Gosh this feels weird, voting during daylight hours, when I'm used to doing this of an evening with a glass of something comforting to help me choose. I shall be unsettled for the rest of the day.
Anyhow, being my usual snobby poetry self, I looked at the entries with a very critical eye. Although everyone adhered to the 5-7-5 syllable format, to my mind (and despite the fun I had earlier in this thread) that alone does not a haiku make, no more than chopping prose into lots of random lines creates poetry. My favourites were lyrical or thought-provoking, as poetry should be, and the far-and-away the best was both. My shortlist:
Brian -- November
Gonk -- The Death Rattle of Autumn
johnnyjet -- Advent of the New Ice Age
Phyrebrat -- Faith's Widow
Victoria -- Forgotten
And my vote goes to Victoria.
Chilled (but not chilly!) thanks for the listings, johnnyjet, LittleStar, HazelRah and TDZ, and many patient spring-awaiting thanks for the votes Gonk, CC (cats rule!) and Phyrebrat for the wholly unexpected votes.
Anyhow, being my usual snobby poetry self, I looked at the entries with a very critical eye. Although everyone adhered to the 5-7-5 syllable format, to my mind (and despite the fun I had earlier in this thread) that alone does not a haiku make, no more than chopping prose into lots of random lines creates poetry. My favourites were lyrical or thought-provoking, as poetry should be, and the far-and-away the best was both. My shortlist:
Brian -- November
Gonk -- The Death Rattle of Autumn
johnnyjet -- Advent of the New Ice Age
Phyrebrat -- Faith's Widow
Victoria -- Forgotten
And my vote goes to Victoria.
Chilled (but not chilly!) thanks for the listings, johnnyjet, LittleStar, HazelRah and TDZ, and many patient spring-awaiting thanks for the votes Gonk, CC (cats rule!) and Phyrebrat for the wholly unexpected votes.
