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Shaped Haiku 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by JCB Brul 
07/14/25

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much said little done                                    |
when a spider’s hanging dead                       /
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Duke Beaufort Date: 7/17/2025 4:27:00 PM David, this is really impressive. You even included eight legs! It's a very striking image and set of words. Hope you are well! Smiles!! Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/18/2025 2:15:00 AM Hey there Duke, The eight legs were very important, people may have mistook it for an insect or something weird otherwise lol! Thanks so much, cheers David

Sara Kendrick Date: 7/17/2025 2:38:00 PM Congratulations on your winning work in this creative contest. Way to go. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Sara K Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/18/2025 2:12:00 AM Thanks Sara, I’m not sure about my imagery talents lol! But the haiku itself is not bad all things considered, cheers David

thriveni c mysore Date: 7/16/2025 9:00:00 PM There is so much thinking and effort in this shape dear poet. amazing. Congratulations on your win, cheers!!! Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/17/2025 1:37:00 AM Thank you Thriveni, it’s great when they come together and fall apart at the same time, (as in the web) cheers David

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/16/2025 10:32:00 AM cute ku indeed. Congrats Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/16/2025 3:23:00 PM Thanks Andrea, that spider was a bit dodgy to sketch lol! Cheers David

Ghairo Daniels Date: 7/16/2025 10:31:00 AM Very very unusual : one seldom sees a sad haiku. Well done, however sad for spider, David. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/16/2025 3:22:00 PM I suppose nature can be pretty sad at times Ghairo, I try to express it abstractly as only us humans can do, cheers David

Crystol Woods Date: 7/16/2025 9:54:00 AM Just... how?! How did this even come to mind!? It's very cool! The haiku wasn't left wanting either...I'm impressed! Xo Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/16/2025 3:19:00 PM Heya Crystol, the haiku itself was abstract thinking, the imagery was trial and error lol! Thanks so much, I’m delighted it impressed you, cheers David

Trina Layne Date: 7/16/2025 7:05:00 AM Congrats, David! Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/16/2025 3:14:00 PM I’m delighted Trina that this one got a placement, cheers David

Sara Etgen-Baker Date: 7/15/2025 4:06:00 PM what patience you had in creating this poem with its image. Well done, sir. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/16/2025 3:13:00 PM Thanks so much Sara, was a labour of love lol! Cheers David

Daniel Henry Rodgers Date: 7/15/2025 10:06:00 AM Hello David, first of all, it must have taken you a while to create the image, and I certainly love the words. My wife and I came home from vacation several weeks ago, and she suddenly was terrified to see the shadow of a Bat through one of our curtains. After doing my usual routine to get a bat out of the house, I noticed he was not budging. I looked, and here he had died and was dried and stiff. Starved, I take it. Summer Blessings, My Friend, Daniel Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/15/2025 11:35:00 AM Heya Daniel, thanks so much for your encouraging words; I can just imagine the silhouette of the bat through the curtains, A signal from Alfred the butler perhaps lol! You know trying to sketch a spider using characters alone is no mean task, hopefully I get a placement for my efforts, cheers David

Lin Lane Date: 7/14/2025 4:10:00 PM I’d like to see Little Miss Muffet take a seat beside it. Before you sprayed it. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/15/2025 12:07:00 AM Ha! That’s actually a very good idea Lin, but probably out of my artistic league using characters alone, I don’t think I’ve ever sprayed a spider, only invasive wasps and ants lol! Cheers David

Tom Woody Date: 7/14/2025 12:55:00 PM Nobody's weeping over a dead spider. Fosho fosho Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/14/2025 1:15:00 PM Certainly not me, perhaps this one is more metaphorical in nature, bit off more than it could chew, or slurp up lol! Cheers David

Jan Allison Date: 7/14/2025 12:37:00 PM clever poem and picture David - I much prefer to see a wily wasp in the web instead - just trying to get pest control to remove a wasps nest - the likkle buggers have invaded our bird box! hugs jan xx Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/14/2025 12:48:00 PM Heya Jan, I did a DIY job on a wasps nest in a vent near my bathroom a few weeks ago, half tin of spray killed the lot of them, best of luck getting rid of yours, cheers David