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