Every year the Arizona Matsuri festival in Phoenix sponsors a statewide haiku contest with various categories by age or Japanese language ability. This year’s winners from Tucson are listed in the 2019 Ebook:
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f10fde_9da07f01470f4020a954fbe69e6a46e5.pdf
Miki Pimienta (Japanese language) – 3 Outstanding, SAJCC Councilmember & volunteer, page 66
“花⽕より雷落ちて臨場感 hanabi yori kaminari ochite rinjokan” (one of Miki’s Outstanding haiku)
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Hitomi McKnight (Japanese language) – 2 Outstanding, Tucson Japanese Language School Sensei, page 67
“腕たれるサワロの冬に思い馳す ude tareru sawaro no fuyu ni omoi hasu” (one of Hitomi’s outstanding haiku)
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Hana McKnight (Japanese language) – 2 Outstanding, Tucson Japanese Language School student, 4th Grade, page 65
Aira Takeda (Japanese language) – one Outstanding, 2 Honorable Mentions, Tucson Japanese School student, 1st grade, pages 67 and 71
Azumi Uchida (Japanese language) – 2 Outstanding, one Honorable mention, Tucson Japanese Language School student, 6th grade, pages 68 and 71
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My UA professor husband Albrecht Classen – University & Adult – honorable mention, SAJCC volunteer, page 56
“hostile desert screams
return to our rocky home
thirst and ever strife”
Professor Albrecht Classen
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Other Tucson winners:
Anthony Foggiano – University & Adult – one Outstanding, one Honorable mention
Stuart Watkins- University & Adult, Honorable mention
Here’s the link to read all these haiku: https://www.azmatsuri.org/haiku
Congratulations to all the winners, many of whom are SAJCC volunteers.