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| He said he wants a Beer Bull for Father's Day. |
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| Painted on 100% scavenged beach house. |
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| Several colors; one bad attitude. |
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| New for the 2011 Blue Ridge Farmer's Market |
Haiku Monday / Cliche
China shops tremble
Bull Art. No B.S.
Your Dad Called
5.30.2011
Haiku Monday / Cliche
Haiku Monday Challenge of the Chicken / THE WINNER IS.....
4.24.2011
Update 10:48 PM:
Congratulations to Lisa Queen! winner of the peoples choice prize:
Congratulations, Lisa. Send your mailing address to sparringk9@yahoo.com to receive your full set of chicken cards illustrated by you-know-who!
Happy Haiku Monday everyone!
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UPDATE 2 PM: The judge has spoken and here is her commentary:
Easy to select the top three and each for a different reason. That said, hard to select just one. Here's my rationale:
I base a lot of my choice on instinct, which I realize has more to do with how the piece scans, its ring of “truth” and that quarter teaspoon of je ne sais quoi that appeals simultaneously or not to my sense of humor.
Xi’s haiku took some reading because the scan is rough (the second line) and am confused by missing punctuation, but I loved “barnyard long ago.” Also loved the "understood" reference to chicken.
rocks: a memory
southeast texas pineywoods
barnyard long ago
Auntie Belle’s spiritual haiku spoke to my Lenten soul, especially the bite of rejection of her last three syllables. Bitter and accusatory. Tasty.
Holy Saturday Haiku
O Jerusalem!
I'd gather you as a hen
her chicks; You would not.
And finally, Moi at Bite the Apple. Ah, sufficiently stuffed with humor, irony and a recipe. My ultimate favorite and the winner:
Faithful feathered friend—
chopped, plucked, garlic-stuffed. Sunday's
sacrificial lamb.
Congratulations MOI - you are the winner of an original folk art painting featuring your haiku. which will be a challenge. and what a nice birthday bonus.
Everyone: well played, all of you. Please do continue to vote for your favorite haiku. The poll will close at 9 PM with an announcement of the people's choice winner.
UPDATE: thirty players this week!! I invite you all to play next week too. The winning haiku receives a folk art painting based on their haiku. The winner has the option to choose the theme, display the Badge of Great Honor on their blog, and to host if desired. If not, the hosting duties return to Troll, where the Ghost of Master Basho resides.
Please vote for your favorite Haiku on the poll below. One vote per player. Visitors may vote too. Winner of the poll will receive the peoples choice award. Thank you all for your wonderful entries. Master Basho is very pleased. Winner will be announced by 9 PM this evening. Good Luck!
Below please find the entries (so far) for this week's Haiku "Challenge of the Chicken." A big welcome to all the new players this week! I hope you come back for each weeks contest. To participate, please review the contest guidelines in the post below. The winner will receive an original folk art painting based upon their winning haiku. There is also a "people's choice" award for the haiku that receives the most "best haiku" votes from other players. An official poll will be placed on the sidebar to calculate the peoples choice winner after the 9 AM deadline on Tuesday.
**I will add the haikus as they are posted and sent to me so keep checking back for new entries. I have also asked the multi-talented Alicia Griswold, professional writer and editor back for judging as there are too many of my friends in this contest making it far too difficult for me to judge them myself. And Alicia gives great commentary too. Good Luck everyone!
Shall we begin?
From Deborah at things that are lovely:
Think your sky is falling down?
Henny Penny did-
turned out to be an acorn!
From Lisa Queen:
Love my sweet chickensThey start from a little egg
And grow to be fat
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From Dianne at Here is My Heart:
With hope in my stare
so many look but pass by
please give me a home
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From Moi at Bite the Apple
Faithful feathered friend—
chopped, plucked, garlic-stuffed. Sunday's
sacrificial lamb.
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From Pamokc
England’s oldest pub
St. Alban’s historic past
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks
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From LindyCoyote:
She’s no spring chicken
Fearful that the sky would fall
Never crossed the road
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From Yazzybel:
Echeverria!
Green chickens with little chicks,
quieter than most
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Green chickens with little chicks,
quieter than most
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From Foamy:
Sunny lad at six,
chicken whisperer supreme..
On me they just pooped.
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From MJ (the Infomaniac)
I say, boy, I say
Pay attention to me boy
I’m Foghorn Leghorn!
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From Amado Grabiel:
Gus watches the flock.
Successful with the ladies,
check out the chicks!
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From Auntie Belle:
Holy Saturday Haiku
O Jerusalem!
I'd gather you as a hen
her chicks; You would not.
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From Casey Thomas:
Fresh air fowl living
free beneath a smiling sun
oh how bright you are
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"Bok-Bok Chicken" flap
kids fly beneath feet, mother
won't let the sky fall.
kids fly beneath feet, mother
won't let the sky fall.
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rocks: a memory
southeast texas pineywoods
barnyard long ago
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From FleurdeLeo:
A singing partridge
is sweet; a partridge as a
chicken is fowl play.
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From Princess:
Bird industrious
Feathered "egg-a-day" layer
Scratch me a living
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From D. MacCarthy Farm:
Dye your Easter eggs
with Ameraucana hens.
The natural way.
From Boxer:
Fussing and clucking
She rejects straw for cotton
Unusual fowl.
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From Czar:
"Thanks to Harlan Sanders. "
Frogs, alligators,
Squirrels, possum, maybe snake.
It all tastes the same.
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Squirrels, possum, maybe snake.
It all tastes the same.
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From Conrad Boterweg:
"On Guard"
Ready for battle
this chicken defends his turf.
Like he, so should we.
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From Mayden's Voyage:
Golden tiny fluff of love
one tooth glossy eyes scattered shell emerge
cocks head fluffs wings perfection
one tooth glossy eyes scattered shell emerge
cocks head fluffs wings perfection
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From OneLittleDeer :
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From TrollStroll:
"A hero ain't just a Sandwich"
A stranger threatens?
There is one thing you should learn
Super-Chicken's name.
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From Bill Alexander:
"Hertzog said "you know
evil is stupidity when you
look in chicken eyes."
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From Karl:
Big blue and beautiful.
A wonder to see, flesh so tasty.
Chicken of the sea.
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From Buzz Kill:
Know southern fried pride?
F-ed with genetically?
Could be Last Supper.
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From Blazing Scarlet:
Birth of the Chicken Wing
Right there on Main street
Home of the original
Buffalo Wings
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From Kym at Kymical Reactions
He like a peacock, She with lovely pale colors. Quite the poultry pair. |
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From MilkWeedMama:
Bwaaaack buck buck buck whaaat?
sorry you can't have a chick
with me you are stuck
sorry you can't have a chick
with me you are stuck
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From Fishy2Me:
Articulated
counter-balanced skeleton
defines this raptor