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Winners announced here.
Write a haiku and post it in the comments section below. The haiku must adhere to the traditional parameters of a haiku to qualify and may be deleted if it does not. See traditional haiku requirements here. Note that a haiku is like a a painting of nature. If your 5-7-5 poem is focused solely on human nature and is more cynical or humorous, then it is technically a senryu, not a haiku. However, haiku do concern human activities in relation to nature. The required seasonal word can refer to seasonal sports, holidays, entertainment, gardening, housekeeping, or visits to special places. Although this contest is held in summer, haiku dealing with any season are acceptable.
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WHEN:
Now until Saturday August 28, 2021 midnight EST. Winners Announced September 5.
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WHO:
Anyone in the world, any age or background, may participate. From within the Society, anyone, including Advisory Board Members, not involved in judging the contest may participate. (If you are outside the United States, you will have to have a PayPal account or a bank that accepts U.S. checks to receive the prize money if you win.)
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WHAT:
Each entrant may submit up to three haiku. Must conform to traditional haiku rules above.
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WHERE:
Post your haiku in the comments section below.
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PRIZE:
$100.
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JUDGE:
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ENTRY FEE:
None
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EXAMPLES
See last year’s winning haiku here.
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Gold rimmed clouds and trees
Slink on the pink sun’s splashes
Winter day dreaming
harnessing the sun
natural prying spotlight
entering my soul
the green blade of grass
laden with two grasshoppers
defies the windflaw
Ancient Green Forest
Bars with spiky cycad leaves
The sun dapples through
november moonlight
the crickets chorus the night’s
deep secrets to me
Blue salt of the sea Early sun beats oragne heat-
White arch gull flight.
Dry as a bone
Left behind seashell shape-
Broken perfection.
Smooth seaglass shard-
How many many moon tides
Rubbed this gift?
Nice reflective imagery!
PINK PETALS
Pink petals falling
with grace clothe her onward path,
greet her tiny feet
CRAZY DANCE
Gusty, growling wind
whips leaves into a frenzy,
crazily dancing
SOFTENING SHOWERS
Sweet gentle April
Your sweetly softening raindrops
soothe my shattered soul
We are wanton wings
Stuck in our ominous ways
Desperate to take flight.
One sip of pink clings
To the tip of each white pitcher.
Magnolias at sunset
rain drops on dry leaves
pitter, pick at, and play with
their marionettes
black skyscrapers scratch
at something beyond the gray
as white flakes drift down
Entry- I
chirring cicadas
prickly heat in symphony
ping whilting away
Entry-II
pattern coloured wings
frolicking among flowers
a stint through summer
Entry III
head to head they form
a heart pledging lasting love
passes when one pass
rain-blasted windows
the dance of the leaves falling
outside each storefront
Breathless as the breeze
The desert falls to its knees
Begging the rain to come home.
Desperate thirst of a desert! I can feel it
Earth stood still as rain
Washed childish things away that
Soundly led to God.
When the moon rises
river quartz glitters the shore;
stars beneath the sky.
Gorgeous imagery, very perceptive!
Wet season arrives
with muddy hems and soft groans—
black umbrellas bloom.
I can hear the women’s lament, nice nature metaphor with the umbrellas!
Heron stalks the marsh
that steams with the summer heat;
shimmering with life.
Pristine humbleness;
The lofty moon in the sky
Reflects on the sea.
Spring’s fecund warmth
dances through the chrysalis—
ever-shifting life.
Black and white pigeon
struggles with her crooked wing;
windswept umbrella.
Dried-up oasis
water spread too thin; now just
footprints in the sand.
floating on my back . . .
for an instant a seagull
eclipses the sun
Such a moment! We are right there with you!
Thanks, Abel!
Great one Scott !!!
Thanks, Ravi!
Eager white crocus
break through sleepy yellow grass-
a Midwest false spring
It’s not false to the crocus! nice
Leggy sprouts shaking
in this tepid spring air, soon
begging for rainburst
Dune sand packed down with
Michigan snow, Devil’s Slide
to the shoreline home