Haiku Challenge! Discussion Thread

[Dan Jones]

Poll's Open! It'll close on Thursday morning

 

[Hex]

I tweaked the name of the poll thread, DG, to make it clearer which is the poll, and I locked the thread so no one gets confused and posts on it, messing up your lovely poll

 

[Dan Jones]

Thank you Hexagon!

 

[johnnyjet]

All of the haikus were very good and unique. Lots of variety on the theme. My personal favorites were Mr Orange, Jo Zebedee, LittleStar, The Judge, Cat's Cradle, Victoria Silverwolf, TitaniumTi. Also cheers to Glen for the most uplifting haiku and to HazelRah for the sweetest haiku. My vote went to Victoria for its evocative imagery.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Zebra wanted more
And of course predictably
Forgot the deadline.

 

[TitaniumTi]

My vote went to Glen's G'day, because it made me crave a beer -- and I don't even like beer!

 

[Gonk the Insane]

I thought all of the entries were great - there was such a mix of interpretations, the happy, the sad, the whimsical, and the funny. I enjoyed reading all of them, and deciding upon a favourite was incredibly difficult; I thought they all offered something unique.

But I had to vote for one, and as close as it was... I chose The Judge's entry.

It was fun as well. So, thanks @DG Jones for suggesting and organising this. It was a great idea

 

[LittleStar]

There are a few great ones that captured what haiku are about for me.

TJ
CC
Brian
Victoria

In the end i was drawn by Victoria's excellent imagery (as I so often am) but any could have easily swayed my vote.

Good work, everyone, for a first haiku challenge

 

[Dan Jones]

Well done everyone, I'm pleased that this went down so well.

My favourite four were:

Jo Zeb's kitchen sink sentiments, which I only think should be extended to include nurseries!
Victoria's gossamer-fine imagery
Brian Turner's bleaker, blasted imagery
Glen's typically irreverent Aussie take. Mmm, frosty cold ones.

In the end I decided to give my vote to Brian, for his hintery, wintery, Scottish landscape.

 

[hopewrites]

Hex and Jo were neck a neck when a dark horse over took them from behind.

Fun challange, interesting to see what everyone's emotional take was on my second greatest foe.

 

[johnnyjet]

Whoa! Stealth vote! Thanks, Hex.

 

[HazelRah]

My favourites were: Holland, TJ, Luiglin, Victoria and Jo.

Glen deserves a mention also for the alternative perspective on the theme

But in the end, my vote went to Littlestar for the Valkyrie idea.

 

[Luiglin]

I went for Jo as either schools should be banned in winter or alternatively all kids should have to board... sort of like a scholastic version of hibernation.

 

[Phyrebrat]

I went for Jo as either schools should be banned in winter or alternatively all kids should have to board... sort of like a scholastic version of hibernation.

Can't we just ban kids?

pH

 

[Luiglin]

Can't we just ban kids?

I wouldn't want to ban them outright. They are often a free source of sweets. My little one tends to start a packet and then leave them on her desk. Naturally being a neat soul I "tidy" these up.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

TJ and Hex tied
Then came furred slippers of doom
Luiglin gets the vote

 

[Cat's Cradle]

What a fun challenge! Well done, everyone!

It all came down to these four for me:

TJ, Victoria, johnnyjet, HazelRah.
Then - as my wife and I have four cats - it came down to the kitty poems. It was very close, but TJ gets the vote. Best of luck to the contenders, CC

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Ooooh, lots of mentions for my silliness. Speaking of silliness, the Dark Lord's fluffy slippers get my vote.

Oh and a vote! Thank you, @Luiglin

 

[Alex The G and T]

This was loads of fun. Great entries all!

The more I visualize Sauron shuffling around Barad Dur in the Bunny Slippers of Doom; the funnier it gets. Thus, my vote.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Haiku is too delicate an art form for me to sensibly review, so I will only say that I voted for Cat's Cradle, who seemed to capture the right mood.