2026 Haiku Contest Honorable Mention

Haiku listed in randomized order.

Ernesto Santiago

applied statistics–
beautiful the entire time
first sunrise

Vamshika Reddy Bhoomireddygari

cherry blossom spread—
chaotic in its clusters
as the petals fall

Robert Serfling, Retired

All models are wrong”,
George Box said and continued:
“But some are useful”.

Shawn Boles, Oregon Research Institute

origami box
with seventeen careful folds
hiding a haiku

Caitlin Walsh, Elon University

Numbers test the null
P-value whispers softly
“Doubt what you assume”

Grace Harper, Elon University

Little did I know
that the data about spread
wasn't about jam

Stoianka Boianova, Bulgaria

autumn wires
hundreds of black swallows —
only one white

Stoianka Boianova, Bulgaria

late summer
thousands of crickets
in one melody

Mary Kwasny, Northwestern University

Does this seem normal?
Statistically or for real?
Yes, context matters.

Mary Kwasny, Northwestern University

Showing and spelling
Homoscedasticity
Proves you’ve had some stats.

Andrew Adrian Pua, De La Salle University - Manila

Locked up hacking p –
Great, the null is rejected!
Go out, smell the air.

Sebastian Chrobak, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

a daisy
the probability
of her love