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I won the first annual Washington DC City Paper haiku contest. Read the article here.

It came about as unexpected fringe benefit of organizing the Haiku Project: I was discovered by a Washington DC City Paper journalist who wanted to do an article about DC area haiku-ists. She had me and two other notable DC area haiku poets write haikus about meat, spring, cherry blossoms, Franklin Roosevelt, and haikus. Then our work was judged by David McAleavey, director of Creative Writing at the George Washington University and author of the book, Huge Haiku.

I wrote my haikus during snatched moments on the Metro, so I was a bit sloppy on the syllable count. Still, my brilliance shone through and I crushed the competition. OK, OK, I’m still working on the humility aspect.

And here’s one of my haikus:

Here is one of my Washington City Paper Haikus:

cherry bloom pollen/gametes lewd spewn DNA/coats, clogs, your nostrils.

If you want to read more, check out the Washington City Paper article.