PaDiF Is Close To The End
Week three winners of a Poem a Day in February (PaDiF)
Last week our contest was for Haiku and Crab Canon. A few writers thought I meant that the contest winners would combine the two. I didn't mean that, but one was a winner in that category. So we had three categories and three winners with honorable mentions.
Most are aware that a Haiku is most often three lines with 5-7-5 syllables, and most often about nature or love. While a Crab Canon is lines written forward and then from the last line to the first, with different messages for most.
Crab canon is a format that is rather tough to master. I still don't feel I have truly captured the crab canon, as I have been going for two distinct messages in one poem. My poems are not included here as I give the prizes and they are my contests. I will submit some of mine at another time.
Anyway here are the winners with a few of the honorable mentions:
The winner for combined Haiku and Crab Canon is Carol Verant Arola, and honorable mentions are Carol Verant Arola, and Kathy Hron
Ahh Haiku Haiku
Words must be tickling my nose
Oh dear God Bless me
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Oh dear God Bless me
Words must be tickling my nose
Ahh Haiku Haiku
by Carol Verant Arola
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Crab Canon winner was Jenny Wettersten, and honorable mentions are JoAnn Boorman, Kathy Hron, Mike Singleton - MikeyDred, Jenny Wettersten, and Jennifer Sawatzky
My dog
Amber eyes
Staring
Reading my mind
His beauty
I find comforting
Fudge brown
100 pounds
Curly
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Curly
100 pounds
Fudge Brown
I find comforting
His beauty
Reading my mind
Staring
Amber eyes
My dog
by Jenny Wettersten
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The Haiku winner was Kathy Hron and the Honorable mention was Kathy Hron, and Carol Verant Arola,
Perhaps, like a kite,
You’ll only reach greater heights
When you cut the string.
by Kathy Hron
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Oh Lake Havasu
With your Paul Newman eyes, blue
Forever love you
by Kathy Hron (Honorable mention included here as votes were so close and photo was beautiful)
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Then one more entrant who received an honorable mention (Without the photo and music for the vote) was published below but for the voting, it was only the words:
To Hear All Those Notes
Going Back And Forth
All Along The Stave
♋🦀♋
All Along The Stave
Going Back And Forth
To Hear All Those Notes
by Mike Singleton - MikeyDred
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This was submitted based on Mike Singleton's recommendation and got an honorable mention from two contest judges.
About the Creator
Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Comments (7)
Wonderful absolutely wonderful!!!
Wooohooooo congratulations to all the winners! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
This was great fun, Denise E Lindquist! It was an honor to participate! Congratulations to all the winners! Mike Singleton - MikeyDred, you *always* produce amazing art. Comparing Lake Havasu with Paul Newman eyes, accompanied by that photograph, is striking. I love that analogy-- a lake conjuring up memories of everything from the Sting to Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid to Cool Hand Luke. I think that's brilliant, Kathy Hron. Everyone produced outstanding work. That crab canon by Jenny Wettersten is a freakin masterpiece! It blew my mind. That is an expert lesson right there on how to do a crab canon the right way! As for the *wrong* way? 🤷😂🤣⚡ I greatly appreciate the honorable mention for my silliness!!! Hopefully it provided a chuckle (NOT a craving for seafood.) ⚡💙⚡
Congratulations to the winners, the honorable mentions, and to all who attempted Denise's little challenge <3 I've enjoyed reading all your poems <3
I can see how picking the winners was hard to do. They are all great ones. Good job.
Thank you for the shout out and for all these wonderful words
I loved this , keep up the good work!