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HAIKU

Autumn haiku.

The frost is coming and so are the cold mornings etc.

Your challenge is to write a haiku WITH NOTHING TO DO WITH DEAD LEAVES.

That is the catch.

Enter three haiku to a page or enter one No more than three.

Here is some info for young haiku writers so they will get an idea of what I am looking for


For info on haiku, click here:

http://allpoetry.com/column/show/423262

http://allpoetry.com/column/2339486

http://allpoetry.com/column/show/2340439


I am currently teaching one classe at Allpoetry School of Poetry and Writing.

For those interested please click the following link:


ADVANCED HAIKU STUDY: (click below)
http://allpoetry.com/class/show/Advanced%20Study%20of%20Haiku


This man's web site will not ster you wrong.

Anyways have fun and good luck.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on October 5, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 350, Silver: 150, Bronze: 50
  • Final notes:
    Susurrus
    this wisp of hiemal breath
    frosting morn lips

    autumn morning -
    against the pumpkin
    my pregnant belly


    A nip of frost
    in the brumous air
    pine cones crackle.

    This is the order of poems in this contest
    and there were a number of fine entries thank all of you so very much

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4616045, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. autumn (modern haiku)
    autumn morning -
    against the pumpkin
    by Sai Babas Lotus 36 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 21 3:20 AM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Haiku autumn
    wrapped in shrouds of mist
    a murder of crows
    by masterblaster 10 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 21 7:07 AM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Haiku -- Transition
    throbbing transference
    bleeding adieu of summer
    by myrataal 21 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 20 11:23 PM 2008. In Haiku, Autumn, Nature, Spiritual, Love
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. An Autumn Kind of Ku Chain Thingy
    goose dimpled
    icy eyes in
    by sheltered 9 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 21 1:41 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Seasonal Changes to the Morning Routine
    pumpkin orange mittens
    red wool cardigan
    by jocelynclaire 13 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 3 9:47 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Leafless Autumn Haiku
    compass points
    to summer banquets -
    by Mirthryl 16 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 3 11:04 PM 2008. In Thoughts, Nature, Autumn
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [17]

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  • Melodies
    September 21, 2008
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    No dead leaves? No crisp and crumbling leaves? No tumbling fragments? lol


  • Mairi bheag gold member
    October 4, 2008
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    Again I miss a haiku contest by moments! No space left for my beloved 4-5-4s.



    the evening sun
    flees the horizon -
    a mist of ghosts



    the sky mourning -
    empty of swallows
    and full of clouds



    brown memories -
    old photographs on
    my bedroom floor





  • Blue Rew silver member
    October 5, 2008
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    Thank-you for such a beautiful theme. It was a pleasure to paint portraits of beauty rather
    than decay as one season bows to the next.
    I so appreciate the honor of gold amidst all
    the talent entered. Blue