Haiku Your View: And the winners are...

We received hundreds of haikus during our 2013 Haiku Your View contest, and Paste BN judges picked the top 10 based on creativity, clarity of opinion, writing and relevance to recent news events. You voted, and here are the winners:

FIRST PLACE: Luke Bell of Newport, Tenn.

More school tragedies,
Teachers are undervalued,
Future in their hands.

SECOND PLACE: Maggie and Warner Andrews of Boulder, Colo.

Take care with the view,
That you share in your haiku.
They may audit you.

THIRD PLACE: Michael Bombard of North Augusta, S.C.

Bulging with red eyes,
Not Keith Richards of the Stones,
Cicadas back live.

These three haikus will be published in Paste BN and will be mentioned on the Paste BN Opinion Facebook and Twitter pages.

Luke Bell, the first place winner, had the highest percentage of votes and he will receive a Kindle Fire HD valued at $269!

For a complete list of rules, click here.