General Topics - Under 13

First Place

Leaves from trees fall down
All of the colors are seen
Now I have to rake.

-Michelle White, Hopland

Second Place

Dancing and feasting
Dressed in fancy silky clothes
Using good chopsticks

-Stephanie Ruano Escareno, Fort Bragg

Third Place

The grey rocky ground
fills the garden with its crunch
when I step on it

-Isaac Kort-Meade, Santa Rosa

Honorable Mention

Winter chills the trees
As the snow falls from the branches
Landing on my nose

-Mary Santos, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

The bee flies around
looking for honey to drink
Summer is so sweet.

-Allen Arriaga, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Summer: no more school.
Snakes come out in the hot sun.
They slither around.

Branden Lucas, Redwood Valley

Honorable Mention

Wizened trees stand tall
Bare without their gown of leaves
Roots yearning for spring

-Sara Lytle, Ukiah

General Topics - 13 - 18

First Place

Sitting all alone
On a sidewalk full of sun
A small grey pebble

-Briana Mack, Ukiah

Second Place

The Apple Tree

A gentle breeze blows
Pink petals litter the ground
The birth of apples

-Katherine Hardy, Redwood Valley

Third Place

Dark in twilight sky
Pine tree shadowing gray moon
Lone star looks over

-Lisa Noel, Willits

Honorable Mention

I read twenty books
I read them in twenty days
Now there is nothing

-James Warner, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

I tripped on a rock
My head was bleeding freely
It hurt just a bit

-Chuck Ault, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

The pond is quiet
I throw in a piece of bread
The ducks attack it.

-Victoria Flores, Point Arena

Honorable Mention

I sprint though the night
Something is chasing me fast
Oh, just my poodle

Nick Perry, Ukiah

Haiku About Ukiah, Under 18

First Place

Mendocino County Library—Ukiah Branch

Many chapter books
I feel calm and very safe
Readers gather here

-Hannah Eddy, Redwood Valley

Second Place

The smell of popcorn
My feet sticking to the floor
The teenage hangout

-Hayley Milovina, Ukiah

Third Place

Pale fringe of darkness
Creeps over the eastern hills.
Ukiah sunset

-Ira Christian, Talmage

Honorable Mention

My friends at my side,
Excited and giggling,
I enter the show

-Ashlin Pittman, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Ukiah

Oh, little valley
Indians loved you before
Valley in the sun

-Juliana Van Pelt, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Ukiah

Beautiful Valley,
In spring, summer, or winter,
Colorful seasons.

-Allison Rash, Ukiah

Haiku About Ukiah, Adult

First Place

Before the courthouse
evening magnolia blossoms
protest war again

-Michael Riedell, Willits

Second Place

under a rainbow
plum blossoms, yawning grapevines
Ukiah’s all wet

-David Vilner, Ukiah

Third Place

Thirst in the night throat
Pre dawn journey to water
Mountain lion print

-Linda Noel, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Ukiah goes slow
Imagining its future
Still no train will come.

Sheridan Malone, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Cherry street in Spring—
No cherry trees to blossom
While the tracks turn green

-dakotah bertsch, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Spring Green

Behind chain link fence
Croaking frogs serenade me
Bus stop / Ukiah

-Isa Davila, Ukiah

General Topics, Adult

First Place

When the poppies close,
I blanket the old horses
Waiting for spring rain.

-Donna Kerr, Willits

Second Place

acorns fallen now
old feet avoid the hazards,
old eyes see Autumn.

-Gertrude A. Lynn, Ukiah

Third Place

Hidden in shadows,
I watch him from my kitchen,
blue heron fishing.

-Isha Jane Thanx, Cobb

Honorable Mention

A summer rooster:
Earlier and earlier,
Louder and louder.

-Kayla Wildman, Ukiah

Honorable Mention

Deerfield Auction House—
Family photos buried
In an unmarked box

-Stephan Sossaman, Westfield, MA

Honorable Mention

Chilly midnight sky
Sparks float above the chimney
Winter’s fireflies

-Diane Clifton, Redwood Valley

Honorable Mention

Children playing cards
laughing in the stove-warm room.
I don’t know their game.

-Robert Axt, Calpella

Loku, All Ages

First Place

The bonsai gathers
its first snow—the dog
bites the air

-Michael Riedell, Willits

Second Place

Under
The leaky faucet
The pond widens

-Garry Gay, Santa Rosa

Third Place

The fire spreads
Through the wilderness
As I try to run into the sky.

-Eric Hosford, Willits

Honorable Mention

Far off Milky Way
Rereading
Peter Pan

-Garry Gay, Santa Rosa

Honorable Mention

Temple gift store,
No bargaining

-Stephan Sossaman, Westfield, MA

Honorable Mention

A frog
Burped out a
Big fly ball

-Zane Johnson, Comptche

Honorable Mention

a catapillar
walks across my hand
velvet

-Barbara MacKay, Fort Bragg