April 8th, 2008

Spring Haiku Contest: We Have a Winner!

Posted by Jessica Jensen

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Back in mid-February we launched a call for green haiku celebrating Mother Earth’s renewal in this season of spring.  We were over-whelmed with excellent poetic responses. It seems many of you in the Low Impact Living community are creative wizards!

We also offered some outstanding prizes to our esteemed haiku winner.

    +  A non-toxic spring cleaning for your home courtesy of Maid Brigade
    +  Healthy home cleaning products from J.R. Watkins
    +  A Fresh Squeezed personal care gift basket from Lula Organics
    +  Biodegradable sponges from Twist

Our panel of semi-professional judges has deliberated and the winner is: 

Spring is a rebirth
but Earth cannot regenerate
think green for future
                       — Kristin

Congratulations Kristin, and we certainly agree with the sentiment of your poem!

There were so many wonderful entries that we cannot publish them all here, but here is a selection for your enjoyment. Thank you everyone!

spring sun warms my bones
turns my brain to butter melt
best to feel, not think
– Sonia

spring lives in all things
a greener life is blooming
becoming the new
– Kristy

tract home from ‘65
remodeled completely
our green home for life
– Jan 

The earth is melting.
Red birds chirp, and the cat lurks.
Darkness grows shorter.
– Pam

In springtime my dark
cynicism gives way
to light cynicism
– Erin

Spring is the Earth’s love
I crave her warmth on my face
Her arms around me
– Cathie

Winter has chilled me
But its hold is lost to Spring.
Green gives her Power

Green gives her Power
Urging the earth to give bloom
In ways intended.

In ways intended
Nature gives back to Nature.
Spring is truly Green.
– Gerald

I  adore this earth
Pollution and wastefulness
Damage my beauty
– Amber

Recycle my world
And clean up my earthly home
My part counts so much
– Linda

Flowers popping bright
Sunshine warming their faces
Such colors abound
– Lulu

Tiny buds appear
A reminder of new life
Each and every year
–Amanda

Heard for years by All,
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Time is NOW to act
– Kris

Striving to be green
Spring’s rebirth affects all souls
Man and nature collide
– Kristin

All the LEEDs are green
And the sky is blue, not gray.
I went for a walk…
–Jennifer

The promise of Spring
Hides in the swollen tree buds
Waiting to appear
– Joan

Shimmering dewdrop
Quivers on a lone bare branch
Refracting the sun
– Renee

As my own heart melts
So doth melt the frozen lake
With love, embrace life.
– Victoria

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