t day moon we drift into cherry blossoms · — elisa theriana. goldentriangledc.com/haiku...
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day moonwe drift intocherry blossoms — Rich Schilling
FirstPlace
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blossom wind— her hijab billows behind her — Grix
SecondPlace
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downtown . . . going from shop to shop dandelion fluff — Andrew Riutta
ThirdPlace
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meeting delays window raindrops sliding into each other — Gary Hotham
DC AreaWinner
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graduation day the dandelion seeds on my sleeve — Nikolay Grankin
HonorableMention
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wind chimes the scent of apple blossom — John O’Connor
HonorableMention
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An artful life To be a tree or rather a bee The busy, buzzing street is my home. — Stephanie Stebich
Guest Poet
The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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a week of rain... the porch spider unwraps a meal — Curtis Dunlap
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retirement breakfast-- age spots on the bananas — Curtis Dunlap
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disappearing in the pines . . . a hawk’s cry — Thomas Bierovic
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dragonfly T-shirt... I go back and add one more clothes pin — Radka Mindova
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snow emergency route a double lane of flowering pears — Laurie Greer
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embassy row... we listen for the language of flowers — Ed Bremson
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tiny in front of the white clouds... skyscrapers — Manoj Sharma
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litchi candy another season on my tongue — Neha R. Krishna
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morning showers the parking lot puddle full of bird song — Susan Beth Furst
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a secret about the secret rooftop garden — Meik Blöttenberger
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a change of season - floral dresses stroll down the street — Tomislav Maretić
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sultry evening full moon cooling in the fountain — Tomislav Maretić
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closing time sunlight slips from the city window by window — Jacquie Pearce
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spring fever . . . the street seller out of bouquets — Carole MacRury
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road works – the billow and sag of a cobweb in the wind — Sandra Simpson
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sidewalk garden a touch of rosemary follows me home — Marilyn Appl Walker
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a smell of earth from the old woodpile ...spring rain — Brendon Kent
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malcolm x park my thoughts cascade into water lilies — Kate Alsbury
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recycling day taking in the first whiff of dogwood — Kate Alsbury
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jacaranda blossoms... I take the longer route walking back home — K Ramesh
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how I fit in one brown pigeon in a flock of grey — Jackie Chou
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falling leaves in the lake little fish — Vessislava Savova
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dew drops... a morning jasmine spreads its perfume — Wilfredo Bongcaron
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revolving door bell-hop and the bee get it right first time — Sheila Barksdale
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hint of jasmine- de ja vu’ as the door closes — Sidnitra Bates
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preening the edge of twilight . . . black swan — Veronika Zora Novak
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snow flurries . . . a horse’s nostrils twitch — Thomas Bierovic
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penthouse garden evening primrose scents the stars — Terri French
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paper lanterns... sending messages to my forefathers — Lakshmi Iyer
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sunset... a shadow drops off my notepad — Lakshmi Iyer
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Warm breeze... My rope swing sways Between leafy branches — Sophia Smith
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cyclists pass— the sound of rain-slick tires — Rachel Reh
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springtime lunch break courtyard pigeons joining the office gossip — Sari Grandstaff
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heavy traffic along the whole avenue - lilac blooming — Brăăilean Mirela
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capital city the coat of arms made of flowers — Durdica Zrinscak-Druzinec
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lunch break with a new book spring begins — Ron Scully
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white tulips two little feet standing still — Gregory Piko
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Selfies in the city – each location better than the previous. — Franklin Magalhães
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moonlight swirls around... the white peony — Hifsa Ashraf
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last train home everything flies past but the moon — Alexey Andreev
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metro station I lose you for a while to the blossoms — Darrell Lindsey
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burgeoning light the café sparrow’s prolonged song — Michele L. Harvey
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traffic circle the whorl of a jonquil — Alan Bridges
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late in winter green lichen line the curb — Bill Sette
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the cursive of his hello. . . barefoot in the park — Elisa Theriana
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daisy meadow my daughter tries on her first earrings — Radostina Dragostinova
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pushing their way through— wild violets — Marilyn Fleming
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my neighbors dueling it out with tulips — Jonathan Humphrey
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twilight - streaks of amethyst glowing in the sky — Sunita Sahoo
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morning drizzle patterns of leaves across the lobby floor — Frank Hooven
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rows of bikes and scooters-- the possibility of getting somewhere — Heidi Mordhorst
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spring snow . . . a maintenance man shovels the wheelchair ramp — Grix
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long evening the sound of a flute at an empty subway station — Jolanta Kajzer
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old town there among the gargoyles a red-tailed hawk — Ann Magyar
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park bench a woman gives the trees their Latin names — Ann Magyar
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lying on the beach the sun sets between our toes — Minal Sarosh
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paper tiger a March wind tugs at the string — Susan Beth Furst
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snow in the park footprints and pawprints sometimes touching — Meik Blöttenberger
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two antennae outside the window snail climbing up — Agnieszka Filipek
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Daylight Savings I synch my schedule to the crows — Jacquie Pearce
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around the reflecting pool so many people and their dreams — Raj Bose
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city planters-- the sound of baby robins from the ranunculus — Carole MacRury
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Tonight, Venus looks ready to land at National Airport — Rob Simcox
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park bench. . . her hand resting on his white cane — Brett Brady
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icicles dripping from icicle lights — kj munro
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before we open the garden gate... jasmine scent — Marilyn Appl Walker
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first spring flowers her dress pink with chalk dust — Rich Schilling
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top stories disappearing in city fog — Rich Schilling
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gridlock ... a squirrel springs from tree to tree — Vanessa Proctor
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window display a butterfly leaves the white dress — Billy Antonio
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morning sunlight a sparrow lands in the chain-link — Hannah Mahoney
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green morning every cubicle smells of desk plants — Ramesh Anand
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hostel room . . . the sunshine warms the quilt — Aparna Pathak
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reflecting pool — our shadows floating with unseen stars — Mark E. Brager
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soft facade morning clouds in a grid of glass — Paul Kulwatno
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leaf buds . . . tables and chairs pop up on the sidewalk — Julie Warther
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first warm day the iridescence of a pigeon — Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
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park bench— the woodpecker and I pick at breakfast — Julie Bloss Kelsey
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petrichor the street cleaner’s throaty tune — Elizabeth Alford
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city lawn all these smells and colors in the mower — Henryk Czempiel
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A sprig of mint plucked -- into warm chai. — May-Mei Lee
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spring wind delivering cherry blossoms through the mail slot — Cherese Cobb
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Pockets of color Against a grayscale background Urban green spaces — Nathan Vogler
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Reflecting waters A long march To Lincoln — Samssa Ali
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still scented fading cherry blossoms — Roberta Beach Jacobson