Meet our Haiku 2016 Winners!

The following interviews were conducted by Michael Dylan Welch in the fall of 2016 with the winners in each of the six categories in VCBF’s 2016 Haiku Invitational contest presented by Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, United States, International, and Youth. We invite you to get to know each winner a little better through his or her responses, and to learn their influences and recommendations regarding haiku poetry.

Vancouver Rachel Enomoto Burnaby, British Columbia	double cherry blossoms I breathe in the entire sky
British Columbia Beth Skala Nanaimo, British Columbia	first driver’s licence— showing friends the cherry blossoms
Canada Marianne Paul Kitchener, Ontario	bowl of cherry pits my grandson tries to guess my age
United States dl mattila Oakton, Virginia	soft pedaling our differences cherry blossoms
International Jan Dobb Canberra, Australia	can’t stop grinning at pink cherry blossoms first grandchild
Youth Victoria Vieira, age 17 Coquitlam, British Columbia	Beneath the blossoms hands swinging letting go

Congratulations to each winner, and thank you for reading. We hope you will enter next year’s Haiku Invitational contest.