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I love haiku. Obviously. I also like winning. So, last year I held the first ever Haiku Buckaroo Contest. Six months later, I did it again. And now, I’d like to do it once more. Won’t you please do it with me?
Alright.
A haiku has 17 syllables:
seven in the second line
five in the third line
Here’s how to enter the contest:
Bloggers: Write a haiku and post it on your blog. Be sure to mention this contest and link back to this entry in your post. Once your post is published, leave a link directly to your entry post at the Mr. Linky below.
Non-Bloggers: Submit your haiku via this entry form. I will provide a page on which all non-blogger haiku submissions will appear. Once your submission is received, it will be included on the non-blogger haiku submission page and a link to it will be added to Mr. Linky under your name.
You may enter more than once. Each haiku will be judged individually.
The contest winner (a.k.a. The Haiku Buckaroo) will receive a Magnetic Poetry Haiku Kit, a Haiku Buckaroo Mug, $25 via PayPal (or a gift card, if you’d rather) and a super-cool button for their blog (in their choice of white or black).
The contest deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST, Friday August 15th. The winner will be announced on Monday August 18th.
Just seventeen syllables
And it could be you
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Ooooooh. Aaaaah.
Ok, I wrote a little (duh, aren’t they all?) haiku that I came up with based on my “Inaudible Mutterings” post. I hope you likey.
I’m leaving a new link to my first haiku. Obviously, I totally skipped over the part that says “direct” link to my haiku. I didn’t know how to fix it. Forgive me.
http://allyson-lifewithus.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-wrote-this-haiku-to-correlate-with-my.html
Aw, Leslie! You DO read my blog! Thanks!
I’ll think about Haiku for you! Maybe I’ll even write a few!
I missed the waiting to link until after I’d written my post. Can you delete me for now?
Obviously, I’m a little too excited about the contest.
Believe it or not, I was composing haiku all week while sunning in Croatia! Yes, I am an addict and I will play your game…
Links forthcoming. You know how it is, once you pop you just can’t stop!
Jersey - If you’d like to enter the haiku you linked up, that’s fine. Past or present, I’ll take ‘em all!
Okay…deep breath as I go public…
Oh, Leslie, I forgot to tell you that my post will show up on my blog on Saturday, so if you go looking for it today, it won’t be there.
There is a few I’d love to enter that I’ve already written and posted awhile back - would they count? Do I need to go back to put the link to here on each of those? I’m all about the haiku as my favorite medium of expression, every Friday.
Maggie’s Mind - You can publish a link either in each entry post or in a separate post, whichever you prefer.
I look forward to your entries!!
ARGH! I missed the deadline by FIVE MINUTES! FIVE STINKING MINUTES! Damn me! DAMN ME!
I forgot again. Then I saw Jerseygirl’s post pop up in my feed reader and I remember and DAMN ME, I WAS FIVE MINUTES TO LATE.
Karly - You’re not too late! The deadline is next Friday. Haiku away!
And so the entries begin…
And so they continue…
Ok. I did it. Gawd. And, while all of my haiku suck, I feel that I should get BONUS POINTS for also posting a COMPLETELY HUMILIATING poem I wrote in high school. Yes? Bonus points?
I assume I can’t
submit any more haikus -
One win per blogger?
The coffee mug and
the Haiku Buckaroo badge
are holding up well!
Mine will be up just in time (just not yet). Not expecting to win any mugs (I gave up after my erotic haiku written with the help of a train conducter LOST - LOST!) but so glad you are keeping it up. This is awesome.
Okay, I gave it a shot. I linked to the skinpee one cause it’s not really clear unless you’ve read the skinpee post…it’s not a shameless plug…ok a bit shameless but mostly it’s a plug with a purpose.
Um, I will try hard
To blog a winning haiku
Even with brain freeze
the last of them for Friday’s deadline!
Looking forward to reading through everyone’s poems. I found out about this through Jenn in Holland. (Thought I should give credit where credit is due. Perhaps that boosts her chances — as if she needs boosting. Or perhaps it boosts my chances due to a modicum of politeness.)
I hope it’s OK that I entered 4 haikus, but I had trouble narrowing them down. I look forward to reading everyone’s haikus! Thanks for hosting a fun contest.
Damn! This is fun….thanks for doing this!!! I love the Hailus I’ve read!!!
still playing last minute…as always last minute :p
Well written article.