Poetry competition CLOSED 21st November 2015 1:44pm
WINNER
Chiyo (Miss Chi)
Chiyo (Miss Chi)
RUNNERS-UP:
seekingkate
and Jade-Pandora
Haiku Your Day
Poetry Contest Description
Describe your day through haiku
Give a run-down of a day in your life from the minute you wake up to the minute you go to sleep again. Choose a day during the next week as this comp runs and document it using only haiku.
You'll end up with a series of haikus as you go through the day, title each, post them in the order of your day as they happen, but keep them all together in one post per poet per day. In other words, you can haiku your whole week if you want, but don't post each individual haiku as
its own post--will confuse & clutter the thread. Keep each set of haikus together, and depending on how many days you want to enter, you should have one posting for each day.
(Hope that makes sense!)
Ready, set--go! Haiku you!
You'll end up with a series of haikus as you go through the day, title each, post them in the order of your day as they happen, but keep them all together in one post per poet per day. In other words, you can haiku your whole week if you want, but don't post each individual haiku as
its own post--will confuse & clutter the thread. Keep each set of haikus together, and depending on how many days you want to enter, you should have one posting for each day.
(Hope that makes sense!)
Ready, set--go! Haiku you!
I have the book with the answers, guess
that makes me in charge
Saturday
she pushes too hard
elms stripped of divinity
if i fall i'll die
Sunday
they said - No - to war
they bleed our hypocrisy
death trumps conviction
Monday
shed my cold cocoon
a little girl needed hope
miss her already
Tuesday
nobody listens
creative idea I'm told
thirteen years later
Wednesday
pushed back once again
my best just not good enough
pain harvests success
Thursday
thought about quitting
soup kitchen meals would suffice
just so I could write
Friday
is it laundry day
she asked me today in class
get dry cleaning, check
Saturday (reprise)
[eye] lashes break dawn
draped in grey for this mourning
mute shivering sun
that makes me in charge
Saturday
she pushes too hard
elms stripped of divinity
if i fall i'll die
Sunday
they said - No - to war
they bleed our hypocrisy
death trumps conviction
Monday
shed my cold cocoon
a little girl needed hope
miss her already
Tuesday
nobody listens
creative idea I'm told
thirteen years later
Wednesday
pushed back once again
my best just not good enough
pain harvests success
Thursday
thought about quitting
soup kitchen meals would suffice
just so I could write
Friday
is it laundry day
she asked me today in class
get dry cleaning, check
Saturday (reprise)
[eye] lashes break dawn
draped in grey for this mourning
mute shivering sun
I'm slow ...
I'll watch what Lobo does :-).
He's smart :-).
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Saturday
Anticipation
Tasting, not yet devouring
Dancefloor liaison
Sunday
Branches almost bare
Leaves and beechnuts largely gone
Squirrels' ear tufts soaked
Monday
News about Paris
Shocked and numbed, public standstill
Tears come slow but hard
Tuesday
You'll never break us
Just strengthen our resistance
Compassion our arms
Wednesday
Unexpected call
Old familiar paths rerun
Mutual pleasure
Thursday
Afterwork party
Displaying togetherness
French and German peers
Friday
Work and groceries
Not a break from morn to dawn
Weekend is longed for
I'll watch what Lobo does :-).
He's smart :-).
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Saturday
Anticipation
Tasting, not yet devouring
Dancefloor liaison
Sunday
Branches almost bare
Leaves and beechnuts largely gone
Squirrels' ear tufts soaked
Monday
News about Paris
Shocked and numbed, public standstill
Tears come slow but hard
Tuesday
You'll never break us
Just strengthen our resistance
Compassion our arms
Wednesday
Unexpected call
Old familiar paths rerun
Mutual pleasure
Thursday
Afterwork party
Displaying togetherness
French and German peers
Friday
Work and groceries
Not a break from morn to dawn
Weekend is longed for
Haiku-ing Seven Days
14/11/15
lost, after waking
sadness, the world imploding
retreat, my refuge
15/11/15
unfettered by clothes
swimming, massage, relaxing
closing out the world
16/11/15
fine tuning event
lunch tuesday, famed Oz author
last minute panic
17/11/15
object of focus
author has left the building
now free to be me
18/11/15
hairdresser, surreal
ancestors watch over me
who will benefit
19/11/15
lower back aching
researching euthanasia
watching cockatoo
20/11/15
day, social catchups
friday night, alone once more
why aren't I fucking?
21/11/15
pyjamas, reading
hot, rain and swimming cool me
twilight, peaceful breeze
Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) for the Week
obligations filled
focus now on India
thoughts of you abound
sensing renewed interest
outlook stunning where I lie
14/11/15
lost, after waking
sadness, the world imploding
retreat, my refuge
15/11/15
unfettered by clothes
swimming, massage, relaxing
closing out the world
16/11/15
fine tuning event
lunch tuesday, famed Oz author
last minute panic
17/11/15
object of focus
author has left the building
now free to be me
18/11/15
hairdresser, surreal
ancestors watch over me
who will benefit
19/11/15
lower back aching
researching euthanasia
watching cockatoo
20/11/15
day, social catchups
friday night, alone once more
why aren't I fucking?
21/11/15
pyjamas, reading
hot, rain and swimming cool me
twilight, peaceful breeze
Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) for the Week
obligations filled
focus now on India
thoughts of you abound
sensing renewed interest
outlook stunning where I lie
lol 
A Week of Haiku/Senryu)
Saturday
1.
I'm loath to comb the
morning tangles
from my long dark hair
2.
watching birds scatter
the shadows of
hot air balloons
3.
showering—
connect constellations of
freckles on his shoulders
4.
writing this haiku
before bedtime
the fridge faintly humming
Sunday
1.
early morning walk—
incontinent ladies
and church dogs
2.
fixing breakfast
cracks the curve of an egg
with the curve of my hand
3.
at the zoo
we sneak a grope
by the python cage
at the zoo
the alpha baboon curls his
lip up at me
at the petting zoo
the goats shit pellets
constantly
4.
new rain arriving—
a moment of night's passion paused
while we listen
Monday
1.
waking from dreams
of chasing cats up a tree—
am I the dog?
tree-trimmers over
at the park, down goes the tree
from my dreams!
2.
toast waiting
for the homemade jelly
we just ran out of
3.
pomegranate halves, red
on half-read newspaper—
jelly-making day
pomegranates—
skin of their ruby seeds
holding autumn in
4.
dreaming of jars
of another year's jelly
now in the pantry
Tuesday
1.
hearing trees yawn
in the wind
I open my mouth
2.
morning tithe—
I spoon out a honeydew
its green perfume
3.
open-air market
ripe persimmons, and the
warm scent of last night
4.
today was his 'flu shot,
tonight we share a bath—
the pain a mem'ry
Wednesday
1.
peering from its edge
he sips a cup of tea
as I cut pears in two
2.
phone sex—
car windows down
leaves and voices drift in
3.
sudden cloudburst—
our reflection in the windshield
becomes a deluge
4.
haiku
punctuated by the replay
of gunfire on the news
5.
tonight our clothes
drip-drying in the tub
distant thunder lulls us
Thursday
1.
freeze-dried berries
in a bowl of cornflakes, still
my delight for the seeds
2.
late morning
smoothing down the bed sheet—
outlines of my tortoiseshell comb
3.
texting each other our haiku—
tires hiss on
rain-soaked streets
4.
home from work—
finding me on the bed
in a pile of warm laundry
5.
clay pots—
nudes awaiting the brush
soft laughter from the bedroom
Friday
1.
from a window
voyeur during his shower—
dawn's autumn pallet
2.
lace curtain patterns
from a kitchen breeze
filling the fruit bowl
3.
curbside run-off
of a graceful silhouette
the flight of a crane
4.
chopping winter vegetables
for stew—
my thoughts of summer plums
5.
*my air to his fire—
a position for ev'ry phase
of the moon
*Friday #5: our astrological elements
Saturday
1.
I'm loath to comb the
morning tangles
from my long dark hair
2.
watching birds scatter
the shadows of
hot air balloons
3.
showering—
connect constellations of
freckles on his shoulders
4.
writing this haiku
before bedtime
the fridge faintly humming
Sunday
1.
early morning walk—
incontinent ladies
and church dogs
2.
fixing breakfast
cracks the curve of an egg
with the curve of my hand
3.
at the zoo
we sneak a grope
by the python cage
at the zoo
the alpha baboon curls his
lip up at me
at the petting zoo
the goats shit pellets
constantly
4.
new rain arriving—
a moment of night's passion paused
while we listen
Monday
1.
waking from dreams
of chasing cats up a tree—
am I the dog?
tree-trimmers over
at the park, down goes the tree
from my dreams!
2.
toast waiting
for the homemade jelly
we just ran out of
3.
pomegranate halves, red
on half-read newspaper—
jelly-making day
pomegranates—
skin of their ruby seeds
holding autumn in
4.
dreaming of jars
of another year's jelly
now in the pantry
Tuesday
1.
hearing trees yawn
in the wind
I open my mouth
2.
morning tithe—
I spoon out a honeydew
its green perfume
3.
open-air market
ripe persimmons, and the
warm scent of last night
4.
today was his 'flu shot,
tonight we share a bath—
the pain a mem'ry
Wednesday
1.
peering from its edge
he sips a cup of tea
as I cut pears in two
2.
phone sex—
car windows down
leaves and voices drift in
3.
sudden cloudburst—
our reflection in the windshield
becomes a deluge
4.
haiku
punctuated by the replay
of gunfire on the news
5.
tonight our clothes
drip-drying in the tub
distant thunder lulls us
Thursday
1.
freeze-dried berries
in a bowl of cornflakes, still
my delight for the seeds
2.
late morning
smoothing down the bed sheet—
outlines of my tortoiseshell comb
3.
texting each other our haiku—
tires hiss on
rain-soaked streets
4.
home from work—
finding me on the bed
in a pile of warm laundry
5.
clay pots—
nudes awaiting the brush
soft laughter from the bedroom
Friday
1.
from a window
voyeur during his shower—
dawn's autumn pallet
2.
lace curtain patterns
from a kitchen breeze
filling the fruit bowl
3.
curbside run-off
of a graceful silhouette
the flight of a crane
4.
chopping winter vegetables
for stew—
my thoughts of summer plums
5.
*my air to his fire—
a position for ev'ry phase
of the moon
*Friday #5: our astrological elements
Madame Lavender, is it possible we could have a second option to your challenge. On re-reading the 'rules' I realise I'd read it wrong, i.e. I was thinking (dangerous I know) it was one haiku every day for 7 days that encapsulates each day instead of a number of haiku's covering 1 day. Is it possible for me to continue with my thought pattern, therefore making it quite difficult to put into 5-7-5 'my day'.
. seekingkate said:Madame Lavender, is it possible we could have a second option to your challenge. On re-reading the 'rules' I realise I'd read it wrong, i.e. I was thinking (dangerous I know) it was one haiku every day for 7 days that encapsulates each day instead of a number of haiku's covering 1 day. Is it possible for me to continue with my thought pattern, therefore making it quite difficult to put into 5-7-5 'my day'.
No problem--haiku the week as one per day if you want, or haiku each day with a bunch of haikus within each day--however it works for everyone, but just keep it all within one post per "week" or "day" to keep the thread organized and easier to read everyone's entries
No problem--haiku the week as one per day if you want, or haiku each day with a bunch of haikus within each day--however it works for everyone, but just keep it all within one post per "week" or "day" to keep the thread organized and easier to read everyone's entries
MadameLavender said:
No problem--haiku the week as one per day if you want, or haiku each day with a bunch of haikus within each day--however it works for everyone, but just keep it all within one post per "week" or "day" to keep the thread organized and easier to read everyone's entries
Thanks for keeping us on a long leash, MLavender! This comp will be FUN!
No problem--haiku the week as one per day if you want, or haiku each day with a bunch of haikus within each day--however it works for everyone, but just keep it all within one post per "week" or "day" to keep the thread organized and easier to read everyone's entries
Thanks for keeping us on a long leash
, MLavender! This comp will be FUN!
