Congratulations to the previous White Lotus Haiku Competition winners! The winning haiku are listed below.
Entries for the 6th Annual White Lotus Haiku Competition are now being taken. Please read the
Official Rules if you are interested in entering haiku for this contest.
Deadline to enter is December 31, 2008. Winners will be announced on February 1, 2009.
White Lotus 2007 Haiku Winners
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
summer moon
a bottle of wine
breathes all night
Francine Banwarth
empty fall graveyard
the ping of a hammer
on tent stakes
Jennifer Corpe
Indian summer—
the old cat shares
her corner of the deck
James Chessing
The top twenty placing haiku will be featured in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of White Lotus.
Zen Garden 2006 Haiku Winners
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
mother’s parasol
I unfold the dust
of other summers
Ernest J. Berry
skid row
a homeless box
turns over
Ernest J. Berry
bedside
his favorite inkstone
holding the white pill
James Patrick Haynes
The top twenty placing haiku are featured in the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of White Lotus.
Zen Garden 2005 Haiku Winners
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
ocean foam—
cold moonlight fades
into blowing sand
Eric Frey
fallen leaves
the throb
of last night’s words
Chad Lee Robinson
charred cedars—
how cold the white
of early snow
Ron Moss
The top twenty placing haiku are featured in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of White Lotus.
Zen Garden 2004 Haiku Winners
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
funeral day-
between rain
falling darkness
Ron Moss
first snow
house sparrows
darken the hedgerow
Ellen Compton
sunshower
the flowering
of umbrellas
Ernest J. Berry
Zen Garden 2003 Haiku Winners
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
carrying moonlight
into the house
white peony
Margaret Chula
memorial pond
a legless soldier
reflects
Ernest J. Berry
moonlit nursery
the baby’s hands clutch
at the stars
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Congratulations to the previous White Lotus Haiku Competition winners! The winning haiku are listed below.
Entries for the 6th Annual White Lotus Haiku Competition are now being taken. Please read the
