Poison Ivy Wins Haiku Contest!

Poison Ivy has won first and third prize in the Letterboxing Mid-Atlantic's talk list First Annual Haiku Contest. Congrats to PI who we all recognize is one talented letterboxer! PI's much-acclaimed Letterbox Rating System is located on our website. All of the entries can be viewed here on NattyBumpo's website, who headed up this contest.

Ivy's winning entry is below:

You have all you need:
Stamp, compass, book and pigment.
Now go, "in search of."

East up the mountain.
Puzzle while you pant and sweat--
what's a birch look like?

Look! A makeshift cairn!
A quick glance back up the trail.
Reach in and grab it.

Who else has stamped in--
Store-bought and great handcarvings.
Make your mark and theirs.

Pack it watertight.
Take another look both ways.
Hide it back away.

Wet butt, itchy bites,
A small scratch, perhaps a rash.
But look at the stamp!

Ink on the fingers.
Crumpled sheet of clues in hand.
Triumphant return.

- "Poison Ivy Hedge"