This spring, Haiku Newton and our sponsor,
Newton Community Pride, were delighted to announce that 30 poets have been chosen as winners of this year's Haiku Newton contest.
“When we began this project four years ago, we wanted to bring poetry out of the book and into the public realm," said co-director Grey Held. "Since then, we’ve heard such positive responses from residents who look forward every spring to encountering haiku along some of Newton’s busiest roads, near coffee shops, and in other public spaces.”
The 2025 winners include 3 Newton students, 14 Newton adults, and 13 other poets, including those from other Massachusetts cities, other states, and even other countries.
“Newton Community Pride is thrilled to sponsor this exciting project to make poetry more publicly accessible in our community,” says Blair Lesser Sullivan, Executive Director of Newton Community Pride. “Haiku Newton gets bigger and better every year.”
The 2025 winning poets are (in alphabetical order):
- Anna Baynton
- Kenneth Boger
- Christine Carvajal
- Binna Choi
- Sebastian Chrobak
- Marie Cloutier
- Claudia Doherty
- Julia and Hugh Dun Rappaport
- Margaret Geller
- Melinda Gordon
- Marilyn Halpern
- Andrea Hemment
- John Holgerson
- Lisa King
- Jim Krosschell
- Chad Knuth
- Linda Lindgren
- Kerry Loughman
- Richard Matta
- Mary Ann Mayer
- Ian McGeachie
- Robin Mayer Stein
- Maya Moghimi
- Mashi Morris
- Anne Nydam
- Vandana Parashar
- Rick Reibstein
- Carla Schwartz
- Claudia Springer
- Maria Tosti
Congratulations, poets!