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Summer haiku/haiga Contest
Sponsored by Mick Talbot

5/13/18

summertime

wisteria scent
drifting on a zephyr breeze ...
i can’t stop sneezing

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2018

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February 28, 2020 at 6:37 PM

My family has created a poetic form called Campu. It occurs when we are sitting around a campfire, collaborating on fun camping-related haiku. Example: Sleeping bag so warm / Weariness pervades my bones / Crud, I have to pee. Your haiku made me think you would be right at home amongst this rather irreverent group!

February 28, 2020 at 6:46 PM

ha ha ha I would love to join in it sounds such fun!!!!!:-) hugs Jan xx

February 28, 2020 at 2:25 PM

Jan, I love the fun ending to this. We do tend to take our haiku a little too seriously sometimes, don't we? Hugs ~ John

February 28, 2020 at 3:24 PM

I never know if I've written a real haiku - have had a few published so I can't be doing too badly at times:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

June 3, 2018 at 5:13 PM

Yours was great Haiku, Jan. Glad to see you placed at least second! Congrats, my friend.

February 28, 2020 at 3:24 PM

sorry i missed replying before:-( hugs Jan xx

June 2, 2018 at 9:57 PM

Congratulations on your placement in the summer haiku contest with this fun true haiku! I enjoyed it.

February 28, 2020 at 3:23 PM

sorry i missed replying before:-( hugs Jan xx

Pandita Sietesantos

June 2, 2018 at 9:09 AM

Beautifully and cleverly written in the style of the masters! Congratulations, dear Jan, on your well-deserved win! Hope you are enjoying a beautiful weekend! Love and hugs. Pandita

February 28, 2020 at 3:23 PM

sorry i missed replying before:-( hugs Jan xx

June 2, 2018 at 8:59 AM

Jan, congratulations on your win. I love this haiga. Warren:)

February 28, 2020 at 3:23 PM

sorry i missed replying before:-( hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

June 2, 2018 at 7:10 AM

- Congratulations on your Haiku with a great summer theme, Jan :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

February 28, 2020 at 3:23 PM

sorry i missed replying before:-( hugs Jan xx

May 17, 2018 at 4:49 AM

Nice and simple Jan. Good to be reminded of scents as I have hardly any sense of smell. Glad the sneezing is fiction for you. How do you post photos? Do they have to be copied somehow from a web page? Lisle.

May 17, 2018 at 5:01 AM

Thanks Lisle, This photo is just from the web but I do post quite a lot of pics that my hubby takes.I can't explain how to do it in this little box and you have soup mail turned off so that makes it difficult:-( hugs jan xx

May 14, 2018 at 9:14 AM

I chuckled at the end, I didn't expect it, Love it Jan xxoo

May 14, 2018 at 11:12 AM

Thanks Mike:-) hugs jan xx

May 14, 2018 at 5:24 AM

Love Wisteria, I have the same problem with Hyacinths can’t stand them, brilliant haiga Jan, good luck in contest. :))

May 14, 2018 at 11:12 AM

I'm lucky I don't suffer from hayfever and adore the scent of hyacinths but it can be rather overpowering!:-) hugs Jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 8:35 PM

I love it, Jan, :) luck in the contest

May 14, 2018 at 11:11 AM

Thanks Eve:-) hugs jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 6:12 PM

Nice haiku about those springtime plants that wreak havoc with hay fever sufferers.

May 14, 2018 at 11:10 AM

I have a friend who summers terrible at that time of year:-( hugs jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 4:02 PM

Hilarious. Love the surprise twist, Jan. Awesome.

May 13, 2018 at 4:29 PM

Thanks Line - I wasn't aiming for humour but I know some are finding the poem amusing lol:-) hugs jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 3:40 PM

Great one Jan! :)

May 13, 2018 at 3:42 PM

Thanks Heidi:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

May 13, 2018 at 3:32 PM

very cool, Jan!! I have one to post but never know for sure what will do !! The ending of yours is fab!

May 13, 2018 at 3:35 PM

Thanks Andrea I never know if I have written a proper haiku or not - will let Mick decide:-) hugs Jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 2:48 PM

I see you have an allergy to scent/pollen, Jan, but not to haiku or haiga:) gl in the contest. Hugs // paul

May 13, 2018 at 2:50 PM

Thanks Paul, it's fiction for me but I know many suffer:-) hugs Jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 1:43 PM

Sure sign of summer Jan, Love the description, the scent on a gentle breeze, thankfully have never suffered from hay fever. Good luck. Tom.

May 13, 2018 at 2:23 PM

Thanks Tom, i know some folk suffer really badly in summer:-( hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

May 13, 2018 at 1:30 PM

- This tickles in the nose, Jan :))) - Super summer haiku :) - Good luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

May 13, 2018 at 2:22 PM

Thanks Anne-Lise:-) hugs Jan xx

May 13, 2018 at 1:11 PM

I smiled at the twist! Lovely and fun!

May 13, 2018 at 1:16 PM

thanks Kim, I know many suffer from hayfever in summer :-) hugs jan xx

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