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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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back porch lemonade
a red wasp flies through a hole
in grandmother’s screen
hay bales in the barn
father and son walking home
for their cold supper
watermelon patch
I let the weathered scarecrow
try on my straw hat
Three tiny snapshots of time and space, engaging all the senses. Much enjoyed.
This is what I imagine farm life to be! Scenes are set!
The fireplace glows
Snowflakes drum the window panes
Calm before the storm.
White tears stain his face
Children erupt in laughter
Yet the clown plays on.
Over graves adorned
With flowers, whiskey bottles
Mourning Doves nestle.
Brown grass are waiting
for some drops from gray heaven,
soon they will be green.
Tuesday daytime tent is inflated
Mischievous dry leaves
and the wind from heaped piles dance –
winter’s requiem
The spring wind waltzes,
Draped in laundry on the line.
I, wallflower, watch…
“I hope you daaannce!” I hope you dance. Love the imagery!
slowly undressing
dancing to the water’s beat
blushing trees whisper
Sultry nature! Love it!
Fireflies flicker
Glittering golden garlands
Sweep soft sable skies
thick snowflakes at dawn –
covered by the deep silence
paths to the unknown
full moon slows the mind
moonlight melts away all fears
the earth is sublime
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shadows on the path
moonlight like smoky liquid
strange sounds arising
end of the summer –
the calm surface of a lake
absorbs the twilight
hot summer evening –
the loud sound of cicadas
from here to the stars
Lovely.
The sun, she rise up.
She throw her shine down on us.
She catch our shadows.
Garden pond attracts
Kingfisher, heron and a
gaudy, angling gnome
Made me laugh! Did he catch anything?
orcid in bloom
moonlight onthe the window
my smallworld room
orcid in bloom
moonlight on the window
my small room
burrowing owl chicks
surface to golden sunset
blind to its beauty
liquid orange sunset
pours over San Juan Islands
bathing orca backs
I love the image of orange sunsets reflected in a black whale skin mirror! wow
verses of beauty
give voice to unspoken pain
evening nightingale
A tree covered in blossom
Pink flowers mingled with young green leaves
Spring has arrived at last
2.Shells lying on white sand
Waves curling endlessly crashing on shore
Seagulls soaring crying noisily above.
3. Daybreak the sky dawns pink
Welcome new day ushers in renewed hope
When nightfall comes dreams beging
last days of summer-
nothing but a sand castle
awaiting the tide
Beautiful.
That’s when I like to visit! 🙂 Nice image
Crystalline raindrops
Drip off a keen spinner’s web.
Morning in autumn.
Dark branches stripped bare
cold and sad, quite unaware –
stirrings down below
pebble from the sea
with a trace of her lipstick
… all inclusive
on this river bank
we sit with the stones and wait.
smooth edges take time.
Such anticipation. A nice life lesson with the beautiful image.
abandoned offering
inside the temple foyer
a fluttering morphos
sudden July rain . . .
on the footbridge chasing a
windblown umbrella
summer zoo visit
upon the zebra crossing
a zebra crossing
Nice surprises! I am right there with you!