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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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The sun glows lively
Dreams open with the pink buds
Fly yonder the sky
Cherry blossom peaks
and drips its petals like dew
Falling tears in pink
Three Summer Haiku
Korean summers
Hot and humid like sauna
With tropical nights
California burns
Wildfires consuming
End of the world
Korean summers
Beaches welcoming me
Sunset over west
a net of pinpoints
pressing on the naked night
maps the milky way
Nice
Beautiful descriptive phrasing!
Broken hourglass
A handful of memories
Blown by wind of past
a beautiful chance—
been floating on the water
cute daruma doll
Karoo
Listen here to how
the desert’s sibilant sands
taunt the distant clouds.
Oh leaves that rattle
An orchestral melody
Conducted by wind
top of the line.
Bone-chilling
Shivering crystals greet sun
Shimmering
Note to self – pay attention, MORON!!!
Bone-chilling frigid
Shivering crystals greet sun
Shimmering prism
that is a very nice haiku.
Nice juxtaposition of sunlight shimmering on ice!
Dry leaves float gracefully from autumn-laden trees to find solace on solid ground…welcome
This Winter I’m here
With Spring flowers in my heart
My tears almost dry
Hope after grief. Nice
We drunk oil today,
Our winter is now summer,
Brown is now the spring.
The carbon we breathe,
kills the mosquitoes and bees,
and slowly fills me.
Feel the last glaciers,
the crispy of cold air,
last winter for us.
Sweltering heat wave
Lemon – sugar – H – 2 – O
Parched lips – earth’s bounty.
Love the sparse recipe for refreshment in the summer’s heat! Clever
cat
in cherry petals
mouse on a walk
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the cat is napping
below the cherry petals
mouse on a walk
In sunlit waters
shoals of small fish swim freely,
going in circles.
Simple but beautiful imagery…a haiku!
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Mid-summer heat wave
Hermit crabs scuttle for shade
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Summer’s heady sounds
Minuet in triple time
Waves caress the shore
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Mackerel sky-scape
Cirrocumulus wave clouds
Rain drops on parched earth
Morning light reveals
The winter storm’s harsh pruning
The nest is empty
Revised:
Morning light reveals
the winter storm’s harsh pruning:
a nest left empty
Nature’s wrath unfolded. Hauntingly beautiful!
The wave of wishes
sparkle in the shamrocks eye
to good lucks meadow
I love the haiku
words glowing new and so true
gentle sharing reigns
My summer fable
maze of seashells beachcomber
A swim till sun lives
We are winter leaves
Shivering beneath the flesh
Of a mystery
Not all tweets are the same. Take for instance the digital tweets vs those of birds.
Check out my haiku and you’ll be convinced.
Ihar
NB: I have three more to share…
HAIKU ON TWEETING
Birds’ reputation
Shaken by digital tweets
Indeed, some progress…
Are all tweets alike?
Digital rotten apple
Bad name comes quickly.
The real tweets from birds,
How soothing and sweet they are!
But digital tweets?!
summer twilight breeze
the coconut palm leaf swings
the homing parrots
a song of junco …
everywhere the arrival
of falling snowflakes
The bird harkens the arrival! nice