Winning haiku including Highly Commended : The 2010 With Words International Online Haiku Competition Results

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Alan, Karen and Kathy, With Words

A Full Report and Judges Commentary will appear up on With Words later in the New Year.

1^st Prize

the coot's lobes
just melting the ice
snow in the wind

John Barlow

Ormskirk, England

2^nd Prize

after chemo--
finding more beauty

in the petal bare bloom

 

Terri L. French

Alabama USA

HIGHLY COMMENDED

in their roost
of bark and brambles
the wintering owls

John Barlow

Ormskirk, England

family photo box
how my father smiles
in black and white

Sandra Simpson

Tauranga, New Zealand

bright moon
light years
between starfish

Ernest J Berry

Picton, New Zealand

Commended

Brett Brady, Hawaii, USA 

Sandra Simpson, Tauranga, New Zealand 

Susan Richardson, Cardiff, Wales
John Barlow, Ormskirk, England 

Congratulations to everyone, and many thanks to every entrant who entered the competition and helped support our literacy programme and charities.