Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all participating student poets. Thanks to over 900 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. For more information on the event, click here.
We proudly announce the following commendations:
First Prize: $100
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Telephone tightropes
No parasols, words walk in
This circus city
Fraser Brown, Age 14, Grade 8
University of Chicago Lab School
Second Prize: $50
“My Weekend of Joy”
Camping with my Dad
Slow burning logs in the fire
Lifetime memories
Riley Lyvers, Age 9, Grade 4
High Point School, Orland Park, IL
Third Prize: (two-way tie): $25
“Parents!”
Parents are funny
When they look like volcanoes
About to explode!
Jazmin Castillo, Age 12, Grade 7
Rufino Tamayo School, Chicago
Third Prize: (two-way tie): $25
“Migration”
Hooves pound like thunder
warning of a long journey
on vast open plains
Thomas Gariti, Age 14, Grade 8
University of Chicago Lab School
Founders Award: $20
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You haunt all my thoughts
I breed you here—now—somehow
My heart keeps beating
Stephanie Munoz, Age 14, Grade 7
Lee School, Chicago
Honorable Mention:
“Milk”
I was drinking milk
And then it spilled on my legs
It looked like a stream
Mallory Gonzalez, Age 10, Grade 5
St. Benedict, Chicago
Honorable Mention:
“A Man at War”
A man was at war
He missed his dad very much
He came back alive
Luis Colindres, Age 12, Grade 7
St. Benedict, Chicago
Honorable Mention:
”Snakes”
Silky Slimy Soft
Sneaky Slippery Sliding
Slithering Snakes SSSSSSS
Kevin Camacho, Age 12, Grade 7
Lee School, Chicago
Honorable Mention:
“A Rude Awakening”
A bitter morning
Frost forms on the window ledge
The alarm clock sounds
Jack Burns, Age 13, Grade 8
University of Chicago Lab School
Honorable Mention:
“Sunset”
The sunset is near
Go watch the end of the day
And dazzle your eyes
Sydney Torres, Age 10, Grade 5
St. Benedict, Chicago
Honorable Mention:
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Melting sensation
Luminescent smells approach
Carnival sunshine
Megan Nash, Age 14, Grade 8
University of Chicago Lab School