| Last Year's Winner: |
| I paddled Hudson, Delaware I paddled too. Far from them I live. - Juergen Englerth Taufkirchen, Germany |
| The Haikus: |
| When will the snow melt? Need to paddle or I'll die Hurry Spring Hurry - Danger Girl  |
| Springtime calls to you Cold spray the season's greeting Creeks fat from winter - Quinn the Eskimo |
| Moon lights your kayak, Paddle rising in the dark Sparking river stars. - Mary Polly Evans-Lesh |
| Chase the river's course: Dancing through rocks and forest. Sunlight on the water - Robert Frost IV |
| Inuit transport, Yuppies have discovered it, Put it on Visa. - Bruce Taterka |
| Kayking is fun. Kayking is very cool. I love to kayak. - M. Evantat |
| Calm in the Water Moisture cools my hot, bald head Floating silver pod - Erica |
| Abomination! Noise! Horsepower! Gasoline! Destroy your jet ski! - Ralph Nader |
| Posted on the web A manhattan trip note Circumnavigate - Jones Jeep |
| Pawlata or Screw Make sure your off side's good Or bomb proof you're not - David Leshan  |
| The TV was good The computer was better Paddling is best - Maddie Taterka |
| It takes more than fine Inuit intuition To paddle the sea - Intuik Gryslyk |
| White water plastic Ocean glass and kevlar boats Carbon our future - D.J. Ahab |
| My one boat is Red My other boat is not Red but it is Orange - LL Bean Bag |
| A drop of water over and over again: river to paddle - anon. |