Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2023 Kukai Winners

First Place

bioluminescence

when was the last time

we said yes

             P. H. Fischer

Second Place (tie)

water striders

   translating

     light

             Lisa Gerlits

late-night rengay

a linked sequence

of coyote calls

             Jacquie Pearce

the box turtle

crossing the road . . .

still crossing the road

             Richard Tice

Third Place (tie)

the mountains

show their bones

first snow

             Dorothy Matthews

buttercup

the meadow

on my sleeve

             David Watts

Fourth Place (tie)

empty clam shell—

the sound of her voice

in the evening tide

             Jacob Salzer

finding a way

through the corn maze

morning mist

             Michael Dylan Welch

a cold wind—

will she remember me

in the next life?

             Jacob Salzer

Fifth Place (tie)

salmon run

the family

we choose

             Aidan Castle

the last rays of sun

offered back to the sky

yellow maple

             Annette Makino

scent of blackberries

more and more

words disappear

             Nicholas Klacsanzky