Congratulations to the 2019 Employee Haiku Contest Winners

Eighteen employee poets from across Carilion submitted a total of 47 original haiku for Carilion's 2019 Employee Haiku Contest, an initiative of The Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Arts Program. Haiku were judged by professionals in the field of creative writing. Winners were announced and invited to read their work at the inaugural Poetry by Heart Event at Java the Hutt Cafe in Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

First and 2nd place haiku will be published in the next edition of Poems in the Waiting Room, and the 1st place haiku will receive custom design and framing, becoming part of Carilion's permanent collection of poetry broadsides.

Thanks to all who participated, and congratulations to the winners:

• 1st Place to Laurie Spangler, Employee in Revenue Cycle, for the haiku, Napping:

            Dog naps under tree

            on his back, one leg aloft.

            Lazy summer day.

• 2nd Place to Dorros Evans, Employee in Ortho-Coding, for the haiku, Morning Rain:

             thin clouds, blue and gray

             drops begin to fall gently

             a fresh start awaits

• Honorable Mention to Benjamin Broyles, Employee in Inpatient Psychiatry, for the haiku, Breath:

              We take for granted

              The rush of air moving in

              Breathe, for those who can't