First Place in the Magic of Maples Haiku Competition

 Started my day with the biggest smile! I still can't believe I won FIRST PLACE (over 18s category) in the Magic of Maples Haiku Competition. There were more than 550 haiku submitted from around the world. My haiku and other winning poems will be part of an outdoor exhibition at Westonbirt Arboretum - Forestry England during the autumn season (September–November) 2026.

Huge thanks to the organizers and judges! Congratulations to all the winners and HMs!

More details here- https://www.forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/maple-haiku

  

Tanka Poets on Site (Madame Butterfly prompt)

the words of promise
lulling her to sleep
only to wake up...
with no single sign
of a butterfly

the flutter
of her child's eyes . . .
a dandelion wish
whisks her into
another dream



prompt: Madame Butterfly
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