2009 Haiku Hustlers (AKA Winning Poets)

It is with great pleasure that I announce this year's winning poets:

The Haiku Hustlers

Winners should email me via f r a n n y k t (you can direct it to a gmail account) with his or her mailing address to receive their prize. The prizes for the winner of each category are as follows.

Best September Haiku - wins a song about September sung by KT
Most Humorous Haiku - wins a (FUN!) surprise
Best Haiku Series - wins a serial story by KT
Most Creative Haiku - wins a work of art by KT
Best Haiku about a Place - wins at least 1 postcard (maybe more!)

And now... the winning haiku poets!

Best September Haiku: "Gayle"
September brings a
fresh start at the year's waning:
a birthday and school.

Most Humorous Haiku: "Whits"
facebook, gchat, tweets:
what would I do without you?
work? non-existent.

Giants break my heart
Please start hitting the baseball
Can't let Rockies in

Best Haiku Series: "Heresiarch"
Murder is elementary

Agatha Christie
Gives you a cup of hot tea
laced with arsenic

Blimp enthusiast
Has enemies. One lit match:
Death by hydrogen

Helium-filled room
Is inert, as you are--trapped
With your squeaky screams

Swimming late at night
Sodium plus H2O
Explosive moment

Trapped in a peat swamp
Compressed for one million years
Crystalline carbon

Tungsten filament
Saboteur, exploding bulb
Placed to pierce my heart

Ununquadium
Half life 2.6 seconds
How long will yours be?

Orange krypton light
Illuminates Lex Luthor as
Superman is killed

Twenty-one ponies
Die, selenium overdosed
Foul play is involved

Cancer struck quickly
Must be the plutonium
You slipped in my drink

Silicon circuit
Tampered with in robot's brain
Inventor's life ends

"Sweetness shows presence
Of beryllium," he says.
He omits "It's toxic."

My pet is smiling
(My chromium manticore)
As he leaps at you

Zeus hated Al's golf
Sent bolt to strike head of Al's
Titanium club

Most Creative Haiku: "LRH"
One more souvenir
A collection most esteemed
My fake credit cards

Best Haiku about a Place: "Alli"
Let's go to the moon
There is no gravity there
Good for dance parties

Return of the Haiku Hustle

Dear Reader,

After a 3 year hiatus, it is with great pleasure that we welcome back the Haiku Hustle: A Haiku Invitational and Challenge.

An Invitation
Please (using the Comments section) submit a haiku (a series of haiku, multiple entries, are welcome). Please review the guidelines at the end of this post.

A Challenge
I will award prizes to the best haiku (best = the ones I select for any reason I choose) in the following categories:
(1) Best September Haiku
(2) Most Humorous Haiku
(3) Best Haiku Series (containing at least 3 haiku)
(4) Most Creative Haiku
(5) Best Haiku about a place
- You are welcome to include an introduction or a note along with your haiku to assist in the judging.

Guidelines
1. Entries must be posted as a comment in order to be considered. Multiple comments, posts, submissions may be made.
2. Poems must be in haiku format. They must have 3 lines in 5/7/5 syllabic form. They do not generally rhyme (no extra points for rhyming. In fact, I may dock you points).
3. Poems do not have to be traditional Haiku, but there are awards in that category. Please note that traditional Haiku are minimalist and nature-themed.
4. You do NOT have to know me to make a submission! :)
5. Rated G please.
6. Deadline = Friday, September 11th. Awards will be issued on Monday, September 14th.

I WILL NOT BE POSTING AGAIN UNTIL THE CHALLENGE IS COMPLETE! Good luck!!!

The Long Anticipated: Haiku Hustle Results !!!

Thanks everyone for (a) playing and (b) being patient! I definitely will do another invitational/challenge because of the highly creative responses! I hope you all read the comments and saw the truly awesome submissions. I've added two new categories, since we had a few emerge :)

And without further ado...

Best Autumn Haiku
Author: Meghan A C
Title: Autumn Migration

Rain and cooler days
Spiders keep warm at my door
Warden or sentries

The captive attacks
Those lurking in webbed corners
Driven mad through fear

Toxic mist rises
Death twirling on silken threads
Free their prisoner

Most Humorous Haiku - tie!
Author: Jocelyn S
Title: Ode to Singles Ward

oh colonial
madly searching for "the one"
awkwardness ensues

Author: Cam W
Title: untitled

Comfortable jeans
Holes in all the right places
Wearin’ ‘em to church

Best Haiku Series
Author: Jen S H
Title: Grade School Woes

You're my new teacher?
Are you sure you're old enough?
Incredulity

Palm sweat, beating heart
Um, will you go out with me?
Circle yes or no

An emergency
"Miss, I've really got to go!"
Plight of the fifth grade

"I need a Band-aid"
Finger in pencil sharp'ner
Teacher: "How and why?!"

Most Creative Haiku - tie!
Author: Alice P
Title: untitled

all about me, Alice
paints, scissors, cars, graphs, maps, hikes, laughs
want to join the fun?

Author: Laura R
Title: untitled

samantha attempts
to write a haiku poem
she is the master

Best Haiku about a Place - tie!
Author: Samantha H
Title: untitled

sky and rolling waves
catching small sand crabs with dad
santa cruz beaches

Author: David C
Title: Tahoe

Sierra jewel
Set in a magenta ring
Mirrors sun and stone

Best Haiku about Food - new category!
Author: Whitney
Title: untitled

Gary is too thin
I suggest milkshakes and cream
Eat Gary Eat Please

Ice cream, milk, butter
Delicious goodness from cow
Love that black and white

Author: Laura T L
Title: untitled

Pineapple and Ham
Extra Sauce and Cheese are good
Pizza is my Friend

Best Haiku about School - new category!
Author: Reija M
Title: Grading

When you asked for help
I could have told you and saved
My pen this big X.

Author: Jocelyn S
Title: Ode to Standardized Testing

g.r.e. study
math, verbal, two short essays,
can i be gordon?

Haiku Invitational & Challenge

The deadline is THIS FRIDAY! Thanks to everyone who has submitted thus far!

Dear Reader,

With the change in the seasons, it is more than appropriate to issue a Haiku Invitational and Challenge.

An Invitation
- Please (using the Comments section) submit a haiku (a series of haiku, multiple entries, are welcome). Please review the guidelines at the end of this post.

A Challenge
- I will award prizes to the best haiku (best = the ones I select for any reason I choose) in the following categories:
(1) Best Autumn Haiku
(2) Most Humorous Haiku
(3) Best Haiku Series (containing at least 3 haiku)
(4) Most Creative Haiku
(5) Best Haiku about a Place
- You are welcome to include an introduction or a note along with your haiku to assist in the judging.

Guidelines
1. Entries must be posted as a comment in order to be considered. Multiple comments, posts, submissions may be made.
2. Poems must be in haiku format. They must have 3 lines in 5/7/5 syllabic form. They do not generally rhyme (no extra points for rhyming. In fact, I may dock you points).
3. Poems do not have to be traditional Haiku, but there are awards in that category. Please note that traditional Haiku are minimalist and nature-themed.
4. You do not have to know me to make a submission! :)
5. Awards will be issued on Friday, October 13th.

I WILL NOT BE POSTING AGAIN UNTIL THE CHALLENGE IS COMPLETE! Good luck!!!