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Ocean/Lake/River Haiku Poetry

Sponsor: Tania Kitchin

Position: 2nd

Judged: Aug. 2nd, 2026

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sargasso sea widens: ocean

brown seaweed marches
corrupting sweet ocean hue 
sargassum cesspools

environmentnatural disastersnatureoceanhaiku

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Anne-Lise Andresen

August 3, 2026 at 11:11 AM

- Congratulations on your win in the contest, Trina :) - hugs

Trina Layne

August 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM

Thanks, Anne-Lise. I appreciate your kind support.

Andrea Dietrich

August 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM

Your haiku has good quality of sounds in it. Makes it all the nicer. Congrats on a worthy win ❤️

Trina Layne

August 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM

Appreciated Andrea. Yes. The sound element was intentional.

Tania Kitchin

August 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM

Trina, congratulations on your winning placement with your creative ocean haiku with beautiful ocean imagery.

Trina Layne

August 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM

Thanks, Tania! The sargassum has been a real problem in Barbados and other places as well. I was using the haiku to express my feelings about it.

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