2006 AirQ Haiku Contest

A contest for you; Prizes for winning entries; Submit a haiku

Winners Annouced!


First Place
Each won a bicycle from
River Market Cyclery

Walk to work or bike
Ride the bus to save our air
Breathe in the savings
--Christie Caudillo

Graceful towers soar
row on row into the sky, 
harvesting the wind.
--Patricia Brodsky

The fuel we burn
Is taking us to places
We don't want to be
--Michael Wells


Second Place
Each won a $50 gift certificate from
a sporting goods retailer

Drowning in fuel costs?
Take a dip in a car pool
and sink your gas hog.
--Charles Stiles

cash in your pocket
coffee and conversation
come, carpool with me
--Kathy Watkins

Four-wheel gas guzzler
Gut growth, belt hole expansion
Less waste to less waist
--Jerry Lonergan


Third Place
Each won a $25 gift certificate from
a sporting goods retailer

Hybrid sips its fuel,
no gulping it down like the
impolite cars do.
--Piper Abernathy

Let's try solar heat
Crops for fuel that don't deplete
Global choices - neat.
--Sue Gaddy

Take the bus, don't drive.
We can make a difference.
And save our blue skies.
--Nathan Brodie

Red Alert: fierce air
invades our lungs with torches,
loots our energy.
--Alarie Tennille

Gasoline addict 
Stab the nozzle in my tank
Full for one more day
--Peter Frankel

 

Judging

Thanks to our panel of judges:

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Today’s Featured Haiku

Owch, Owch! Go my lungs
Ozone, while noble above
‘Tis ghastly down here

-Rick

Categories:

  • Air quality and health
  • Driving less
  • Energy
  • Fuel
  • Home and lawn care
  • Ozone
  • Vehicles
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