DC -- Golden (Triangle) Haiku (2020):
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Golden Triangle BID Announces Winners of the 2020 Golden Haiku Poetry Contest
February 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 18, 2020) – The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) today announced the winners of the seventh annual Golden Haiku poetry contest. The winning poems, along with a selection of honorable mentions and judges’ favorites, can be seen on more than 350 colorful street signs displayed in the bustling sidewalks of the Golden Triangle neighborhood. The signs are on display now through the end of April, brightening the winter landscape for thousands of passersby to enjoy, reminding them that spring is just around the corner.
“The Golden Haiku poetry contest has become one of the BID’s most well-known events. This year, we received more than 1,700 submissions from 40 countries and 32 states and the District of Columbia,” said Leona Agouridis, Executive Director of the Golden Triangle BID. “We appreciate everyone who has taken the time to participate and are excited to launch this year’s Golden Haiku outdoor exhibition. Every year, Washingtonians look forward to seeing our haiku signs pop up across the neighborhood.”
Inspired by the Golden Triangle community’s passion for urban sustainability and environmental consciousness — and the Golden Triangle’s recent LEED Platinum certification — this year’s theme was the beauty of nature in the city.
As in years past, the contest followed the Haiku Society of America’s guidelines for modern haiku. Golden Haiku does not require the traditional 5-7-5 structure because English and Japanese are vastly different languages.
All entries were reviewed and judged by a distinguished panel of published haiku experts, including Abigail Friedman, Kit Pancoast Nagamura, and John Stevenson.
The seventh annual Golden Haiku contest winners are:
First Place: Rich Schilling (Webster Groves, Missouri)
day moon
we drift into
cherry blossoms
Second Place: Grix (Wilmington, Delaware)
blossom wind —
her hijab billows
behind her
Third Place: Andrew Riutta (Gaylord, Michigan)
downtown . . .
going from shop to shop
dandelion fluff
DC Area Winner: Gary Hotham (Scaggsville, Maryland)
meeting delays
window raindrops sliding
into each other
This year’s Golden Haiku outdoor exhibition also includes an original verse from guest poet Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum:
An artful life
To be a tree or rather a bee
The busy, buzzing street is my home.
“Golden Haiku is a highly regarded, internationally recognized literary art contest,” said Stephanie Stebich. “It is an honor to participate as a guest poet and to help bring the art of poetry to such a broad audience. I look forward to seeing all the other haiku on display throughout the streets of the Golden Triangle neighborhood.”
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- HAIKU_200218_01.JPG: Golden Haiku
day moon
we drift into
cherry blossoms
-- Rich Schilling
[First Place]
- HAIKU_200218_04.JPG: Golden Haiku
malcolm x park
my thoughts cascade
into water lilies
-- Kate Alsbury
- HAIKU_200218_09.JPG: Golden Haiku
rows of bikes and scooters --
the possibility
of getting somewhere
-- Heidi Mordhorst
- HAIKU_200218_15.JPG: Golden Haiku
spring fever...
the street seller
out of bouquets
-- Carole MacRury
- HAIKU_200218_19.JPG: Golden Haiku
blossom wind --
her hijab billows
behind her
-- Grix
[Second Place]
- HAIKU_200218_22.JPG: Golden Haiku
sultry evening
full moon cooling
in the fountain
-- Tomislav Maretic
- HAIKU_200218_25.JPG: Golden Haiku
wind chimes the scent
of apple blossom
-- John O'Connor
[Honorable Mention]
- HAIKU_200218_35.JPG: Golden Haiku
downtown...
going from shop to shop
dandelion fluff
-- Andrew Riutta
[Third Place]
- HAIKU_200224_01.JPG: Golden Haiku
recycling day
taking in the first whiff
of dogwood
-- Kate Alsbury
- HAIKU_200224_18.JPG: Golden Haiku
An artful life
To be a tree or rather a bee
The busy, buzzing street is my home.
-- Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
[Guest Poet]
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sidewalk garden
a touch of rosemary
follows me home
-- Marilyn Appl Walker
- HAIKU_200224_24.JPG: Golden Haiku
closing time
sunlight slips from the city
window by window
-- Jacquie Pearce
- HAIKU_200224_27.JPG: Golden Haiku
burgeoning light
the cafe sparrow's
prolonged song
-- Michele L. Harvey
- HAIKU_200224_30.JPG: Golden Haiku
moonlight
swirls around...
the white peony
-- Hifsa Ashraf
- HAIKU_200224_35.JPG: Golden Haiku
city lawn
all these smells and colors
in the mower
-- Henryk Czempiel
- HAIKU_200224_38.JPG: Golden Haiku
dragonfly T-shirt...
I go back and add
one more clothes pin
-- Radka Mindova
- HAIKU_200224_41.JPG: Golden Haiku
disappearing
in the pines...
a hawk's cry
-- Thomas Bierovic
- HAIKU_200224_44.JPG: Golden Haiku
meeting delays
window raindrops sliding
into each other
-- Gary Hotham
- HAIKU_200224_47.JPG: Golden Haiku
road works --
the billow and sag
of a cobweb in the wind
-- Sandra Simpson
- HAIKU_200224_55.JPG: Golden Haiku
leaf buds...
tables and chairs pop up
on the sidewalk
-- Julie Warther
- HAIKU_200224_60.JPG: Golden Haiku
retirement breakfast --
age spots
on the bananas
-- Curtis Dunlap
- HAIKU_200224_70.JPG: Golden Haiku
capital city
the coat of arms
made of flowers
-- Durdica Zrinscak-Druzinec
- HAIKU_200224_73.JPG: Golden Haiku
a change of season --
floral dresses stroll
down the street
-- Tomislav Maretic
- HAIKU_200224_82.JPG: Golden Haiku
embassy row...
we listen for the language
of flowers
-- Ed Bremson
- HAIKU_200224_86.JPG: Golden Haiku
a week of rain...
the porch spider
unwraps a meal
-- Curtis Dunlap
- HAIKU_200224_90.JPG: Golden Haiku
snow emergency route
a double lane
of flowering pears
-- Laurie Greer
- HAIKU_200224_94.JPG: Golden Haiku
morning showers
the parking lot puddle
full of bird song
-- Susan Beth Furst
- HAIKU_200226_01.JPG: Golden Haiku
a smell of earth
from the old woodpile
... spring rain
-- Brendon Kent
- HAIKU_200226_11.JPG: Golden Haiku
park bench
a woman gives the trees
their Latin names
-- Ann Magyar
- HAIKU_200302_04.JPG: Golden Haiku
Tonight, Venus looks ready
to land at National Airport
-- Rob Simcox
- HAIKU_200302_20.JPG: Golden Haiku
around the reflecting pool
so many people
and their dreams
-- Raj Bose
- HAIKU_200302_29.JPG: Golden Haiku
traffic circle
the whorl
of a jonquil
-- Alan Bridges
- HAIKU_200302_33.JPG: Golden Haiku
last train home
everything flies past
but the moon
-- Alexey Andreev
- HAIKU_200429_05.JPG: Golden Haiku
spring wind
delivering cherry blossoms
through the mail slot
-- Cherese Cobb
- HAIKU_200429_09.JPG: Golden Haiku
tiny in front
of the white clouds...
skyscrapers
-- Menoj Sharma
- HAIKU_200429_19.JPG: Golden Haiku
A sprig of mint
plucked --
into warm chai.
-- May-Mei Lee
- HAIKU_200429_28.JPG: Golden Haiku
morning showers
the parking lot puddle
full of bird song
-- Susan Beth Furst
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park bench...
her hand resting on his
white cane
-- Brett Brady
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