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Celebrating the Season with "Fall into Haiku"
The haiku theme this year is "Sense Closely!"
The idea is to capture moments, scenes, and impressions that are revealed when we pause to "sense closely" (through sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell) the world around us.
Program Description
"Fall into Haiku" decorates locations throughout the city with original haiku written by people of all ages who live, work, or go to school in Albany.
Selected haiku are printed on signboards and panels and installed in public places in December. Approximately 50-60 haiku are selected from citywide submissions. This program received a generous donation from the Albany Community Foundation and is organized by the Albany Arts Committee.
Note
The poem you submit belongs to you, but if your poem is selected for inclusion in the program, you give the City of Albany the right to reproduce your poem and to archive it on the city website in perpetuity. Your poem will always appear crediting you as author.
You may only submit haiku that you yourself have written (or that you are submitting on behalf of someone else, with their permission). No haiku should include material taken verbatim from anyone else’s work. Poems with language or images that are offensive in the opinion of the judges will be disqualified.
All poems must be in English.