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The Rowayton Library's Fourth Annual Haiku Contest

2009 Winners

(listed alphabetically)

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Winter Fun

Building a snowman
Sipping warm hot chocolate
Taking a long nap
-Olivia Bartilucci

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Spring Has Sprung

Flowers are blooming.
Colors bursting everywhere
Butterflies flutter
-Olivia Bartilucci

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Wind

Slowly and smoothly
Wind brushes across my face
Making me smile
-Brynley Close

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Summer

Flitting fireflies
Buzzing bees in the meadow
The smell of summer.
-Forrest Close

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Summer fun

The hot summer sun
Makes me thirsty for a drink
Lemonade is cold
-Aquiles Diamondis

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Wiggily inch worms
Digging little mud holes
Making new soil
-Isabella Fortuna

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I see tree rustling
I hear the birds singing songs
I feel wonderful
-Adrian Francis

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Spring

In the Spring it rains
The sun shines after the rain
The flowers will bloom
-Cooper Gibson

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Crystal frozen snow
Falls from the sky real fast
As I play inside
-Sammy Houck

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On golden sunlight
Soft sea breezes carry me
To exotic lands
-Mary Keating

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Harvest Moon

Glimmering white orb
Hanging in the autumn sky,
Were we really there?
-Mary Keating

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Like a wounded bird
A broken leg grounded me
But love let me soar.
-Mary Keating

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Bubbles rise and pop
The summer sun makes the sea
Sparkle in the breeze
-Derek Lue

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Polar bears watch the
Beautiful northern lights while
Baby cubs are born
-Derek Lue

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It is winter night
I can hear the owls whoo
The snow slips like sand
-Jason Martinez

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Autumn is today
The wind blows the leaves off trees
Trees are nude all day.
-Jason Martinez

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How old is this pond?
Asks the Mallard touching down
For its first landing.
-Stephen Maye

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We call it “wa”-“ter,”
As if those two, soft sounds can
Grasp its mystery.
-Stephen Maye

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These mating Mallards—
All their fancy footwork since
The ice has broken.
-Stephen Maye

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The Crabapple has
Now gone to full-time holding
Up this rich, blue sky.
-Stephen Maye

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The orchard—looking
Around slowly to see why
That dog is barking.
-Stephen Maye

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Spring, moon-viewing porch,
Where blue shadows don’t disturb
The silent windchimes.
-Stephen Maye

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This is our beach-front!!
We own the waves, sand, sun, wind,
Someone’s sign proclaims.
-Stephen Maye

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The poet, reading
In bed, whose legs go to sleep
Guarding the cat’s nap.
-Stephen Maye

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Fifteen Canada
Geese have taken the soccer
Field.  Who will keep score?
-Stephen Maye

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The orange, mason’s string,
Stretched tightly from stick to stick,
Silently runs things.
-Stephen Maye

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Autumn

Leaves crunching below
While the coldness fills the air
Oh colorful trees.
-Alex Reza

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Forsythia blooms
But I keep my warm jacket
Until it is May
-Alyssa Shapiro

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So many robins
Pull worms back to their nests on
Stubborn, frozen ground
-Alyssa Shapiro

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Spring

Spring is almost here.
Leaves and flowers are blooming
The ice is melting.
-Lucceza St. Denis

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Fluffy snow

I like the white snow.
It is white, soft and chilly.
O you like the snow?
-Gracie Stadler

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The chickadee sings
Their sweet, sweet song as a finch
Joins in harmony
-Hannah Towey

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The ivy vines climb
The trunk of the willow tree
As swans swim below
-Hannah Towey

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The wind chime chimes ding!
Ding!  As the swift wind blows them,
Singing together
-Hannah Towey

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Everything is still
The wind is at a hush the
Birds no longer sing
-Hannah Towey

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The moon shines above
With the stars as its only
Company but me
-Hannah Towey

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School’s Out

School’s Out come on guys! 
Summer vacation
Is here.  Let’s jump in the pool.
-Tyler Butler/Cooper Grillo/Olivia Bartilucci/Finley Harris & Evelyn

Contest Rules

March 15  through  April 15: Haiku Contest to Celebrate "April as Poetry Month" The definition for Haiku for this contest was as follows:

The contest ended on April 15th. All winners were notified by mail or by phone and the winning Haiku were published in the May issue of the This Month at the Rowayton Library and on the Library's website at www.Rowayton.org .  Winners are invited to read their winning Haikus at the Rowayton Library at a Winners' Reception and Poetry Reading on Sunday, April 26 at 1:00 pm led by award-winning poet Vinni Marie D'Ambrosio. All participants received a Rowayton Library pencil.

For any corrections to spelling of the winner's name or poem, please contact the Rowayton Library at 203-838-5038. Thank you.