Winners of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2013 contest:
Top Winners
British Columbia
a crow’s nest—
the wind drops
white blossoms
Julie Emerson
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
waiting for the blossoms
the birds are still
up the magician’s sleeve
Marco Fraticelli
Pointe-Claire, Quebec
United States
lighting a path
for the cherry blooms
first grade teacher
Robert Michael Drouilhet
Picayune, Mississippi
International
this side of winter
tuning the mandolin
to mountain cherry
Leah Ann Sullivan
Nagoya, Japa
Youth
A bird bath
under a tree
filled with cherry blossoms
Iris Liu, age 12
Vancouver, British Columbia