This was part of a contest at PSNH...
There were two winners declared.
I am pasting in, below, the two winners ... as well as the 'honorary mentions'
Some of the initials/addresses may be familiar to you! (NSM: I'll forward your prize to you! I.M.: I laugh out loud every time I read yours. Apparently it didn't win over the judges!)
Winning Haikus
icestorm surgery
leaves trees with splintered scars and
amputated limbs
- Alice Mullen, Manchester, NH
Snow seemed sweet at first -
Stayed too long and stole our warmth
Like unfriendly guests
- N.S.M., Syracuse, NY
Honorable Mention Poems
An Historic storm
Working many extra hours
Odd Christmas this year
- Rebecca Bouley, PSNH
Limbs wires ice entombed
Gravity wrestled they fall
We work to restore
- Paul Hausmann, PSNH
Darkness fell on all
Lights were out at the mall
Line Crews answered call
- Dottie Kennedy, PSNH
Cold is our home now
Help coming from near & far
This warms our hearts here!
- Diane Laliberte, PSNH
The old Grinch may smile
Christmas could be dark & cold
But faith still lives here!
- Diane Laliberte, PSNH
Trucks from near and far
Not long could ice grinch survive
Gifts of Christmas lights.
- Phyllis Lavigne, PSNH
Down comes ice, limbs, peace
Out goes skilled warriors of hope
Up rises bright joy.
- John MacDonald, PSNH
Cold snow soft, heavy
Branches crash wires drooping low --
Neighbors warm our hearts.
- C.A.M., Hallowell, ME
Rainfall I can take;
Ice falling, if I have to;
Wires? Not so much.
- I.M., Fairfield, CT
Autumn wore snowshoes
A scarf and long underwear:
Frozen pipes at dawn
- N.S.M, Syracuse, NY
