Once again this year, we had a marvelous time reading all the creative and witty haiku submitted to our Annual Library Haiku Contest. Entries underwent blind judging by a panel of 17 staff and student workers at the library and the press, and we are now happy to announce the 2012 winners!
CC student Jamie Shapiro won both third and second prizes this year, for these haiku:
Night. huge concrete bulk
Floats above brilliant light.
Tutt, you're beautiful.
Outside: Vast blue sky
But in the Tutt basement
Lights go off again.
The first-place haiku turned out to have been penned by one of our own CC librarians, Lisa Lister:
These are not mere books
But hearts and souls on display
Hold me, check me out
Finally, CC student Toni Pizza stretched the rules of the contest beyond what our blind voting process could handle, but we liked her "haiku cluster" so much, we've awarded her a special prize. We hope you love it too!
the library / the lover:
i enter your lair
and am swept away by your
musty perfume, your
infinite knowledge.
we're not exclusive lovers--
you rendezvous with
most of my friends and
perhaps my worst enemies.
it's a non-issue,
for your beauty, wit,
charm, and drama--alongside
steady guidance, that
perpetual and
confident guise of knowing;
forever sustains.
your omnipresence,
almost pernicious, draws me
back, page after page.
your timelessness, your
anthology of always--
never go away.
Congratulations to all our winners, and our deepest thanks to everyone who participated!
Congrats to everyone!
Posted by: Gilbert | May 11, 2012 at 06:22 PM
Awesome work everyone!
Posted by: Aaron | May 16, 2012 at 02:16 PM