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Feb. 28th, 2005 08:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonIn honor of the Oscars (no, I didn't watch them either)...
A while back, I posted a haiku challenge, with the winner to receive the coveted and rarely-bestowed title of Grand Master Hinode.
After a prolonged period ofsobering updeliberation by the distinguished judges, the panel has drawn a blank still life bicycle conclusion, or rather a series of conclusions:
First Prize for Excellence in Form goes to.... (drumroll please):
Distant sound of geese
Grey shapes across the sky ya --
Can snow be far off?
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christeos_pir)
Ya just can't beat a good ya.
However, in a last-minute surprise decision, First Prize for Reverse Psychology in Haiku goes to:
That is good to know /
I've never won anything /
before in my life
(devbrain)
And the Distinguished Award for Obviousness in Intent is awarded to...
I bet if I try //
I can fill this whole journal //
with silly haiku
(devbrain)
Extra bonus points for High Irreverance given here:
Tickled by a post
Tied up, then feathers start ... oh!
Not that type of post?
(devbrain)
And Eminent Mention for Admirable Sentiments here:
Telephone lifestyle //
It gives little in return //
Rethink important
(devbrain)
and here:
Who cares about rules --
The whole point about haiku
Is to make you see things in a new and different way.
(christeos_pir)
So, the final result is...you guessed it...a dead tie, with technical purity and subtlety vying with overwhelming numbers and exhausting variety. Kind of a classic east versus west scenario, in other words.
christeos_pir and devbrain, you have both won the use of the coveted title Grand Master Hinode for a period not to exceed 2 migratory cycles of the Japanese (Red-crowned) Crane or the end of your attention span, whichever comes first.
To both of you, congratulations, Hinode-shi!
For those genuinely interested in haiku, and perhaps somewhat more substantial contests, check here.
and this is just neat: http://www.gumballpoetry.com/flash/
I'm also fond of haiga. Check it out.
In conclusion, what can I end with but another haiku:
Words float on the breeze
Like cherry blossoms; haikus
by lunatic friends
A while back, I posted a haiku challenge, with the winner to receive the coveted and rarely-bestowed title of Grand Master Hinode.
After a prolonged period of
First Prize for Excellence in Form goes to.... (drumroll please):
Distant sound of geese
Grey shapes across the sky ya --
Can snow be far off?
(
christeos_pir)Ya just can't beat a good ya.
However, in a last-minute surprise decision, First Prize for Reverse Psychology in Haiku goes to:
That is good to know /
I've never won anything /
before in my life
(
devbrain)And the Distinguished Award for Obviousness in Intent is awarded to...
I bet if I try //
I can fill this whole journal //
with silly haiku
(
devbrain)Extra bonus points for High Irreverance given here:
Tickled by a post
Tied up, then feathers start ... oh!
Not that type of post?
(
devbrain)And Eminent Mention for Admirable Sentiments here:
Telephone lifestyle //
It gives little in return //
Rethink important
(
devbrain)and here:
Who cares about rules --
The whole point about haiku
Is to make you see things in a new and different way.
(
christeos_pir)So, the final result is...you guessed it...a dead tie, with technical purity and subtlety vying with overwhelming numbers and exhausting variety. Kind of a classic east versus west scenario, in other words.
christeos_pir and devbrain, you have both won the use of the coveted title Grand Master Hinode for a period not to exceed 2 migratory cycles of the Japanese (Red-crowned) Crane or the end of your attention span, whichever comes first.To both of you, congratulations, Hinode-shi!
For those genuinely interested in haiku, and perhaps somewhat more substantial contests, check here.
and this is just neat: http://www.gumballpoetry.com/flash/
I'm also fond of haiga. Check it out.
In conclusion, what can I end with but another haiku:
Words float on the breeze
Like cherry blossoms; haikus
by lunatic friends
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Date: 2005-02-28 07:29 pm (UTC)house destruction begins now
Leo: great excuse
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Date: 2005-02-28 07:46 pm (UTC)But not alone in that joy (http://www.casachaos.net/Casa_Chaos2005/pages/page_119.html)--
Pisces do it (http://www.casachaos.net/Casa_Chaos2005/pages/page_114.html) too!
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Date: 2005-02-28 11:04 pm (UTC)for making this possible:
the little people
PS: Is a Hinode more like a Cathode or an Anode?
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Date: 2005-02-28 11:42 pm (UTC)for making this possible:
the little people
You mean the Fair Folk wrote those for you? How marvelous!
PS: Is a Hinode more like a Cathode or an Anode?
Triode, Tetrode or Pentode, perhaps. Ooh, I'm showing my age there... (or at least that of my tube amp) ;>
Hinode, of course, is more like rice (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Nov/13/1113localnews12.html).
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:00 am (UTC)those too proud to seek the prize
I'm stealing the gold
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:31 am (UTC)how it always comes down to
bug'ry in the end.
don't it though?
Date: 2005-03-01 01:39 am (UTC)What a fine crew, me mateys
Here comes the white whale
Re: don't it though?
Date: 2005-03-01 02:06 am (UTC)*rolls eyes* That's what they *all* say...
Re: don't it though?
Date: 2005-03-01 02:28 am (UTC)Ye fisherman's "big white whale"
was just a minnow
Re: don't it though?
Date: 2005-03-01 04:20 am (UTC)the minnow would have been lost
on three hour tour
Re: don't it though?
Date: 2005-03-01 04:25 am (UTC)chuckles at the antics of
his "little buddy"
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Date: 2005-02-28 11:41 pm (UTC)virgos do-- think it's way fun
leos just grumble
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:35 am (UTC)random, but clever Virgos
break things precisely
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Date: 2005-03-02 09:19 pm (UTC)Taurus says that life is good
Now where's the remote?