Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s haiku contest. Salt Spring Literacy is pleased to announce the winners:
Youth
blossoms bloom in spring
hatching eggs and peeping birds
the dew sparkling too
– Aya, 13
Intermediate
I hear your call now
up here in the sweet spring air
telling me to come
– Shyanna, 11
Intermediate – honourable mention
bass, rod, hook and lure
happy, excited, nervous
how big is the fish?
– Tenzin, 11
Lower intermediate
the trees – green, green trees
sticks and ferns all around me
warm, happy, safe, wild
– Haleigh, 9
Primary
cherry blossom tree
I love your shades of pink
It is like spring snow staining the ground with magic
– Sia, 7
Primary – honourable mention
bees buzz to nectar
new tulips bloom every day
dandelions in my hand
– Nolan, 8
Adult
hungry ghosts downtown
millions of pink petals fall
on empty cupped hands
– Pat Burkette
Adult – honourable mention
a little girl’s fist
decides to open itself
balloon in the breeze
– Marcia Burton
Adult – honourable mention
chickadee alights
nest in hollow apple tree
chit-chits me away
– Gigi Jobb