2015 Summer Scents Contest: Closed

Inspiration

"The lime trees were in bloom.  But in the early morning only a faint fragrance drifted through the garden, an airy message, an aromatic echo of the dreams during the short summer night."
-  Isak Dinesen, Winter's Tales

As spring gives way to summer nature unveils its full palette of fragrances.  Whether it's a particular flower, fresh-cut grass, or the smell of rain, join the Haiku Club as we celebrate the beginning of summer by reminiscing over our favorite scents.



Select a Prompt

Write about a scent you've experienced recently (no matter what season you're in)

Write about a memory triggered by a scent

Create your own perfume.  Name it and describe it as you will.  There is a line of Imaginary Author scents that are delightful to read through.  Here is an example to whet your imagination:

          FALLING INTO THE SEA
          At the age of nineteen Nica Galas published her first book, the autobiographical tome
          Falling into the Sea which chronicled her short and torrid love affair among the hot
          beaches and lemon trees in the Gulf of Naples.  The breathtaking story opens with Nica
          and her girlfriends picking bunches of jasmine flower for boys while they cliff-jumped
          into the sea. An innocent first kiss erupts into an ardent summer entanglement which
          is cut short one moonlit night when her lover leaps into the dark abyss never to
          surface, leaving Nica naked on the cliffs screaming his name.

          WHEN TO WEAR: This scent is sunshine in a bottle. Wear on cloudy days to invoke
          the ardor of summer.

          NOTES: Lemon, Bergamot, Grapefruit, Lychee, Tropical Flowers & Warm Sand



Rules

Write an original poem using an Eastern poetry form of your choice.  Your poem should follow the style and structure guidelines for the chosen form.  Remember to mention the form you chose and include a reference to this contest and journal entry in your deviation comments.  Then submit your deviation to our 2015 Events gallery and note me directly.  If accepted it will be added to the contest collection and journal.  One entry per contest, please.

If you have not participated in a contest here before please consider starting now.  We are here to cultivate and encourage each other while having fun!  Check out our Events Board for information on current and upcoming activities.   



Deadline

       All entries must be received by June 1st!   



Get Involved

Help us publicize the Club, our events, and our members.   

• Mention our events in your journals and our contest news article.
• Include the-beastie's beautiful stamp, or RedDragonfly's wonderful plz version (haikuplz/haikuplz2), in your deviation comments and journals to show support for the Club!   
• Share our homepage and event journals on your preferred social media portals.
• Suggest entries for Daily Deviations and Daily Lit Deviations.
• Use ProjectComment's Commenter System to request feedback on your work.
• Read ProjectComment's Guide to Commenting and Comment Pointers to learn how to leave more constructive commentary.
• Use dALinkSystem's Link System User Guide to share deviations by other artists in your artist's comment box.

Entries   

• summer tanka by saiun


• spring darkness haiku by cattservant


• how it was, no longer is rensaku by Jade-Pandora


• to my lover tanka by 13ShadesOfPurple


• she smells sunrise on the seashore haiga by hopeburnsblue


• summer solstice tanka by AlwaysRainCheck


• summer greens tanka by Lady-Yume


• scent haiku by BrendaCarriere


• de la terre tanka by ArwynRie


• untitled haiku by creightonwrites


• singing silver tanka by crystallized-skies

Remember to give them some love!   



Judges

        

If you are interested in being a judge for this contest let us know.   
Volunteering as a judge earns you Contributor status.



Prizes

The top three selections will receive:  

• Contributor status
• A feature by the-haiku-club
• A feature by saiun

All entrants will be added to the quarterly prize drawing.  Completing challenge goals and working with under-represented forms counts double.  On July 1st, 2015 a winner will be randomly drawn and given the choice of either:

• Haiku: A Poet's Guide by Lee Gurga


• Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart by Patricia Donegan
  

If you are willing to contribute prizes for this contest let us know.