The following interviews were conducted by Michael Dylan Welch in the fall of 2020 with the winners in each of the six categories in VCBF’s 2020 Haiku Invitational contest presented by Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel: 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.

To read their interviews please click on the poet’s name or picture

Vancouver
Genevieve Wynand
Coquitlam, BC

 cherry blossoms fall—
the gentle quake
of baby kicks

British Columbia
Ulrike E. Narwani
North Saanich, BC

 cherry blossom
after cherry blossom
dawn’s slow light

Canada
Chen-ou Liu
Ajax, Ontario

 blossom wind
my sick wife holds my hand
tighter

United States
Jeffrey Ferrara
Worcester, Massachusetts

 mixing concrete
a few petals
don’t hurt

International
Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont
Brussels, Belgium

 petals in the wind
my girlfriend is never
where I expect her

Youth
Andreea Buzuc, age 12
Botosani, Romania

 cherry petals
renewing the scarecrow’s
shabby coat

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