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lighting a path (haiku by Robert Michael Drouilhet)

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lighting a path

for the cherry blooms

first grade teacher

— Robert Michael Drouilhet (Picayune, Mississippi)

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival HaikuInvitational Winner –  Best U.S. poem

This poem is comparing first grade students to cherry blooms. The teacher might be lighting the path of the students literally (perhaps with a flashlight during a field trip) or metaphorically as he is guiding them on the path of life.

The best haiku always leave room for interpretation and can have various meanings. Read some suggestions for writing haiku and submit your haiku to the contest starting March 1.

To learn how to write a winning haiku, visit our haiku table during Sakura Days Japan Fair (April 5-6 2014).  Our volunteers are past judges and past winners of the VCBF Haiku Invitational, so they can answer any questions you may have about haiku.  We will be in the glasshouse.

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A bird bath (haiku by Iris Liu)

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a bird bath

under a tree

filled with cherry blossoms

— Iris Liu, Winner Best Youth Poem

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2013

Submit your haiku to the VCBF Haiku Invitational starting March 1.

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Dappled sunlight

Poem by Ann Harreby

 

Get your picnic basket ready! The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is proud to be presenting a new activity this year: a picnic under the cherry blossoms.   O-Hanami (which means “flower-viewing” in Japanese) has been a tradition in Japan for centuries. Invite your friends, family and neighbors to have a picnic under cherry blossoms.  Time and location of Cherry Blossom Picnics will be posted on the VCBF website.

dappled sunlight,

serving cherry blossom tea

to her dollies

— Ann Harreby (Coquitlam, British Columbia)

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational 2013,  Sakura Awards

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VCBF Haiku Invitational 2013 Winners

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Congratulations to the top 5 Winners of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2013 Haiku Invitational presented by LW_LogoRGB_2c

 

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, Japan

Youth

a bird bath
under a tree
filled with cherry blossoms
                     Iris Liu, age 12
                     Vancouver, British Columbia

 

You can participate to the VCBF Haiku Invitational 2014 contest starting March 1 until June 2, 2014.