Order of the Red Grail
Pagan Haiku Contest

The votes are in! On may 6, 2000 CE, the Council of Haiku Judges met and decided on the winning Haiku! This Haiku will be going on our Earth Religion Awareness Day T-shirt. The winner will be receiving one of these same shirts when we get them done. Without any furhter adeau, here are the winners!

First Place

Sparks of Light, our Souls
Magic ripples through Laughter
We are what Life is

NightSong
submitted 3-01-2000

Second Place

The Moon Goddess calls
Earth answers her bright blessings
Nature is reborn

Phoenix DragonWolf
submitted 5-1-2000

Third Place

Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Elements of life reborn
Tree of many roots

Phoenix DragonWolf
submitted 5-1-2000

Honorable Mention

Sun and Rain flows down
Nourishing woodland and field
Life springs forth anew

Phoenix DragonWolf
submitted 5-1-2000

Sweet blazin' eye'd Witch!
Wanna see my athame
In silver moonlight?

Grey Cloak
submitted 2-29-2000

And a great thanks goes out to all who participated in this contest! Here are the additional submissions.

Goddess here always
Her breath the life within us
flowing from the Earth

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 1-28-2000

God and Goddess Two
Joined as One in unity
Guide us, your children

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 1-28-2000

Goddess Light surging
bursting forth life at the seams
to grow the roses

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 1-28-2000

He who rides the storm
You can run, but you can't hide
Thorr's thunder rolls deep

Liz Doxtator-Morenberg
submitted 1-29-2000

Light, that is the Earth
Bringer of the Harvest
Show me the way Home

Jonquil WinterFire
submitted 1-31-2000

Rivers of Gaia
surging, pulsing, flowing strong
all join the oceans

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 2-27-2000

Goddess our Mother
help us walk your Earthen path
and join us in Love

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 2-27-2000

dolphins swimming free
orchids, mountains, butterflies
Goddess Images

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 2-27-2000

seeds burst from the earth
blooming now to die this fall
death to life next spring

Ariadne SwordBearer
submitted 2-27-2000

aged winds born from
undulating music streams
call my unheard name

June
submitted 2-27-2000

come dance with the gods
passion of wonders embrace
awe at earth's wisdom

June
submitted 2-27-2000

No longer Christian,
It's okay to think of you...
Skyclad in the Woods.

Grey Cloak
submitted 2-29-2000

Finally shed my Cross
To join the Eternal Dance
In the Beltane woods.

Grey Cloak
submitted 2-29-2000

All my Loves will die.
The Wheel Turns, like it or not.
Springtime comes again.

Grey Cloak
submitted 2-29-2000

Nature lives in man
Celebrate her bounty now
In fertility

Phoenix DragonWolf
submitted 5-1-2000

Virgin Artemis
Pan of the fields sings to you
Of Nature's bounty

Phoenix DragonWolf
submitted 5-1-2000