'Spring has Sprung' Haiku Contest. [Winners Announced]

Congratulations to all those that entered. And if you feel the need to continue to express yourself in this beautiful form....

You will always be welcome here at the original " Your Daily Haiku"

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Originally posted by masqua

ladyinwaiting @ 17 stars
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maria_stardust @ 14 stars
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whaaa @ 12 stars
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Edit to add that the final decision will happen on April 9, so there is still time for others to overtake those who now occupy the top 3 places.

The leaders remain unchanged from yesterday.

Star your favs... 3 days left.

Winners will be announced tonight... around 8PM EST.

And the winners are:

First Prize:

ladyinwaiting - 18 stars

Baby on edge of nest
Hesitation
Jumping means flight.

Second Prize:

maria_stardust - 15 stars

Frost slowly recedes
Persephone arises
warmth follows her wake

Third Prize:
whaaa- 14 stars

low tall earth jabs, raw
undefeated seasons grow
kindly hazily

Congratulations, winners. Excellent poems chosen by the membership.

A thank you to all who submitted.






[edit on 9/4/10 by masqua]

On another note... how does everyone feel about using stars for judging?

Do you feel it's a fair way to go?

I was a little disappointed at the lack of stars, though... was it because it was poetry or is there another reason?

Thoughts requested.

Originally posted by masqua
On another note... how does everyone feel about using stars for judging?

Do you feel it's a fair way to go?

I was a little disappointed at the lack of stars, though... was it because it was poetry or is there another reason?

Thoughts requested.

Without stars, how do you count the points?

I don't think there is enough people here that have time or effort to appreciate poetry/the arts. But that's just my observation.

Nice work ladyinwaiting and Maria_Stardust. Congratulations!

All efforts were winners in my book!

[edit on 9-4-2010 by whaaa]

Wow! Thanks Masqua for hosting this contest, it was fun.... and thanks to everyone who starred my Haiku, I appreciate it. Congrats to Maria_Stardust and Whaaa.

I really enjoyed reading everybody's! Tres fun!

A warm and hearty congratulations to both ladyinwaiting and whaa for their well-earned win. It was a pleasure to read each and every entry.

Congratulations ladyinwaiting

Congratualations maria_stardust

so, ladyinwaiting - how come you're a no-show in the haiku thread?

:-)

c'mon

we don't bite

and whaaa - congratulations to you too

for beating out Miss Congeniality :-)

(she's not all that - anyway)

but also - thank you, as usual for your haiku

and thank you masqua - for a fun thread

don't worry about the lack of stars - poetry is a hard sell sometimes

reply to post by Spiramirabilis


Miraculous Spiral ♥ !
I don't see you around much anymore (since I can't access your profile page anymore) ATS is so huge, one can get lost in it methinks.

I've thought about the Haiku thread. I will show up if I have a decent one!

Masqua, in response to your question above, I always thought a star contest would be a popularity contest, but clearly, according to who won the number one position in this one, it's not.

For contests of this nature, I think, great, because it doesn't take long to read the whole thread. But for the short story contest I'm not sure, and here is why: For fairness, all the stories would have to be read. That can be time consuming. Not sure readers would devote that kind of time to it.
A Judges panal DOES commit to reading all of them.

I guess we could try it and see......we could always go back to the panal if necessary. Whatever you decide to do suits me, of course.

*You know what might be fun insofar as a little contest like this one? A limerick contest. Limericks are my specialty! Fun-ness.

Anyway, thanks again Masqua for hosting this contest. It's been fun.

reply to post by ladyinwaiting

I've thought about the Haiku thread. I will show up if I have a decent one!

you shouldn't worry about that

if I only showed up when I thought I had a decent one - I would never show up at all

meaning - don't be afraid to suck

just show up

(I think it might be about the journey...or something equally as lame)

:-)

Originally posted by Spiramirabilis



if I only showed up when I thought I had a decent one - I would never show up at all

Modesty huh? You are the shining star of that particular thread and everyone knows it.!

reply to post by whaaa




whaaa - I know you understand what I'm saying

the creative process - for some of us at least - is nothing short of painful

much of the time

OK - some of the time for sure

putting yourself on the line is not always easy

so - best to not think about it - just do it

sometimes it comes together - sometimes it so does not

but I can tell - there were people involved in this thread that have something to say, and they would really enjoy the back and forth

they should just do it