Winning haiku from the Seventh Jack Stamm Contest, 2005

First Prize

rusted hinge
the butterfly's wings
close, open ...

Lorin Ford

Second Prize

May sunset
dandelions suround
the bulging udder

Verica Zivkovic

Equal Third Prize

shortening days
golden foliage holds
the sunlight

Quendrith Young

Equal Third Prize

the coming storm --
a cricket has hold
of the Chevrolet

Timothy Russell

Commended

red dust road
a cattle truck reaches
the vanishing point

Lorin Ford

Commended

Clickety-clack
Over old wooden bridge
Loose teeth and small change

Julie Constable

Finalists

John Bird
Rodney Williams
Helen Buckingham
Kirsty Karkow
Ernest J. Berry
Jan O'Loughlin
Dawn Bruce
Quendrith Young
Jean Rasey
Karen Dooley
Timothy Russell
Mary Mageau
Estelle Randall
Connie McKenzie
Beverley George

...

Nathalie Buckland
Verica Zivkovic
Sue Mill
Paul Hodder
George G. Dorsty
John West
Joyce Austin Gilbert
André Surridge
Nola Borrel
Petrus Heyligers
Julie Constable
Lorin Ford
Carla Sari
Greg Piko
Shirley May
Cecily Stanton