Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2025 Kukai Winners

First Place

raven cry

the fallen totem pole

now a nurse log

             paul m.

Second Place

geese overhead—

all the places I’d go

if I could

             Angela Terry

Third Place (tie)

pulling over cars

to the side of the road

snow geese

             Alan S. Bridges

branches blurred by snow

the darkness resolves

into an owl

             Kristen Lindquist

Fourth Place (tie)

leaves turning—

the colors of kayaks

chained to the dock

             Michael Dylan Welch

flycatcher nest

realizing the alarm call

is about me

             Jacquie Pearce

pick-up artist

a crow sidles closer

to the dime-store trinket

             Leslie Umans

Fifth Place (tie)

barbed wire fence

a black plastic bag

shreds into crows

             Alan S. Bridges

Pacific sunset—

sandpipers play tag

with the tide

             Beki Reese Van Buren

Sixth Place

waft of jasmine . . .

finding the right words

for my wife

             Nicholas Klacsanzky