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FOR MEMBERS of HUGH WYLES FAVOURITES GROUP ONLY

FOR MEMBERS of HUGH WYLES FAVOURITES GROUP ONLY

“THE KING’S HAPPY HAIKU HIKE FOR HUGUENAUTY HAIJIN HIKERS!”

Rules:

1. as many entries as you like (please number each of your entries)
2. no pre-writes allowed
3. haiku must be not more than.17 syllables (but may be less)
4. symmetrical haiku preferred (eg: 5/7/5; 4/6/4; 3/6/3 etc.)
5. no black backgrounds please; no CAPS.
6. please sign author’s name with each entry

All entries will be judged by MariGoes.together with Hugh Wyles.
(Judges may enter Non-Entries which will not be eligible for judging.)

1st award GOLD Trophy and 1,000 points
2nd award SILVER Trophy and 500 points
3rd award BRONZE Trophy and 250 points
5 Honourable Mentions GREEN Trophy and 50 points each.
Closed for judging on August 29th.2008.

Enjoy and have FUN.


Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 4, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 5 people
  • Final notes:
    Because haiku are of variable form, without meter, rhyme or rhythm, only the message and its presentation is left to judge in each. In fairness to those who are not Gold members or did not provide pictures, visual images were disregarded as the contest asked for haiku only.
    Many entries read as continual lines broken into three. This is not haiku.
    To judge over 80 individual haiku, each of which had a worthy message and individual merit, became for the judges, very much a matter of personal preference.
    Among those singled out as preferred were:
    Tortoise haiku and grasshopper haiku of Jaime Coudre; Garden Art of Aesthete2000; haiku 2 and haiku 4 of Masterblaster; 5 and 6 of Haiku – Nature by LindaBurns; Haiku 1 & 2 by MrgaretG and Creating Rainbows by Maureen. Others were very close to these.
    As the judges did not reach unanimity, the king has exercised ‘royal privilege’ and has decided the awards on a basis of the evident effort made to support his contest combined with the worthiness of the haiku messages:
    GOLD: Aesthete2000 (18 haiku entered) 1000 points
    SILVER: Jaime Coudre (9 haiku entered) 500 “
    BRONZE: Linda Burns (8 haiku entered) 250 “
    Honourable Mentions 50 points each to:
    Masterblaster; MargaretG; Angelica, Poetryality, Maureen.
    Thankyou all for supporting this contest in which we hope you had fun and enjoyment..
    Sincerely, Hugh (R.)

Contest Winners

  1. Garden Art
    Welcome to my Garden Gallery: a series of pairings---words and images.
    by Aesthete2000 187 lines, 74 comments, on Aug 19 1:27 AM 2008
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. tortoise haiku (Silver trophy winner)
    by J aime Coudre 8 lines, 26 comments, on Aug 14 10:38 PM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Haiku - Nature
    softly falling
    melted and gone in seconds
    by lindaburns 32 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 21 1:57 AM 2008. In Contest, Haiku, Nature
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Haiku 2
    a breeze softly stirs
    the fallen cherry blossoms
    by masterblaster 2 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 15 6:13 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Haiku 1 & 2
    chestnut leaves
    brown in summer sun
    by MargaretG 16 lines, 24 comments, on Aug 17 6:22 AM 2008. In Haiku
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. drought
    by angelica 10 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 14 8:19 PM 2008. In Haiku, Contest, Nature, Hope
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Creating Rainbows
    Music Video shown with haiku is "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
    sung by Ray Charles
    by Maureen 9 lines, 31 comments, on Aug 16 11:37 PM 2008. In haiku, nature
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. first snow # 1
    by poetryality 20 lines, 20 comments, on Aug 15 6:54 PM 2008. In Nature
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Mari Goes gold member
    August 14, 2008
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    Yay!!! I will so enter few non entries here!


  • hugh wyles silver member
    August 14, 2008
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    This contest is to honour a promise made upon the return of my lost daughters, MariGoes and Gaze to Hugh Wyles Favourites Group.

    haiku haka

    haeri mai
    hari kite koe ra
    aroha nui

    “welcome!
    pleased to see you
    much love.”


    • J aime Coudre silver member
      August 14, 2008
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      What a fun contest. Not sure I stand a chance but will give it some thought...if we do more then one entry do you want them all on one page as you did or listed seperatly with a number by each one?


    • Mari Goes gold member
      August 15, 2008
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      Loving this contest already! Thanks dad


  • Yemassee gold member
    August 15, 2008
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    100 entries coming up...you folk are going to hate me!


  • Maureen silver member
    August 16, 2008
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    Dear Hugh,

    I'll try to come up with a haiku or two..I hope I can do that for you.

    Love and Hugs,
    Maureen


  • masterblaster gold member
    August 27, 2008
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    Hi, please forgivr me if I am wrong, I thought a Haiku must be about nature??

    • hugh wyles silver member
      August 27, 2008
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      Dear Di,

      Traditional haiku were about nature, seasons, a moment and consisted of 17 syllables or less, usually divided into three lines of 5/7/5.
      The modern western equivalent can cover almost any topic and may have lines of varying lengths although usually not exceeding a total of 17 syllables.
      That is my understanding. Please, somebody, correct me if I am wrong?

      • Mari Goes gold member
        August 28, 2008
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        You quite right dad, however haiku using a different topic than nature isn't really a western thing. Basho wrote haiku that didn't have nature as subject, not mainly anyway. Here one of Basho's haiku:

        Sick on my journey
        only my dreams will wander
        these desolate moors


  • masterblaster gold member
    September 4, 2008
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    Hi, thank you for the hm, congratulations to the winners, kind regards Di


  • Maureen silver member
    September 4, 2008
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    Thank you for honoring me with HONORABLE MENTION in this contest! I really appreciate it!



    <3 Maureen


  • MargaretG
    September 4, 2008
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    Thank you for the HM, it was totally unexpected.


  • angelica silver member
    September 5, 2008
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    Thank you for the HM and CONGRATULATIONS to the winners.


  • poetryality silver member
    September 8, 2008
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    I humbly bow to the King and thank you for mentioning me honorably.

    CONGRATUALTIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS HERE!

    It took me a year nealrly to learn how to use the scanner and post that photo. LOL


    Love YOU Always ♥

    Renee

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