Source: Giphy
Does Steemit have some great contests?
Yes!
It also has MY contest!!!
Do you want to win 2 SBDs, author rewards, and some free good-vibes? Yea?
Then write a haiku! With just 17 magic syllables, you can have a chance to have it all.
Read below for haiku contest instructions, how to participate, awards, and how I'll select a winner.
Haiku Contest Instructions
Write a haiku about nature. Use previous haikus, if you have any!
This must be a one-stanza, traditional 5-7-5 haiku like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm . Here’s an example:
You may submit multiple haikus, but you need to make each haiku its own reply. Each one will be considered a separate entry.
(Big ups to all who helped me choose the theme -- @mineopoly will get .005 SBDs for suggesting it.)
How to Participate
- Reply below with your haiku. Deadine: 11:59 pm UTC, May 18, 2018.
- Upvote this post. Deadline: 11:59 pm UTC, May 18, 2018.
That's it! But...
You should also resteem this post to increase the winner's prize and give yourself some free exposure! You can participate without resteeming -- I don't give preference -- but if you do resteem, it only helps you.
Also, post your entry on your own blog! Mention @vdux and I'll give you an upvote and resteem your post.
Awards
Winner gets:
- 2 SBD
- Half of this post's author awards
- One free "shout-out" for winning
- One free resteem from me for any of the winner's posts. (You choose the post. There's no time limit but I reserve the right to refuse resteem any post I consider offensive or indecent -- I'll simply ask you for a different, non-offensive post.)
One runner-up gets:
- One free "shout-out" for winning
- One free resteem from me for any of the winner's posts. (You choose the post. There's no time limit but I reserve the right to refuse to resteem any post I consider offensive or indecent -- I'll simply ask you for a different, non-offensive post.)
How I Will Select the Winner
Within 2 days after the deadline, I will read all entries and choose a winner and runner-up. While I'll take upvotes into consideration, my selection will reflect my personal preference based on the entries you submit.
Closing Thoughts
First:
A big "AWESOME!!!" to everybody who entered a previous contest:
@giddyupngo, @chrislyr, @mineopoly, @puppetmaster1111, @calluna, @yidneth, @creatr, @acousticsteveo, @blackant, @rlt47, @viking-ventures, @steemotion, @foxfiction, @lologirl, @creyestxsa94, @yahialababidi, @jadams2k18, @doughtaker, @ladyrai, @impending.doom, @andysantics48, @felixgarciap, @godstimetim, @gamsam, @antorchajohnny, @aniketmore1925, @mameh, @tygertyger, @kaelci, @felicitas, @ayyeenn, @dmilliz, @eprolific, @jvanman, @kimberlylane, @phoenixwren, @liverussian, @herbertholmes, @dizzyjay, @emdesan, @markeverlasting, @shawnsporter, @operahoser, @eaglespirit, @tomset, @millennialnow, @preparedwombat, @apeximomen, @melissakellie, @freedomno1, @moneyinfant, @mermaidvampire, @millennialnow, @mysearchisover, @yahialababidi, @givonwayne, @pinkgeek, @boxcarblue, @ablaze, @hope-k, @rexdickson, @crescendoofpeace, @digitokash, @theunlimited, @theodora87, @mysecondself01, @pocketmouse, @jacksondavies, @ohkaaay, @lazarus-wist, @dbooster, @janesmy081316.
(Sorry if I missed anybody!)
Second:
FEEL THE HAIKU!!!!
a blazing comet
flies across the sky tonight
me, so small down here
https://steemit.com/haiku/@nenad-ristic/infinite-space-haiku-for-vdux
Great entry! Lovely sentiment. And comets and skies!
Here's another lovely sentiment:
You're only as small as you think you are.
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
https://steemit.com/haiku/@viking-ventures/spring-in-wyoming-haiku-for-vdux
That's great. Continues our convo from last contest! I resteemed, too. Thank you for the haiku!
Thank you!
Fruits stems leaves and roots
No added preservatives
Nature in one bite
Fruit - nature's fast food! Love it!
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
Thank you. I'm having a slow start this week. Thanks for the reminder.
Trash from the ocean
A cephalapod is made
Art brings awareness
Badass. Interesting question:
Some bacteria and other microorganisms have now evolved to eat plastic. Is that natural or not?
https://www.popsci.com/bacteria-enzyme-plastic-waste
We're a result of evolution and our garbage is a sort of extended phenotype said bacteria have evolved to "utilize"....so, yes
Ah! I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
Image from Pixabay
The dog park is close
So many people stop by
Not just for their dogs
https://steemit.com/haiku/@acousticsteveo/vdux-s-haiku-contest-entry-dog-park
So sweet. What kind of dog(s?) do you have?
I have a German Short Haired Pointer and a Labradoodle. 😎
Fun dogs. I have none. Two kids, though! I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
NATURE'S COUTURE
Every hue adorns
you; but radiant light, day
and night; your couture.
Image sources: marked free use
https://goo.gl/images/TdgDn7
https://goo.gl/images/YxBUZ9
https://goo.gl/images/TN8wLN
You got it! Great haiku. Every ray of sunshine is designed for a single person -- each of us, individually, and brilliant.
Thank-you for the encouragement!
And thank you for your entry! I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner.
'hoppers are mating
Isn't it interesting?
See nature's flirting!
Photo Credit :Kolash Phoneography
WHOA this is a family-oriented haiku contest. Many young grasshoppers visit this page. Do you think their parents want them to see that?!?!
Also, great haiku. Pic is amazing. Thanks for the entry!
😁😁
Young grass hoppers?
I don't think their 'hoppers eyes are too young for it though
Again, great picture. I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry! Is Kolash Phoneography your business?
oh great.
Kolash? No, it's a friend's.
Nice photos!
Robin red heart sings
To nurture is natural
Hatching blue life songs
Very nice, very nice. Thank you for another great entry!
My pleasure! Your contest is good fun and inspires creativity!
Hooray!
You WON! https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry! Did you get my transfer?
I did! Thank you! And I just posted a comment on the most recent @gratitudetrain post. As I am currently a tentative little ant I have yet to post an introduction, perhaps my Gratitude comment will suffice for a shout out?
Oh wait...I got the shout out! Anyways, again thank you @vdux.
Don't worry about a thing! I don't need a stinkin' post to write a shout-out.
Whenever you create that first post, ping me and let me know you'd like me to resteem it. Ok?
ok sounds good.
Heart in the red sand
Sunny days of love’s passion.
The sea loudly sighs.
https://steemit.com/haiku/@redheadpei/haiku-contest-heart-in-the-sand
Ah, the sea. Jealous, I'm sure. Thank you for your entry and for mentioning my contest on your page! I'm about to resteem your haiku.
Thanks for a great contest @vdux and thank you for the resteem.
Thank you!
Ice Free Arctic Means
Near Term Human Extinction
Twenty Twenty Six
Oh. Geeze. What can we do?
"Live life like you're gonna die, because you're going to." - William Shatner, 'You'll Have Time'
Not me! I'm on the blockchain, I will live forever.
Or this -- https://www.nature.com/news/arctic-2-0-what-happens-after-all-the-ice-goes-1.21431
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
MOTHER NATURE
Powerful! Loving,
mother to all. Sometimes she's
harsh, but mostly kind!
https://goo.gl/images/js1Njj
https://steemit.com/haiku/@rlt47/an-original-haiku-nature
Cool! I resteemed the post, thanks for mentioning me. You're feelin' the haiku!
Thanks @vdux. You're most welcome. I'm extremely proud to be associated with this contest and your work; I happy to promote both.
Great to see another haiku from you. I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
@vdux, Great! I will be over soon, but first, "I need to raise my game..." (Lol - that sounded great in my head)
Summer that happens?
that you leave the darkness, filling nostalgia with happiness
but you gladden the life of the one who can notice you.
That is a beautiful sentiment! And a gorgeous picture. Can you package that in the traditional 5-7-5 haiku like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm ?
Of course I hope you meet the requirements of the contest, thank you for your appreciation
Summer happens
leave nostalgia and
joys in life
Summer is hot
The eastern breeze blows
The sunset is reddish
Image
https://steemit.com/busy/@felixgarciap/haiku-contest-nature-vdux-05-11-2018
Thank you! Can you rewrite it in the traditional 5-7-5 format? I have this rule for fairness.
Summer is hot and humid
From the east the breeze raises curls
The sunset is spicy reddish
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Branches budding
Decked out in springtime finery
Welcoming the sun
Image by Pixabay User HansLinde
Of a dandelion blooms
In freshly cut grass
Image Credit by Pixabay User Rauschenberger
@calluna you know you need a traditional 5-7-5 haiku for this contest!
Awww damn, serves me right for using an app to check syllables! I don't know how I didn't notice it only gave tenacity two! (Edited - thank you)
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry! I gave you an honorable mention. Er, honourable mention.
Wooo yeah! Thank you so much! Can't wait to start on the next round!
Autumns almost done
Winter is approaching fast
Leaves litter the ground
Picture from Pixabay
https://steemit.com/poetry/@andysantics48/haiku-contest-nature-vdux
Great haiku. I forgot our seasons are upside-down from yours!
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I love the image
Phoebe jumping up and down
I miss watching FRIENDS
Hey stranger! Yes, Friends is a classic. This:
Makes you a little sniffly-nosed, right?
I especially miss the cool fashion from the 1994 season:
Beautiful male hair, no?
Great haiku, too! For this contest all entries have to be on the theme of nature. Do you want to write another haiku for the theme?
Oh... Sorry @vdux, my bad. I got carried away with Phoebe. I miss them! :(
So here's my nature-themed entry:
Food, water and air
Everything comes from nature
But what have we done?
Nice! Thank you!!
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry!
Giphy.com
Four legs and a nose
nothing else matter to him
to brings joy to me
Very sweet. Do you have a haiku about nature? Even tangentially or just a word. It's the theme of this contest!
Source
Does hummingbird know
the flower from which it drinks
it is a new one?
I have a particular flower in my backyard:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblackplant and in my language known as Flor de Cayena
There is a hummingbird that comes from time to time to eat from the plant, from which a flower is born from time to time too
BTW, I always recognize it because it makes a sound like a lighter does when you are trying to turn it on
Hey, I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for another haiku!
That's sweet. Amazing little birds!
At one with nature
I breathe in this peaceful scene
All is well with me
https://steemit.com/poetry/@trudeehunter/haiku-contest-nature-vdux-at-one-with-nature
Lovely thought and loverly picture. Where was that photo taken?
Thank you very much @vdux This photo was taken at the Botanic Gardens in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, Australia.
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry! Cheers!
Thanks very much for letting me know @vdux I will look out for the next contest. Have a great day!
Great!!! Enjoy your week!
Thank you @vdux
Love hate both poor rich
Laughs frowns on both good and bad
People have no say.
Mother Nature is impartial, it loves and hates everyone, same rain that falls on the poor falls on the rich, it laughs and frowns on both the good and the evil people, No one gets to have a say
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner. Thank you for your entry! I gave you an honorable mention.
Sturdy me teach me
You will still see newer me
I am unending.
That is my third entry. a list of my entry and more is in my post below, I hope you resteem it this time thanks @vdux
https://steemit.com/poetry/@apeximomen/haiku-contest-a-list-of-a-few-haikus-about-nature-vdux
No matter how much we sturdy nature, they are still many undiscovered and unnamed ones,
https://steemit.com/poetry/@apeximomen/haiku-contest-a-list-of-a-few-haikus-about-nature-vdux
Hey there! Thank you for the entries. I resteemed your post! Glad to have you part of this contest.
Beautifully made
All things bright and wonderful
Our God made them all
Nature is wonderful because it was made by a wonderful God
One more for you this round! Definitely 5-7-5 lol
Cherry blossom falls
Drifting down like springtime snow
Pink kisses pink cheeks
<3
Photo Credit by pixabay User Couleur
Damn you're good. Thank you! Cherry blossoms are in full bloom 'round my parts!
Havana Bananamon, the youngest member of the Banana Collective, loves to write Haiku. Here is one she wrote in honor of the springtime pollen season:
Flowers open up
Spring is springing all around
Ah-choo! Ah-ah-CHOO!
https://steemit.com/bananamemos/@bananamemos/springtime-haiku-by-havana-bananamon
Ha! Love this. Thank you! Are you organic?
Of course! Nuthin' but what Nature intended.
Thanks for visiting on our blog. We also wanted to upvote your post but it was too late, so upvoted your comment here. :-)
Thank you and congratulations @vdux. You got a lot of participants last week. I'm always glad to participate and look forward to reading Haiku's about nature. I'm burned out by the time the weekend comes along. One day I will get a contest going. In the meantime I will try my hand at Haiku.
Listen to the wind
Feel the leaves dance in the trees
Oh I just farted
♥
It's natural, buddy. No sweat. If you start a contest, you have to tell me! Collaborate?
Hello Everyone,
I'm new to the platform, I was scrolling through the poetry section, saying hi to all the talented poets. That's when I stumbled across this interesting post.
I hope I'm not "intruding or anything" - I've never heard of a Haiku before; sounds interesting. Would I be allowed to try my hand at this? It's my second day on Steemit, I'm a bit overwhelmed by how everything works, so please bear with me.
Wishing You - Love, Light and Peace
@whitelite
For sure! It's as easy as upvoting this post and following the directions on as to what a haiku entails! Welcome!
Thank-you for the warm welcome and the encouragement @shawnsporter.
Yep. @shawnsporter put it best. I see you entered. GREAT! So happy to have you part of the contest.
Indeed, his support was invaluable.
Trying to impress
Vdux, our hallowed game host
With few syllables...
(Real entry coming a little later.)
nice contest, good luck to all.
thanks
My husband just shared this with me...
OOOOOHHHH! Brilliant! Can I use that for a future post? The image and haiku, I mean.
If you mean the Haikubaru, it's not mine, so I can't help on that... I just couldn't resist showing it to you.
Maybe if you do a google search on the image you can find if there's a safe version to use.
The Haikubaru is probably safe to use given the huge number of incidents of it on Google Search! It certainly doesn't appear to be viciously protected. :-)
Good. I hate lawsuits.
Many lawsuits benefit only the lawyers...
Best avoided.
Tears run away ....
The rivers cry blood ...
Goodbye to my beloved life.
I'm sorry if I do not follow the rules. I did it in my native language and I used a translator. I like poetry, but I am chaos with English. Regards♥
Lágrimas huyen ...
Los ríos lloran sangre ...
Adiós a mi amada vida
¿Correcto?
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Giphy.com
New day arises
brand new haiku to create
I will win this time
That's a good one! But this contest has a theme -- nature. Care to try again?
Im so sorry. I hadn't noticed that
Wake up, look
live, dream and search
the beautiful life
Imagen de Pixabay
Thank you! Can you make that into a traditional 5-7-5 haiku like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm . I have this rule to keep things fair for everybody who enters, so everybody has the same rules.
I announced the contest winner https://steemit.com/contest/@vdux/winner-winner-chicken-dinner.