2010 Harvard Press haiku contest winners

May 28, 2010
First Place yesterday, a child
today, raving lunatic
atrocious hormones.
 
—Ames Hardymon

Honorable Mention Good apples all shined,
elected with confidence,
must still face the worm.
 
—Belinda Friedrich

Honorable Mention Harvard, thinking big,
puts in its bid for a gig.
Google that, Franken!
 
—R. Diane Senkowski

Honorable Mention How to quench my thirst
In this dry town, I ponder,
will there soon be wine?
 
—Nick Kouros

Honorable Mention Our town of Harvard
Red brick, white clapboard, green leaf
Low stress, no mess…kind.
 
—Jeff Ritter

Horses in the field
Leisurely mowing sweet grass
Turn and whirl away
 
—Jan Miles
    Kind, gentle, and calm
We’ll miss your peaceful manner
God’s firefighter now
 
—Anonymous

Ding, ding, ding, dong, ding
heroes of the day and night
volunteer their hearts
 
Belinda Friedrich
    We are “sixty plus.”
You are wrong when you don’t come
If you’re sixty-plus.
 
Thelma M. Griffin

Love is all around.
The sun shines as bright as gold.
So trite I may puke
 
Fred Karotkin
    The select board sits
sphinx-like, silent, unmoving
while the masses speak.
 
Jeff Ritter

Wallace now retired.
Better for her, worse for us.
What now for Harvard?
 
Anonymous
    Some beer in Harvard
And a glass of wine there, too
Law that’s just for me and you
 
Bill Herbert

FIAT, then EDAT,
Don’t think about Devens now,
EDC, then what?
 
Worth Robbins
    Miss him already
Birth seems just like yesterday
His growth, our reward
 
Carol Landry

Cold cash. Hot debate.
It is budget time again!
Town meeting awaits.
 
Jeff Ritter
    To spray or not to.
That is the controversy.
Toxins vs. itch.
 
Sue Robbins

Sheep; old, tired woolie
She’s the last of Dawson’s flock
Soon she will be still
 
Jan Miles
    We must find our calm.
water frozen or falling
we must find our calm.
 
Belinda Friedrich

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