The close of April not only marks the final stretch of the semester, but also the end of National Poetry Month. Throughout April, the Library Research Services hosted its second Annual Haiku Writing Contest. It started on 4/12 and ran through 4/26. Just under 100 haikus were submitted via both online and paper means.
Almost every poem followed the correct haiku format of 5-7-5 syllables. The Research Librarians read each poem, and went through three rounds in order to choose two honorable mentions, a runner-up, and an overall winner. Thanks, everyone, for sharing your haikus with us! Sixteen of our favorites will be displayed in Main Library’s lobby for the next week.
| 1st Place:
Big young fresh homie, Snap-backed in the ‘Lac, cash stacked – Sings hallelujah. – KXA, 2016 |
2nd Place:
Flames roared and embers sizzled off our parents’ car as we muttered, “shit.” – __________, 2018 |
| Honorable Mentions:
Bros wearing pink shorts Senior in carrel crying Spring is in the air – Cat Zhou, 2015 |
Somebody’s phone dings. A plurality of hands. Mysteries remain. – __________, 2016 |
Wow, awesome, congratulation to all the winners..