quote:The 2023 Golden Haiku competition was another record-breaking year. We received entries from 75 countries, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Over 3,100 haiku were received, including submissions from more than 260 talented poets under the age of 18 who participated in the Youth category.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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