longing
for childhood
spring mud puddles

Sonja Chargois

Spring breeze
beautiful flowers
aacchhooooo!

Marshaya Sangster

cool rain blowing
through the bedroom windows
first day of spring

Jennifer Tohill

Saturday morning
jog before the
kids wake up

Marshaya Sangster

Spring breeze
beautiful flowers
aacchhooooo!

cool rain blowing
through the bedroom windows
first day of spring

Spring breeze
beautiful flowers
aacchhooooo!

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

bottom quarter champion

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

Hubba Bubba giggles
lip gloss kissed
. . . tag you're it

tiny footprints
in the sand
I see growth

Darla Laymon

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

Bill Fields

Hubba Bubba giggles
lip gloss kissed
. . . tag you're it

Michelle Hosapple

rain drop kisses
lost love misses
summer time blues

Michelle Hosapple

TOP half champion

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

CHAMPION
 

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

big open picture
window
a canvas from God

BOTTOM half champion

cool, summer morning
mom and baby bunny scurry home
after breakfast

Jennifer Tohill

father and son day
roller coasters and rides
just the two of us

Bill Fields

down by the river
moon shines bright
coyotes howl all night

Amanda Ferguson

adult summertime
getting to stay up late
until 10 o'clock!

Jennifer Tohill & Tritan

father and son day
roller coasters and rides
just the two of us

adult summertime
getting to stay up late
until 10 o'clock!

adult summertime
getting to stay up late
until 10 o'clock!

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

big open picture
window
a canvas from God

bottom quarter champion

big open picture
window
a canvas from God

big open picture
window
a canvas from God

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AAAAAAAHHHHH!

sticky summer night
fireflies shine bright
as the fire crackles

Amanda Ferguson

big open picture
window
a canvas from God

Michelle Hosapple

a field of hyssop
full in bloom
cleanses me

Darla Laymon

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AAAAAAAHHHHH!

Bill Fields

longing
for childhood
spring mud puddles

Sonja Chargois

Spring breeze
beautiful flowers
aacchhooooo!

Marshaya Sangster

cool rain blowing
through the bedroom windows
first day of spring

Jennifer Tohill

Saturday morning
jog before the
kids wake up

Marshaya Sangster

I can just see myself outside looking at all of my beautiful flowers, I have lots of wildflowers and cannons. Its about June and they are so colorful, I got to sniff them and sneeze. That doesn't stop me I go smell another one, it's a peony it smells so good and the petals are like silk. So soft and smooth. Mandy

I love that I can relate to this haiku. I feel frustrated that as much I enjoy the things of spring, the flowers, the warmer weather, trees blooming, I have to suffer through them as well due to allergies. I will say that my love of the first signs of spring make it worth the struggle. Bill

Both of these haikus bring me to peace. I love the morning, and spring. I love how the mornings are cool and the afternoons are warm. Both haikus make me think of new beginnings. The first haiku is a new beginning of seasons whereas the second haiku is a new beginning of the day. Either haiku brings me to a cool morning. In the first one I am lying bed snuggled in a blanket and just taking in the rain I can hear and the strong smell of nature coming through the window. The second haiku I am up in a quiet house, everyone is asleep, with only the stove light on, getting on my tennis shoes getting ready to go for a run. Then after I finally get out of bed or after I am done with my run, I have a boost of happiness that makes my day awesome! Jennifer

Spring breeze
beautiful flowers
aacchhooooo!

Marshaya Sangster

cool rain blowing
through the bedroom windows
first day of spring

Jennifer Tohill

I enjoyed this pair because it reminds me of the first spring. A bitter winter is over and everything is starting to come back to life. The birds are out chirping, the flowers are starting to pop up from the once frozen ground. Even though I have allergies I still love spring. There is nothing better than being home on a rainy day, having the windows open, lying in bed, listening to the rain and having a cool breeze blow in. To me that feeling is therapeutic. Bethany

tiny footprints
in the sand
I see growth

Darla Laymon

lazy river
floating down so slowly
along with my cares

Bill Fields

Hubba Bubba giggles
lip gloss kissed
. . . tag you're it

Michelle Hosapple

rain drop kisses
lost love misses
summer time blues

Michelle Hosapple

I like this haiku because it makes me think of my son and how fast he has grown and he is only 1 years old. It makes me think of how fast things happen in life. It feels like yesterday that I was in high school playing basketball. Now 6 years later I am married and have a 1-year-old son. This haiku makes me feel kind of sad but also happy because my life is going in the right direction. Marshaya

This is my own Haiku that brings back some beautiful memories of my children. We would go to beach when they were young and their little footprints in the sand I memorized. Now when we go to the beach I see many sets of footprints with mine. These footprints are mine along with my children's prints and my grandchildren's tiny footprints. Darla

I imagine a beautiful and peaceful river. The slow current moving the canoe along the way, while I take in the beauty of the trees and wildlife, while not having a care in the world. Darla

I really enjoyed this Haiku. I see young girl chasing around a little boy blowing big bubble with the Hubba Bubba bubble gum just giggling as she try's to catch him. He's running to because girls have cooties or so he says. She catches him and says tag your it and the now it's his turn to chase the little girl. Mandy

This Haiku reminds me of my childhood. I remember growing up and my parents buying me the Hubba Bubble gum and it used to be so thick so our jaws would hurt. I would sneak and put on lip gloss because my dad really didn't like it, because he thought it made me look like we were older than what we were. I used to play tag all day long, it was one of my favorite games. Tag and freeze tag with all the neighborhood kids. Marshaya

This pair both fit the theme of vacations and relaxing but the second adds a sense of years adding up almost like a yearly vacation a family may take and mark the progress each year as they grow. Both are very great haikus. Especially since the first won the bracket completely. Zach

cool, summer morning
mom and baby bunny scurry home
after breakfast

Jennifer Tohill

father and son day
roller coasters and rides
just the two of us

Bill Fields

down by the river
moon shines bright
coyotes howl all night

Amanda Ferguson

adult summertime
getting to stay up late
until 10 o'clock! Jennifer

Tohill & daughter

I enjoy how much this haiku brings me back to my childhood, yet reminds me of my own children as well. I remember how much I loved being able to stay up late during the summer and on weekends as a kid. Now I see that same joy in both of my boys when they get to do the same. Bill

This reminds me of some of my favorite memories when the boys were younger, this is when silliness would kick in. This was usually late nights camping either in the woods or in the front room. There were the late night snowball fights or the campfire s'mores. Now this is a bittersweet thought, adult summertime means me worrying that they are ok when they aren't home. For them it means a whole new world to explore past ten. Michelle

sticky summer night
fireflies shine bright
as the fire crackles

Amanda Ferguson

big open picture
window
a canvas from God

Michelle Hosapple

a field of hyssop
full in bloom
cleanses me

Darla Laymon

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clink       clink       clink
AAAAAAAHHHHH!

Bill Fields

This poem depicts our lives. We have fires in our fire pit all year round. Somehow it seems that the fireflies are in abundance in the country verses the city. I read this and all I could envision was us, cooking and eating at the fire, the fireflies all around, the peace and tranquility of the country, in the back ground coyotes yapping. Cristine

When we lived in Montana, I was fortunate enough to work with a friend doing home daycare in her home. I was able to stay with my children and earn a little money to help with the bills. She had a huge picture window in her kitchen that did not have curtains. The view from that window was west the side of the Bridger Mountains and her pasture with three horses. That view never got old; I would just stare out the window every time we were in the kitchen. How majestic, how beautiful and how lucky I was that I could see this every day. Cristine

A woman runs through a wide field of growing hyssop. It's not an ordinary run or an ordinary day but, today is a day declaring freedom from life's oppressions and depressions. This sinner woman is running from her past into her future; running from her sins into her forgiveness. Running for what will be and away from what has been and making a choice to see what more life has to offer her. Sonja