leave a mark. | 15. Pockets in my dress means partner does not carry lipstick and my phone. |
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16. A full moon, pale pink It blossoms far from my home, but close in my mind. | 17. "Paradise" The smell of the room The texture of the book spines I'm in paradise. | 18. "Painting" Splat! I dip my brush Into the vibrant pigment And begin my piece. |
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19. "Cold Blood" Murdered in cold blood, Lies and family secrets, Makes a thrilling read. | 20. The winter wind gusts. Bare trees in their ecstasy bow and speak in tongues. | 21. An earnest morning bird queries the eternal and mid-day answers. |
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22. Week-old snow retreats from rocks, earth and air as though now disenchanted. | 23. Cherry blossoms bloom The bright sunshine calls to me Time to go outside! | 24. Strangers in a room, Waiting and moving our arms; Vaccine shot brings hope |
*The haikus in bold were selected as prize winners by our panel of judges; they are not eligible for a prize in our People’s Choice Awards.