Best Hiku Poems

native drums beat in sync
        dreams dance round the fire --
my head on his chest


Susan Ashley
November 21, 2021


~ Third Place ~
Premiere Contest: A Hiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand


~ Seventh Place ~
Premiere Contest: Hiku (Disciplined Brevity)
Sponsor: William Kekaula

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       lilac  h u  s   h   of  love ~

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ice caps melting
sea levels rising ~
global warning

plastic pollution
killing marine life ~
sea sobs salty tears

deforestation
wildlife now homeless ~
mankind to blame

Hiku (Disciplined Brevity) Poetry Contest

Sponsored by William Kekaula

11/21/21...

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crescent moon smiles
tangerine sun's cheerio ~
crepuscule romance
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an old apple tree
where a house stands abandoned . . .
limbs with empty nests

hanging from the tree -
a child’s swing from long ago 
swaying in fall’s breeze

scattered on the ground
round the trunk of the old tree . . .
red, ripened apples...

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        *        *     moonlight drizzles soft...

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a fall leaf  f   l   o   a   t  s
I hear melancholy notes . . .
snow drifts d
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cumulus lambs

                        a  m  b  l  e  through  heaven’s blue . . .

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larks soar autumn's sky

as sun follows prairie rain . . .

wild larkspur sparkles


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isolated showers -
words of appreciation
few and far between
			

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A Hiku Premier Contest
Sponsor Brian Strand
Posted December 2022...

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poetic thought streams 
                wafting sweet words 
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Written: May 21, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

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 flowers grow wild
                where water spills from green cliffs -
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