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Anything Christmas Haiku Contest

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 Ongoing
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.

Write your haiku in the comments below, enter as many times as you like. 1 haiku per comment please. Some people are reporting not seeing the entries on this page. We are working on the issue. Click here to see the current entries.

(Note: you do not have to register or login to our site to leave a haiku or comment. All comments are currently being moderated, so it may take a little while for your poem to appear)

 

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  1. rick lawson says

    November 21, 2021 at 10:44 am

    yule sun away
    broken hearts, christmas gone
    stockings droop

  2. Maggie says

    November 22, 2021 at 12:34 am

    Gone

    Empty, quiet house.
    Haloed lights blink red and green
    brittle needles stab.

    • rick lawson says

      November 27, 2021 at 7:17 am

      The lonely quiet beauty of Christmas.

  3. rick lawson says

    November 22, 2021 at 7:58 am

    sun sets christmas day
    unwrap the broken hearts
    sad stockings droop

  4. Joyce says

    November 22, 2021 at 10:39 am

    Trees with lights so bright
    Sparkle with bright stars at night
    Look, soft light shines on.

  5. June says

    November 24, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    Bright Christmas flowers
    Paint the season with beauty
    For the heart to see.

  6. June says

    November 24, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    Christmas offers hope
    Lighting darkness in winter
    Warming longing hearts.

  7. rick lawson says

    November 25, 2021 at 8:08 am

    christmas eve
    beloved ghosts seek
    a previous me

  8. rick lawson says

    November 27, 2021 at 7:15 am

    the old see that star
    and follow it to love
    the young twirl tinsel

  9. rick lawson says

    November 30, 2021 at 6:49 am

    gentle fire of yule
    ghosts and children ramble
    the old, smiling, sleep

  10. Mary says

    December 4, 2021 at 2:22 pm

    Christmas Snow Blossoms

    The white shawl houses
    from unforgiving snowfall
    Christmas blossom charms

  11. C.L. Charlesworth says

    December 12, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    Family

    Hugs okay for family you hate–
    next year they may be gone
    And Christmas won’t mean the same.

  12. Ryan says

    December 15, 2021 at 3:39 pm

    May our spirits be
    One in joy and charity
    Et Pax vobiscum

  13. Jen Schneider says

    December 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm

    overstuffed stockings
    drop from cold brick mantle place
    mice feast on candy

  14. Jen Schneider says

    December 20, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    ice-covered mittens
    thaw by the open fire
    crows peck marshmallows

  15. Jen Schneider says

    December 20, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    barter & banter

    family of snowman
    swap twigs and carrot noses
    under moonlit sky

  16. Jen Schneider says

    December 20, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    cars dressed of green vine
    idle at blinking red light
    as Nutcrackers march

  17. admin says

    January 11, 2022 at 6:16 am

    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.

  18. Angelyn says

    December 17, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    Christmas,

    Joy and peace is one.
    As kids playing in the snow.
    Christmas;here we go.

  19. admin says

    January 17, 2023 at 12:08 pm

    This contest is closed. Please visit our newest contest: https://www.everywritersresource.com/2023-50-world-horror-story-we-miss-halloween-contest/

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