This is the first time we are running this contest. We are looking for a haiku that has anything to do with Christmas or the holidays. It could have a feast in it, snow, snowmen, Christmas trees, lights, anything Christmas to be considered as a winner. Please remember the winning haiku will be in our print and digital issue, and some of the entries will be included as well. The amount of Christmas in the poem doesn’t matter, but it has to have something of Christmas in it.
Haiku has to be a traditional form, but we are not going by conventions. Five 7 Five is ok here. We are looking for that warm and fuzzy feeling here, or insightful. The highest quality haiku with the best message and imagery will be the winner. The more Christmas the better, but it can be ANYTHING Christmas to be considered.
Anyway quick rules:
Haiku
5 7 5 form
Anything Christmas in it
Deadline is December 20, 2021
Post the Haiku in the comments below
If you have any questions the only other answers I have is this example. I wrote it. It’s not fantastic or anything. Also, I’ve screwed up the count many times on these things, so if it is off, you let me know in the comments:
Ex-lover
The transformation
left her naked, shivering
beside the remains
I know it’s not traditional to put a title with it, but I think it’s a nice touch, so feel free.
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kerry rawlinson says
tinsel
whatever cheap shine
you drape to cheer our spirits
is just fine with me
Margaret Doleman says
Finally, again
Laughter in busy kitchens
As it used to be
Fabio Sassi says
Wrapped empty boxes
for imaginary friends
no Christmas greetings
Genie Nakano says
BARREN
the Christmas season
was always ambivilent
four miscarriages
Genie Nakano says
the Christmas season
is always ambivilent
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Genie Nakano says
FOR THE CHILDREN
Christmas for children
lights glowing in their bright eyes
the pure innocense
Genie Nakano says
It is all about
love compassion hope and faitjh
holiday season
Vennessa Scholtz says
Tinsel, lights, and trees
A babe born for you and me
Bringing goodwill, peace
Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo says
Love, in a pure son,
Oh,come let’s us adore him
Deck the house with joy.
Christopher Fly says
Kids are grown and gone
A Christmas warm and cozy
Just like the first one
Angelyn says
Snowflakes,
Catching them in mittens,
on eyelashes and on the tongue.
Like a Christmas song .
Herb Shippey says
A star in the sky,
a star on the Christmas tree–
harbingers of joy.
Carole Mertz says
Rejoicing
Festive greens, tinsel
Mistletoe hanging above
Babe in manger, LOVE
Carole Mertz says
Starry Sky
Peaceful dove flies ’round
Snow is stacked on evergreens
Silence of the Night
Jim Landwehr says
1973
Christmas at mom’s house
ribbon candy, relatives
and a midnight mass
Jim Landwehr says
All I Want…
Mood rings, lava lamps
pet rocks, cabbage patch, walkmans
gifts of yesteryear
W.C. Wolfe says
Mixed Berries
Hanging above us
Mistletoe green and Holly
Your lips burn. Passion!
W.C. Wolfe says
First Times
This is the first time
The first Christmas in my life
Missing you mother
W.C. Wolfe says
Eve of Christmas
Christmas Eve has come
Smiling faces around me
Loving embraces
Herb Shippey says
Christmas bells ringing
beside red pots on the streets.
A time for giving.
Connie McKenzie says
frozen raindrops hang
from tree branches cold and bare –
Christmas fairy lights
Angelyn says
A Christmas party
Couples dancing and singing
Champagne all around
Genie Nakano says
the Christmas tree lights
line the houses and the lanes
sparkle in our eyes
Genie Nakano says
a little magic
everywhere we go and see
that’s what Christmas is
Genie Nakano says
peace, love, kindness
it’s time for more compassion
that’s what Christmas is
Genie Nakano says
Christmas Eve
t’was a silent night
a peaceful world in our dreams
believe it or not
rick lawson says
yule sun away
broken hearts, christmas gone
stockings droop
Maggie says
Gone
Empty, quiet house.
Haloed lights blink red and green
brittle needles stab.
rick lawson says
The lonely quiet beauty of Christmas.
rick lawson says
sun sets christmas day
unwrap the broken hearts
sad stockings droop
Joyce says
Trees with lights so bright
Sparkle with bright stars at night
Look, soft light shines on.
June says
Bright Christmas flowers
Paint the season with beauty
For the heart to see.
June says
Christmas offers hope
Lighting darkness in winter
Warming longing hearts.
rick lawson says
christmas eve
beloved ghosts seek
a previous me
rick lawson says
the old see that star
and follow it to love
the young twirl tinsel
rick lawson says
gentle fire of yule
ghosts and children ramble
the old, smiling, sleep
Mary says
Christmas Snow Blossoms
The white shawl houses
from unforgiving snowfall
Christmas blossom charms
C.L. Charlesworth says
Family
Hugs okay for family you hate–
next year they may be gone
And Christmas won’t mean the same.
Ryan says
May our spirits be
One in joy and charity
Et Pax vobiscum
Jen Schneider says
overstuffed stockings
drop from cold brick mantle place
mice feast on candy
Jen Schneider says
ice-covered mittens
thaw by the open fire
crows peck marshmallows
Jen Schneider says
barter & banter
family of snowman
swap twigs and carrot noses
under moonlit sky
Jen Schneider says
cars dressed of green vine
idle at blinking red light
as Nutcrackers march
admin says
Our winner:
Vennessa Scholtz
Tinsel, lights, and trees
A babe born for you and me
Bringing goodwill, peace
Congratulations! All of these entries were amazing, and I love this contest! This Haiku won in the end for having both image and message while staying true to form.