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Haiku Buckaroo V: Go For It!
by Leslie
I love haiku. Who doesn’t? Only people with no souls. Haikus are great fun to read and a quick, but effective writing challenge. I write one everyday. And twice a year I invite you to enter The Haiku Buckaroo Contest. Because the only thing more fun than writing haiku is winning at haiku. So, won’t you please enter?
Here’s how to do it:
Write a haiku.
(A haiku has 17 syllables:
seven in the second line
five in the third line
Just so you know.)
Bloggers: Post your haiku on your blog. Please mention this contest, link to it in your post and let the link love flow. Like a mountain stream! Once your post is published, submit a link directly to your entry post with the Mr. Linky below.
Non-Bloggers: Submit your haiku via this entry form. I will provide a page on which all non-blogger haiku submissions will appear. Once your submission is received, it will be included on the non-blogger haiku submission page and a link to it will be added to Mr. Linky under your name.
You may enter more than once. You may enter a previously published haiku. Each haiku will be judged individually.
The contest winner (a.k.a. The Haiku Buckaroo) will receive:
The contest deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST, Wednesday August 12th. The winner will be announced on Monday August 17th.
Just seventeen syllables
And it could be you
Good luck!
*Edited to add: It has come to my attention that Mr. Linky isn’t working for everyone. I’m sorry! I don’t know what his freaking problem is. If he won’t work for you or you just don’t trust him to do the job, feel free to submit your link in the comments or via e-mail (admin [at] mymommysplace.com) or with this entry form (I’m all about options! And flexibility! See how much I want you to enter? Why haven’t you? Come on! Please?) and I’ll make a big honking list here of all the entries. Because I love you.
Haiku Entries submitted by Toni.
Haiku Buckaroo V submitted by Goofball.
Under the Wire submitted by Mo’Jenn.
Haiku Buckaroo, Y’all submitted by Allyson.
Haiku Buckaroo V submitted by Lilacspecs.
Non-Blogger Entries
Comments
20 Cool Kids Commented
Stuff I Do
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Stuff You Should Do
You know, Stuff.
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! And I’ve been on haiku hiatus, so hopefully some good ones will just spill right out.
Hoping Haiku thought
Won’t abandon me like always
I want to play now
Oh, crap. This Haiku Buckaroo business is STRESSFUL, yo.
[...] You remember haiku, right? It’s that funny non-rhyming poetry that’s all about the syllables. Here’s a refresher: Five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five more in the third. See? Easy peasy. Armed with this knowledge you now have the power to be the next Haiku Buckaroo. (A highly coveted honor … at least I highly covet the honor) Click over to My Mommy’s Place to read the official rules and all that. Then get to writing! [...]
[...] Are you a Haiku Buckaroo? You could be. [...]
Yes! Let the haiku flow!
You can do it, Jen.
Five. Seven. Five. Go for it!
Syllables are cool!
Oh no! It’s fun! It’s supposed to be FUN! Just think of all the FUN!
huh? mr linky is empty now
You’re not the only one. Damn, Mr. Linky! Obviously, he hates haiku. I’m going to post a big ‘ole list of entries, like I did way back in the day. Stinkin’ Linky.
[...] It’s that time again. Haiku Buckaroo, hosted at My Mommy’s Place, is off and running and ending tonight actually. Go on over and check out the entries. Or enter yourself! Haiku…all the cool kids are doing it. [...]
http://www.lilacspecs.com/2009/08/haiku-buckaroo-v/
There ya go.
[...] Leslie runs a contest a couple of times each year called The Haiku Buckaroo wherein she invites bloggers and non-bloggers alike to get their haiku on with her and enter the competition for the title. [...]
Here are my entries. Thanks!
http://allyson-lifewithus.blogspot.com/2009/08/haiku-buckaroo-yall.html
I’m in! And not a moment to spare!
I adore you, Buck! I adore the Buckaroo!!
http://mojenn.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/under-the-wire/
Yay!
You ROCK!
I can’t tell you how happy I was to see your entry!
[...] Somehow I never posted my Buckaroo haiku on the front page ~ not certain why. Anyway, today I found the perfect picture accompaniment from Dora’s early days and had to share. [...]
[...] I used to link these to site which hosted Haiku Friday but as I can’t find that anymore and feel like I owe Leslie this link anyway, I am now linking my haiku to her place. She’s terrific, just in case you didn’t know, and just in case you’re not reading her yet, you really should. You’ll find her here. In addition to being a brilliant writer, mother, wife and human being, she also writes a haiku every day. Also, it’s her fault I ever began writing them or at writing them this time around anyway. The initial fault for my haiku obsession lies with my fifth grade teacher who introduced the art form. But, seriously, that’s a bit beside the point isn’t it? I mean, how do you link to your fifth grade teacher, honestly? Leslie is the originator of the Haiku Buckaroo contest which I have entered faithfully since it’s inception, but have yet to master. So, her fault, her link. Now, go read her. Find what I say [...]