2015 HaikuWriMo: Winners

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Haiku Club's 2015 HaikuWriMo!



 The Spirit Award was a tie between:

• EphemeralEloquence
  - Comments were wonderful, warm and sometimes even so fun they sparked further conversation (:
  


• Weidenlied
  - For all the wonderful comments s/he has left for others, from large and insightful feedback's and commentary to simple praise and encouragement
  - Always dropped by with the most supportive, positive comments, making you smile and happy to carry on.
  

 First Place goes to day 10 by Formel

What a wonderful way to describe falling blossoms; beautiful!

2015 April HaikuWriMo21/04/2015
on bus ride
brown blurs into green
trees fly by
20/04/2015
standing mute
forest silence
condemns me
11/04/2015
is this sharp?
bleeding fingertip
...confirmed
10/04/2015
snowfall of
apricot petals
blown away
09/04/2015
golden mist
steeple with cross
by gentle hills
08/04/2015
hit a wall
it's anyone's guess
why I did
04/04/2015
empty grave
they found redemption
the third day
03/04/2015
sun and rain
- devil's beating his wife -
gramps'd say
02/04/2015
cloud layers
stormy grey to fluff
sun spears through
01/04/2015
fresh-green fields
sprout, tenacity
at its best



 Second Place goes to day 5 by Weidenlied

I love the closing line

HaikuWriMo 2015#1: April's Fool! April, April!
Du dachtest wohl
es würd der Frühling kommen.
April, April!
And you thought
Spring was coming.
April's fool!
#2: Firefly
I light my matches
and set the flies afire
still not beautiful.
#3: Zaubertrank I
Drei Flaumfedern und
eine handvoll Krokusduft
gelöst in Honig
wird im Garten zu Frühling
und in der Stadt zu Lachen.
#4: Magischer Moment/ Magic Moment
In mondfinst'rer Nacht
auf taubenetzter Heide
das Lied der Pappel.
In moondarkenend night
on dew- moistened heather
the cottonwood's song.
#5: Zaubtertrank II /Magic Potion II
Das Fläschchen voll Glück
aus Regen und Sonnenschein
zaubert ein Lächeln.
The bottle full of luck
made from rain and sunshine
casts a smile.
#6: Frühlingstraum/ Dream of Spring
Ein leises Flüstern
schimmert zwischen Eichblättern
Persephone träumt.
A silent whisper
shimmering between oak leaves
Persephone dreams.
#7: Birth of a poem
Stuck behind my throat
all those words piling up



 Third Place goes to day 2 by 50ftBuddha

It's such a wonderful look at complacent everyday life, transformed by poetry





Honorable Mentions go to:

 day 10 by EphemeralEloquence

2015 April HaikuWriMo13. Silence Sacred
Hush, hush, don't speak now.
The silence is like a veil,
shrouding us in night.
Behind its screen, we are a
deep mystery, kept from light.
12. Morning Bus Stop
The crisp morning air
is tugging on my skirt hem,
begging me to dance
beneath a yellowing skyline
and a thin grin of a moon.
11. Nostalgia
Homesick reverie
is a spring rain in my chest
with you beside me.
10. Mystic
The skin of the trees
is rough, cracked, and puzzling.
I read the riddles
concealed in the fractured bark
with fingers as callused and scarred.
09. Sixteen
We give too much when
we are sixteen and in love;
we lose it all when
we are desperate to gain
everything by gaining love.
08. Broken
Sallow skin and scars
may define her brokenness,
but her strength defines beauty.
07. All I Ask of You
Promises of love
and protection fall like snow,
soft and enchanting.
Stolen kisses bloom amidst
winter like sweet camellia.
Betrayed and denied,
love


 day 6 by Lady-Yume




 day 4 by Louis-Desormeaux

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Special thanks go to DeiSophia, RedDragonfly, and saiun for providing prizes.