Haiku Contest #2 // The winners

Time for the winners!

Wonderful entries, everyone. It was even tougher picking winners this time that last time. So I did what any indecisive judge does—I delayed a few days.

But now it's Monday, a few days after the contest ended, I have been thinking about the entries since, and I finally have a ranking.

Oh, before giving the winners, I also want to mention that I haven't replied to any comments up to this point because I wanted to avoid reading any of the entries until after the contest. I will reply to all of you now, after posting this.

Anyway, on with the winners!

Special Mention

@carolkean with her wonderful ku:

ladybug on my laptop
you must go
but not out into the snow

Yes, Carol, this is a haiku, and a wonderful one! So wonderful that I wanted to bend the contest rules (that you should post the haiku in the comments) and recongize it. Very well done.

Runner-Up #1

@tinypaleokitchen, with a delightful ku:

Stacked high
safe haven
for frozen wings

Runner-up #2

@tygertyger with "A talented child"

Let me sleep
wings dream of future
life transformed

3rd Place

@diebitch, with one that reminds me of my son's talking before bed every night:

Moon shines on
spider in my head
hiding monsters under bed

2nd Place

@jayo, with this nod towards Japanese mythology:

Bugs scuttling
The winter breeze
Brings the shriek of the yuki-onna

1st Place

@holothewise, with this wonderful sketch of life scene (shasei):

ice drips
from a chrysalis...
first spring wind

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Thank You!

Congratulations winners. I will send your prizes as soon as I finish this post. And thank you everyone for entering! All of you wrote really good small poems! I will post contest #3 sometime soon—I hope all of you will enter again!