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Many sweet haikus; the judges deliberate, honor worthy works
April 17, 2025
Weybridge’s Seventh Annual Haiku Contest asked Vermonters to reflect on the world around them in our challenging times. Reflect they did, with 108 writers — ages 7 to 90, first-time writers and accomplished poets, parents and their children — submitting 420 haikus. As in past contests, the themes ranged widely — despair over fickle weather, challenges in growing old, perils of climate change, the beauty of Vermont in all seasons.
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