This haiku was inspired by my seeing a mouse wiggling around on my street on a sunny spring day. It was such an unusual sight to see a mouse outside in broad daylight, so I decided to capture the moment in a poem. “Street Mouse” won a 2nd place red ribbon for “Any Other Haiku” at the 2017 Marin County Fair. This was my first time ever submitting a haiku to any fair, so I am quite happy with the results. Thank you so much to the judges!
Street Mouse
A mouse sunbathing
on hot concrete, rolling like
a pup, belly up.
View all award winning poems past and present from different county fairs by visiting the County Fair Winners category.
