Winner
Darkness and cool rain
Spawn a tryst, an ancient dance:
Salamander night!
—Didi Chadran, Stow Road
Runner Up
Field trips, concerts, prom,
These are things that make school fun,
MCAS is not one.
—Nicole Lemieux, Myrick Lane
Runner Up
Hatching Day
Tick tock, goes your clock
Ready or not, here you come
Welcome, little one!
—Jonathan Feist, Shaker Road
| Town Center’s new fairways can’t-miss-me green swaths on roads Somewhere a windmill? —Sydney Blackwell, Willow Road |
Views through storm-stripped trees Beam neighbors’ brazen porch lights. Where is night’s dark sky? —Sandy Mattson, Scott Road |
| The streets are blocked, Caution all around the holes, Sewer pipes coming. —Nicole Lemieux, Myrick Lane |
buds grow on branches apple blossoms bloom in spring pick apples in fall —Aidan Long, age 8, Clinton Shore |
| Dear Town Selectmen Please Practice Civility Collaboration —Brian Stahl, Lancaster County Road |
Freak fall ice storm Fallen trees for all of us Then too dry to burn —Robin Foley, West Bare Hill Road |
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Guard your kids’ interests |
Red, green and yellow, |
| Empty nesters soon With graduation coming I am not ready!!! —Carol Landry, Old Shirley Road |
Turkey up for grabs! Hold your ticket and your breath, as the wheel goes round —Katy Covino, Depot Road |
| Harvard gathers to hear issues and debate; Ah, civic governance —Katy Covino, Depot Road |
Fresh green lettuce lies Temptingly inside the cage— Clang goes Hav-a-hart! —Marty Green, Old Littleton Road |
| Harvard dinner. Old friends talk of herons, beavers, never politics —John Martin, Fairbank Street |
Bare Hill Pond emptied Bye-bye invasive species Then it fills again —John Chapman, Willow Road |
| Summer. Paul’s corn, Phil’s cider, farmers’ market and lush poison ivy —Mhairi Paget, Still River Road |
Out-of-town bikers Are coral reef fish. They dart And glint, school and chase. —Didi Chadran, Stow Road |
| Dog on Mitt’s car roof Dog on O’s menu Abandon the canine vote But cats like them both —Steve Frost, East Bare Hill Road |
HGS From 495 |
| Town soccer mad rush Schedules, emails, tempers go Goal is fun for kids —Robin Foley, West Bare Hill Road |
Competition: sixth annual. I think in haiku. Deadline. Time to stop —Mhairi Paget, Still River Road |
| Solar panels up On roofs all over Harvard Drinking in the sun —SusanMary Redinger, Ayer Road |
Fruitful Lands Born one with spirits, |
| He, Centerfold Scott She, Cherokee Liz Bold art plus Indian lore Fruitlands exhibit? —Steve Frost, East Bare Hill Road |
Grass is at mid-calf. I will need days to cut it. Postponed! It’s raining! —John Martin, Fairbank Street |
| Does Alcott’s heart pound ‘Neath Harvard’s trees and hills, or Is that highway noise? —Didi Chadran, Stow Road |
Snows in October may have proved more trick than treat for our costumed kids. —Katy Covino, Depot Road |
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Oshichiya Though swaddled in bytes, |
I liked squirrels once, before they chewed into eaves again and again. —John Martin, Fairbank Street |
| Dodge the mosquitos, Watch for poison ivy and Check for ticks: we’re home! —Didi Chadran, Stow Road |
Dust, cobwebs abound. Laundry basket overflows. Sudoku trumps chores. —Sue Robbins, Massachusetts Ave |
| The Harvard Press is A wonderful newspaper. So, do I win now? —John Chapman, Willow Road |
Awkward alien Moose! You probe our yard like a Knob-kneed cosmonaut. —Didi Chadran, Stow Road |
| Where have my beans gone? Woodchuck sleeps beneath the porch, Furry tummy full. —Marty Green, Old Littleton Road |
Town Meeting draws near, a war of signs ignites. Can five work as one? —SusanMary Redinger, Ayer Road |
| On such and such date Nothing serious happened Quoth the Police Log —John Chapman, Willow Road |
Spring in Harvard orange black monarch |
