Wabi Sabi Haiku
(Winners of the Still in the Stream Haiku Contest)

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1st Place
each nail
grieves in its own voice
leaving the wood

xxxxxxxxx- William Hart
2nd Place

benumbed by coldness,
in the empty swallow's nest
the last butterfly

xxxxxxxxx- Vasile Moldovan
3rd Place

ringing through morning mist
church bells mingle
their different faiths

xxx- Beebe Barksdale-Bruner
Honorable Mention

prairie wind
the pheasant's cry
unheard

xxxxxxxx- Jim Kacian

after the shower
the snout of the terrier
deeper in the grass

xxxxxxxx- Frans Terryn

ancient headstones
the names and numbers
worn to mutters

xxxxxx- William Hart

morning fog
the scratch of the street sweeper's
broom

xxxxxx- Santiago Pacquing Jr.

first snowflakes
on the windowpane--
darkness and my face

xxxxxxx- Sasa Vazic

desert twilight
black velvet bat
gathers the dark

xxxxxxx- Mike McCulley

morn walk
from the temple
chant of the same monk

xxxxxxx- John Tiong Chunghoo
 
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