3rd Annual Endorphin Warrior Haiku Poetry Contest 2013 – Winners, Honors and More

 Posted by Eric Jenican on November 6, 2013 General Add comments

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First off, a huge “thank you” to everyone who participated in our 3rd Annual Endorphin Warrior Haiku Poetry Contest 2013.  We received over 325 haiku poems and it was our great pleasure to get to read each and every one of them.  Collectively, your haikus are a beautiful expression of the joy and goodness that running, working out, exertion and moving our bodies brings to our lives.

This being said, there were some poems that stood out to us.  So without further delay, here are our 3rd Annual Haiku Poetry Contest 2013 contest winners, high honors poems and other poems and poets we’d like to mention.

Our 1st Place Haiku – 2013 – Prize: $100 Endorphin Warrior Gift Certificate

Blurry through the tears
Fighting to keep composure
This is for Boston
- by Suzann Lankford

Our 2nd Place Haiku – 2013 – Prize: $50 Endorphin Warrior Gift Certificate

slow trickles of sweat
erode yesterday’s tension
lost in this moment
- by Scott Dean

Our 3rd Place Haiku – 2013 – Prize: $25 Endorphin Warrior Gift Certificate

The body limber
Mind empty of attachments
Space and time succumb
- by Paul Roasberry

High Honors

Finish line in sight
Sudden pain chaos noise light
Hero in a hat
- Trevor Boylston

The night air is brisk
Cadence is mesmerizing
One more mile to go
- Christine Ford

Chrome fork glistening
street lights reflect in water
dance on wet pedals
- Jean Pickard

My morning cup brews
I lace up running shoes
The door shuts behind me
- Deb Laforest

Early morning run
Just me and the stars at first
Then the sun rises
- Abigail Dickinson

Elegant Haiku,
Marrying Form and Function:
the elite runner
- Karen LaMartina

mules once plied this path
towing barges filled with goods
I pedal through time
- Michael Seese

out the drive I run
health cherished and improving
cancer lost this fight
- Sue Monahan

T-shirt drops beside
My shoes; heavy, wet, soaked through.
My victory flag
- Brad Banks

Fifty miles complete.
A very long way to run.
I want a sandwich.
- Beth Pretti

Finally, there were a few haikus that we really enjoyed, but each of these were over our requirement of no more than 17 syllables total, so these could not be considered for honors.  Still, we love these expressions, so here they are:

with the full backpack
during summer heat and winter
up the path towards home
- Tatjana Debeljacki

Arms slice through water,
Legs burn as wheels whirl through space,
Feet pound to the finish.
- Austin Kuba

Auroral leaves pave the trail
a startled rustle
For 6 heartbeats I match the deer
- Amy Grace

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Thank you again to everyone who participated in this year’s contest.  We hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have.  We greatly appreciate your connection with us.  Warrior On!