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haiku only!



I like writing and reading good haiku,
if you know how to write haiku, please
choose a word, write your entry based
on that word, but please don't tell
what word you've chosen!!!
A haiku only works well when the readers
see an image there without you telling
what it is.

I prefer less than 17 syllables, but if
you think you need all 17, just go ahead,
as long as you write a haiku and not a
mere 3 lines poem.

Have fun!

The words are:

rabbit
tree
sunset
moon
rain
mango
butterfly
Summer
fog





Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on June 24
  • Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
  • Final notes:
    Thank you everyone for a wide variety of haiku which I enjoyed reading immensely. Sadly there could be only three winners, but there were others deserving. Thank you to everyone who entered. I hope you found the contest fun or useful.

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 5095400, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. cold and clammy
    by Billbard 2 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 26 3:42 PM. In Nature, Haiku
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. [ the hot sun ]
    by Haiku Kin 10 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 27 9:18 AM. In Haiku, noguest
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Yemassee gold member
    February 26
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    ''I like writing and reading good haiku,''

    Do you like reading bad haiku? If not, you might want to get familiar with it.


  • RavenTheWhite
    February 26
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    i did not realize that so many poets chose the same theme until after i entered mine....oh, wells. best in luck in judging.

  • femurlee
    February 26
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    I love to write and read haiku and senryu. I'll try to jump in to this contest myself. Peace and LOL


  • SabaSophiya
    February 27
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    Lovely idea for a contest!
    I would try come up with something......!!
    Best,
    Sophie.


  • Peteskid gold member
    February 27
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    wow...look at all these entries...i had no idea the irresistable appeal of haiku. So you oooonnnly want good haiku... well i'm gonna enter anyway ...PK


  • Horse-Shoe Robinson
    February 28
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    fishbubbles searches
    empty night sky
    yem bloated on cheese

    I have a serious question. How can fishbubbles be a sentient being? First, since it is plural, I'm conversing with which one of the bubbles?

    Second, since fish bubbles by their definition cannot be sentient beings, how do they (I can't say ''you'' since it is clear fishbubbles aren't actually a conscious object) perform this neat act of randomness that makes you appear to be human? And if you aren't a living being, why am I treating you as such and asking you questions that you are unable to answer, since you don't have a reasoning faculty?

    The only possible answer I can come up with, is this...you are an entity of random chance. By mere happenstance you have created a haiku contest...but who will judge since it was a mere random event?

    Perplexed,

    Horse-Shoe Robinson


  • Suhel
    March 10
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    cool contest thanx for it


  • Peteskid gold member
    March 16
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    Thank you for the contest ... i am just beginning with haiku, but i think it offers another way of thinking about poetry which i enjoy...thanks for all PK

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