Japanese Furuya Stone


The following three Haiku poems are taken from the 2019 VSANA Haiku poetry contest. Participants were asked to compose a poem about a Japanese Furuya landscape stone


First Place Winner



   Furuya stone

   I trace its sharp contours

   with a soft heart


         Julie Bloss Kelsey, USA



Second Place Winner



    What I see is good

    but what I feel is better 

    I am now happy


         Nigel Atkinson, Australia


Honorable Mention



   A million lives

   Have I lived on this tiny

   Mountain


        Stephanie Cupido, South Africa


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