The Winners & Honorable Mentions
 of
Our 2005 Tea Haiku Contest

 

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1st Place
Judith Maria Vaughan
Oregon

Like nimble dancers
Fragrant tea leaves twirl, bow, rest.
Hushed applause. . .my smile

 

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2nd Place
Michelle Murphy
Oregon

Richly steeped essence
My solace drawn of dark leaves
Water made magic
 

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3rd Place
Debra Stewart
New Jersey

How can it be?
This amber liquid sublime
Stills my very soul


 

Honorable Mentions

Sipping cups of tea
Breathing in the aromas
Slowly time goes by
Susan McElroy
Tennessee


Gold, green, fruit, flower
Briskly dancing on my tongue

Unfolds her secrets
Pat Major
New Mexico
 

Lovely thoughts envelope;
Carassing a fragrant cup of tea
Shall we sip?
Marilyn Camargo
Washington
 

Elegant ladies
pouring out love and friendship
steeped in ritual
Melissa Scalf
Oregon
 

Tea parties brewed love
Shared conversations with friends
Lasting memories
Evelyn Watson
California
 

One thin wisp of steam
And my cares all melt away
Drowned in my teacup
Debra Stewart
New Jersey
 

I tasted, I served,
A tea party fantastic,
Happiness abounds
Carol Sue Stockweather
South Carolina
 

Taste the Orient
to escape from the mundane
Zen in the midday 
Melissa Scalf
Oregon
 

A ritual....A
yellow sun in amber floats
Ah...serenity
Mary McElroy
Tennessee
 

I shall have my tea
Prolific writers drink tea
And ponder the world
Lisa Tyler
Kentucky

 

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A special thank you to the two judges who helped Guild founder, Laurie Nienhaus, in choosing our winners - authors Sue Marra-Byham and Earlene Gray.

Thank you also to all ladies who submitted their haikus!

Our 1st place winner received a free subscription to The Gilded Lily, a copy of Earlene Gray's Musings for the Quiet Person, Songs from the Heart by TFA Recordings, & 4-ounces of our Bloomsbury Afternoon Tea.

Our second place winner received a half pound of our Merry Widow tea and our third place winner received 4-ounces of our Vanity Fair blend.

All honorable mentions received 2-ounces of our Bloomsbury Afternoon tea.