yellow moon

strutting yellow moon,
halo like a lion's mane,
roaring at the stars

Contest winners

Taiko drum roll... we're excited to announce the winners of our first ever Haiku Dudes contest. The two top picks will be emailed their gift card today. Thanks to everyone who submitted, and sorry we can't reward you all (if haiku blogging were a lucrative endeavor we would!) We appreciate the participation and will do another contest soon, perhaps in the fall.

Scott's top pick:

As we walked, we felt
    hearts which fueled separate pulses
    splintering in sync.
-Elizabeth Ewing

Judge's comments:  For me a haiku is only successful if it can transport my mind to a specific season (whether it actually be weather or season of life) or speak to my heart through the use of something like nostalgia or emotion. This brought me directly back to those electrifying moments in which my wife and I walked the streets of Chicago, falling in love the whole time. Those moments when you say so much without saying anything at all. Its a beautiful moment, captured, I think,  perfectly in this haiku. I love the phrase "splintering in sync." It's almost unexplainable but completely understandable if you've experienced it yourself.

Andy's top pick:

parked on backwoods road –
a six-pack and basho's frog
keep me company
-Lee Beasley

Judge's comment: Well, I'm not usually one for name dropping, but I couldn't resist the nod to Basho and his famous frog haiku in this entry. Aside from that,  this haiku put me in mind of my Georgia boyhood with good-natured, six-pack sipping uncles in the backwoods. It also reminded me of the time honored tradition of mixing a good brew with contemplation (Trappist beer anyone?)


Honorable mention:
We hadn't planned on an honorable mention, but being both dog owners, we couldn't help but identify with this one.


my silly bulldog
acting like he needs to pee,
outside he just sits. -Cyndi Delia

Contest Update

Thanks to all for your entries to the Haiku Dudes contest. The response was great and we can't wait to read them. We will announce the winner next week -- stay tuned!

First Annual Haiku Dudes Haiku Contest

*Contest update: 5/5/12* Due to feedback from haiku aficionados out there, we've decided to ease the 5-7-5 requirement and will accept contemporary haiku forms as well.

Today is the three year anniversary of the Haiku Dudes blog. To celebrate this momentous occaison, we’re holding our first ever haiku contest!

The rules are simple. Your haiku must be a haiku (that is, three lines, syllables of 5-7-5). Submit as many haiku as you like. Your haiku cannot have been previously published. Anyone is eligible.

My blog co-founder Scott and I will read them all and each pick our favorite.* Winners will have their haiku posted on this prestigious blog and receive a $15 giftcard to Barnes & Noble. The contest entry deadline is May 17, 2012.

E-mail your entry here: haikududes@yahoo.com (We won’t put you on an annoying email list or sell your name or anything shady like that.)

Happy haiku-ing!

Andy

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*Note: Our Haiku Dudes support staff will compile the entries without names to keep things anonymous and fair for the judging process.

waiting for sunrise

in a darkened field
an old tractor sits idle
waiting for sunrise