a jarful of coins
from faraway places
winter stars
1st Place, The Haiku Foundation Facebook Haiku Contest, November 2010
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a jarful of coins
from faraway places
winter stars
1st Place, The Haiku Foundation Facebook Haiku Contest, November 2010
Delicious! A well deserved 1st prize!
Nice work, Melissa, as always…
g'day Melissa
excellent…so meaningful for all of us around the world today as we think of the tragedy happening now in Japan.
Peace and Love
Just beautiful. Reminds me of my childhood, thank you. A thoroughly deserved winner.
…oh, very nice….
a few rupees–
her smile
making change
A FEW rupees
in her eyes
the whole humanity
beautiful words Melissa
Thank you, Andrea, Johnny, Barbara, Helen, Mary, Allison and Christopher for your kind comments. Much appreciated!
Warmly,
Melissa
Now that your haiku won first place, you could donate those coins to an organisation that can convert the money to a charitable institution. ;-) Maybe they'd print your winning haiku as part of a slogan too. Good haiku! ;-)
Alan
well said for devastating floods hit people of Pakistan
devastating floods
the unease of the dress
that never fits