Results of
the Kids Count for Earthday Haiku Contest 2010
The 2010 Bath
Japanese Festival UK was held in association with With
Words (UK), Sketchbook Journal (USA),
and Planetpals (Worldwide); all three partnered with
the planet to bring the Kids Count For Earthday Haiku
Contest.
We were pleased to have had the support of Akita
International University, and International Haiku Spring
Festival with Japanese festival director Hidenori Hiruta
(Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan.
The contest was designed to combine the love of earth with
the sheer simple fun of writing Japanese haiku in English!
We called this event the "Kids Count for Earthday" Earthday
Haiku Contest 2010. Kids needed to count 5-7-5 to create
their Earthday haiku and help all of us to learn how to keep
the planet clean and healthy!
The contest was open to students 7-20 years of age.
The Winners!
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7-9 Age
Group
1st Prize
a big
green turtle
resting on the hot black sand
the blue ocean waves
Isabella Wikoff
Petaluma, California, USA
Highly
Commended
Winter
is frosty
Squirrels sleep in the warm tree
They sleep and they snore
Anh Nhat Nguyen
American International School
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
On
the day ''earth day''
we help the environment
and turn off the lights.
Molly Francis Megan
Sai kung, New territories, Hong Kong
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10-12 Age
Group
1st Prize
Earthday—
a little student spells first time
the word recycling
Alisia Rusu
Elena Rare? School, Boto?ani, Romania
Highly
Commended
Running
in the snow,
Making a snowman with friends,
Until the day ends.
Ben Sekerel
Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Winter is here now
Cold like a frozen snow balI
Sipping hot cocoa
Jeffrey Alo
Carver Elementary School
Stanton, California U.S.A.
spider
on my board
crawling up a white mountain
can it reach the top?
Raheem Abdullah
Barrow Hill School, London U.K.
If
you could hold Earth,
Like a bird’s delicate egg,
You would not drop it
Bella Griscom
Pine Point School, Stonington, Connecticut, USA
people
fill the earth, step by step
together, we can change the world
Zoey Ramsay
USA
We
come together
With our trash bags and supplies
And pick up our homes
Helen Wingate
Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester, Virginia,
USA
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13-15 Age
Group
1st Prize
Earthday—
drawing just forget-me-not
on each poster
Otilia Camilar
Elena Rareş School, Botoşani, Romania
Highly
Commended
The ocean is
blue
The whales are calling for you
I respect their sound.
Matthew Feingold
Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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16 -18 Age
Group
1st Prize
Spring
morning
the naughty cat back home
countless scratches
Furyou neko musuu no kizu oi asa gaeri
Miyamoto Maki
Akita Meitokukan High School
Akita-city, Akita, Japan
Highly
Commended
Snowflakes
landing on kites
Turning them to rainbow slop
Windy winters day.
Claire Wiebe
Adelaide, South Australia
stars
hidden by clouds
tinged with copper-hued street light
glowing far below
Rebecca Rehberger
Luther Preparatory School
Watertown, Wisconsin, USA
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19 - 20 Age
Group
1st Prize
The owner
off
fireflies glowing on
the paddy field
Hotaru mau aruji no sarishi ta no ue de
Yamahata Nanoha
Akita Meitokukan High School
Akita-city, Akita, Japan
Highly
Commended
Verdure
trembling in the cool
over the sunshade
Kigi no ao yureru suzushisa higasa goshi
Takahashi Natsumi
Akita Meitokukan High School
Akita-city, Akita, Japan
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Judges
Commentary
An excellent
turn out of haiku!
Our main
criteria was good writing which captured the haiku spirit.
Not all the entries were necessarily 5-7-5, and as this was
only a guideline, you will find the occasional exception.
A big thank you
to all who entered, we enjoyed over 250 entries from various
countries.
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