Aug
3
Haiku Buckaroo V: Go For It!
by Leslie
I love haiku. Who doesn’t? Only people with no souls. Haikus are great fun to read and a quick, but effective writing challenge. I write one everyday. And twice a year I invite you to enter The Haiku Buckaroo Contest. Because the only thing more fun than writing haiku is winning at haiku. So, won’t you please enter?
Here’s how to do it:
Write a haiku.
(A haiku has 17 syllables:
seven in the second line
five in the third line
Just so you know.)
Bloggers: Post your haiku on your blog. Please mention this contest, link to it in your post and let the link love flow. Like a mountain stream! Once your post is published, submit a link directly to your entry post with 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. You may enter a previously published haiku. Each haiku will be judged individually.
The contest winner (a.k.a. The Haiku Buckaroo) will receive:
The contest deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST, Wednesday August 12th. The winner will be announced on Monday August 17th.
Just seventeen syllables
And it could be you
Good luck!
*Edited to add: It has come to my attention that Mr. Linky isn’t working for everyone. I’m sorry! I don’t know what his freaking problem is. If he won’t work for you or you just don’t trust him to do the job, feel free to submit your link in the comments or via e-mail (admin [at] mymommysplace.com) or with this entry form (I’m all about options! And flexibility! See how much I want you to enter? Why haven’t you? Come on! Please?) and I’ll make a big honking list here of all the entries. Because I love you.
Haiku Entries submitted by Toni.
Haiku Buckaroo V submitted by Goofball.
Under the Wire submitted by Mo’Jenn.
Haiku Buckaroo, Y’all submitted by Allyson.
Haiku Buckaroo V submitted by Lilacspecs.
Non-Blogger Entries
Feb
23
The fourth edition of The Haiku Buckaroo contest is officially over. It’s time to name the new Haiku Buckaroo.
As custom dictates, the winner was chosen by the reigning Buckaroo, Open Window (the blogger formerly known as Englishgenie). Here are the results, along with her comments.
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Editing papers
For a doctoral thesis
Shouldn’t I get paid?
Submitted by Lilacspecs
Open Window says: “The answer to this question is yes! Don’t work for free! Editing is hard work and, IMHO, the worst part of writing.”
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Here’s what I’m thinking
I truly do like people
but they disappoint
Submitted by Jenn in Holland
Open Window says: “I’m getting divorced. I know all about how people disappoint. This haiku makes me wonder how many ways I disappoint people…”
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Sun clings to my hair.
His rushed giggles chase me,
Our smiles stuck in place.
Submitted by Allyson at Maid for Motherhood
Open Window says: “This is classic Haiku. The English teacher in me loves the imagery and personification…being chased by giggles makes me giggle!”
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Life is simpler
since Cindy-Lu Hoo realized
she can wipe up her own snot.
Submitted by Karly at Wiping Up Snot
Open Window says: “I loved this! Isn’t it funny how we wait for just this kind of thing as mothers? And, although she totally takes liberties with the 5-7-5 form, I laughed out loud!”
Congratulations to the Honorable Mentions! Feel free to grab a button for your blog.
And now, without further delay…
education, HAH!
talk about random bull shit
a form of torture!
Submitted by Res at Just Because!
Open Window says: “This one is hysterical! Especially from where I am right now as a teacher. I really liked the sentiment behind this Haiku because I feel like most of my students would agree.”
Congratulations, Res! You’ve won:
Don’t forget to display the super-cool button on your blog, Haiku Buckaroo! Wear it with pride, winner!
Thanks to Open Window for judging the contest. It’s no easy task (which is why I don’t do it). And thank you to all the Haiku Buckaroo participants! I’m so glad you entered!
If you weren’t feeling creative or brave enough to join in this go ’round, you’ve got until August to come up with something for Haiku Buckaroo V!
Feb
8
Haiku. I write it, live it, love it. Now, it’s your turn. And you can win some prizes for doing it real good. But you’ve got to enter the contest first.
Here’s how to enter:
Write a haiku.
(A haiku has 17 syllables:
seven in the second line
five in the third line
Just so you know.)
Bloggers: Post your haiku 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:
The contest deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST, Wednesday February 18th. The winner will be announced on Monday February 23rd.
Just seventeen syllables
And it could be you
Good luck!
Previous editions of The Haiku Buckaroo Contest:
The Haiku Buckaroo Contest
And The Haiku Buckaroo Is…
The Haiku Buckaroo Contest, Take Two!
Here Are The Champions, My Friends
Haiku Buckaroo III: Haiku With A Vengeance
Passing The Torch: A New Haiku Buckaroo
Aug
18
Passing The Torch: A New Haiku Buckaroo
by Leslie
A winner has been chosen.
It was not easy.
haiku verses, but just one
Haiku Buckaroo
by the reigning champion
Mr. Mo-Coffee
along with thoughtful comments
from our champ and judge.
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Today seems perfect
to revisit a story
about a haircut.
No, not that long one,
but there is another one
from another time.
I was in Japan
and at my fav’rite haunt,
the Mister Donut.
Free refill coffee
is pretty rare in Japan,
but MisDo has it.
And so I was there,
wondering why I’d gained weight,
blaming it on rice…
A guy came over,
asking me general stuff.
Where from? Use chopsticks?
(Sometimes randomly
people will approach you
to practice English.)
We chatted, and then
he asked me an odd question:
You need a haircut?
Not sure how he guess’d.
My hair prob’ly looked like crap.
Still, I was intrigued.
And I did need one.
See, language barriers
can be really hard.
Even in English,
I have trouble explaining
how I want my hair.
So I’d put it off
waiting for my Japanese
to become fluent.
Turns out that this guy
had a friend with a salon,
down alley, downstairs.
Ever so cautious
but I did follow him there,
and it went just fine.
And he translated,
explaining what I wanted,
the perfect haircut.
Even though I tried,
nobody would let me pay,
and so it was free.
Stuff like this happened
throughout my time in Japan,
so many stories.
But now to this day
when I think about donuts
I think haircuts, too.
Submitted by Maggie’s Mind
Mo-Coffee says: “I was impressed by so many entries that expanded the traditional haiku form into longer narrative poems. This one stood out simply because I found my mind returning to it for three days. The tone and voice is lovely. The story is simple and simply told. And I love the symmetry. Although it might be a touch long, there are two of my favorite haiku’s in this one poem:
No, not that long one,
but there is another one
from another time.
And…
(Sometimes randomly
people will approach you
to practice English.)
The latter one could stand alone, I think. (…and I love the intimacy created by the parenthesis).”
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
While you are sleeping
I watch your breath rise and fall
And I am content.
Submitted by Jenn in Holland
Mo-Coffee says: “Simple; captures a moment without being sentimental. Also I like that we are left unsure of the relationship and circumstances of the poem.”
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Yellow bird sees me
singing at the end of day
perched on a high wire.
Submitted by Elaine at Blog In My Eye
Mo-Coffee says: “This one has a nice tricky ending that adds unexpected tension to the verse.”
Haiku Buckaroo Honorable Mention
Wish there was a word
for that slap-thuk-whoo-whoosh sound~
Boats on water
Submitted by Jenn in Holland
Mo-Coffee says: “Finally I have to give this one a mention. I’m a sucker for onomatopoeia!”
Here, honorable mentions.
Display a button!
And now…
Poor summer garden
Awash in weeds and neglect
Sun dried tomatoes
Submitted by Englishgenie
Mo-Coffee says: “This one recalls some of the history of haiku (at least the way I understand it) in it’s relationship between humanity and nature, and in its witty turn of phrase at the end. That’s a lot to get into 17 syllables. Plus the word “awash,” which is wonderfully descriptive (awash in neglect…ponder that for a second…) and a great contrast to the now not-so juicy tomatoes.”
to Englishgenie! You won!
A Kit! A Mug! Cash!
display your button proudly
on your blog, winner!
and all the participants!
You’re phenomenal!
fourth Haiku Buckaroo game
begins now, my friends.
Aug
4
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
Stuff I Do
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Stuff You Should Do
You know, Stuff.
