2006 AirQ Haiku Contest

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:
- Don Munday, Kansas City Star
- Jack Miles, Sun News
- Michelle Boisseau, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Bonnie Newcomer, Johnson County Community College
- Matthew Schmeer, Johnson County Community College
