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Judging Haiku Spring Explosion

Blog Posted:4/4/2019 12:24:00 PM

It has been brought to my attention some question as to how Spring Explosion was judged; because I did not specify strict haiku rules, I tried to balance form with the "explosion" feeling I was looking for. If I was judging strictly haiku form, the winners list would have been undoubtably different. My apologies.

That said, thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winners.

I will not host another Haiku Contest until I am sure I can judge it properly.

Again, my apologies. I am still learning as a poet, and as a contest host.

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Tom
Cunningham

Date: 4/5/2019 4:17:00 AM

I have never held a contest so I do not know what is involved, but I imagine there is a lot of work done behind the scenes. Yes ,there will be winners and losers as not everyone can place and if people can't handle that then don't enter the contest, simple. Tom

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 4/4/2019 8:03:00 PM

Maureen, Thank you for sponsoring contests! Unless it is specified in the contest, the correct form, etc you can judge the way you want to! People need to be able to lose graciously and not question a person's judging! I can't believe you were questioned about it!! I hope you still feel that you can run another haiku contest!

Eve
Roper

Date: 4/4/2019 5:48:00 PM

Maureen, I am no expert , but it is hard to change a habit that I am comfortable with. So not unless a sponsor states any different for them to judge, I will stay with the 5-7-5 and strictly nature. What I read they were all wonderful poems.. Congratulations to all the winners. Hugs Eve ~`*

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 4/4/2019 3:55:00 PM

I had supposed you wanted 5/7/5 since so many sponsors want them that way, even though the 5/7/5 is not considered acceptable by many modern haiku societies today. Congrats to your winners, Maureen. I am sure you judged as best as you could, going by which ones touched you the most.

craig
cornish

Date: 4/4/2019 12:43:00 PM

Ironically Maureen there is no "specific" way to judge Haiku--I will lead you to something that will confuse you even more. There are no strict Haiku rules but there is a venue of adaptations that can play with ideas that will gladly fall under the definition.

Maureen McGreavy
Date: 4/4/2019 1:37:00 PM

Funny you should say that, the 5/7/5 would be the first to go ;) thank you Craig

craig cornish
Date: 4/4/2019 12:50:00 PM

One thing for sure---you can toss the 5-7-5 syllable count as a fixed rule

craig cornish
Date: 4/4/2019 12:44:00 PM

and BTW we are all still learning...forever

My Past Blog Posts


She Inspires Contest Series Date Posted: 3/4/2020 1:41:00 PM
Lovely Poems Date Posted: 9/15/2019 9:22:00 AM
Judging Haiku Spring Explosion Date Posted: 4/4/2019 12:24:00 PM
NOTE Free Verse Contests Date Posted: 1/6/2019 3:57:00 PM
Brainy Brevity Contest Date Please Date Posted: 12/31/2018 9:16:00 AM
Biker's Dozen Finish Line Date Posted: 10/3/2018 2:19:00 PM
MagiCicada13 Thank You Date Posted: 8/21/2018 11:38:00 AM
Thank You Julia Ward Date Posted: 8/5/2018 6:51:00 AM
MagiCicada 13 Date Posted: 6/21/2018 7:58:00 AM
MagiCicada Finalized Date Posted: 6/15/2018 9:15:00 AM
Thank You Date Posted: 3/15/2018 9:53:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
2/28/2021	plastered pallette	Senryu	art,hate,
2/26/2021	nay burr	Senryu	introspection,
2/23/2021	passing passerine	Haiku	bird,
2/7/2021	sea change	Epigram	introspection,metaphor,
2/1/2021	economies of scars	Senryu	abuse,native american,pol
1/25/2021	love at first sight	Monoku	true love,
1/18/2021	Thank you Soupers	Narrative	community,
1/18/2021	chickadee	Haiku	bird,
1/14/2021	men of pause	Senryu	men,women,
1/9/2021	hot air	Senryu	conflict,
1/7/2021	long live the limerick king	Monoku	appreciation,poets,
12/30/2020	snowblind NPM	Haiku	bird,winter,
12/28/2020	windstorm	Haiku	bird,wind,
12/28/2020	a heavy light thought	Verse	death,life,
12/24/2020	Sound Science	Rhyme	parody,science,song,
12/21/2020	limited	Senryu	change,introspection,
12/15/2020	chill	Verse	cool,introspection,
12/14/2020	aftertaste	Verse	addiction,
12/13/2020	a sporkful of surreal	Rhyme	body,food,
12/12/2020	Mad Ravings Of A Woke Libtard	Monoku	integrity,
11/18/2020	ravens	Haiku	bird,
11/18/2020	But a Spell	Free verse	allusion,
11/9/2020	water colour	Haiku	art,autumn,
10/27/2020	war of the words	Senryu	fun,language,word play,
10/16/2020	remote control	Epigram	faith,fate,word play,
9/29/2020	target practice	Senryu	anti bullying,
9/27/2020	deeply divisible truth	Senryu	conflict,environment,soci
9/26/2020	big bird theory	Couplet	appreciation,bird,life,
9/15/2020	true story	Senryu	books,change,fate,poets,
9/9/2020	fossil fuelled	Senryu	environment,society,
8/28/2020	If I Am A Super Grover	Monoku	giving,
8/28/2020	thread	Monoku	allegory,extended metapho
8/27/2020	dont blink	Verse	life,
8/23/2020	periwinkle wink	Haiku	color,flower,
8/20/2020	fall for her	Senryu	autumn,introspection,woma
8/14/2020	making waves - ziket	Free verse	wisdom,woman,
8/13/2020	Asteroid Gravity Graced	Narrative	dog,star,
8/11/2020	warming warning	Senryu	absence,environment,exten
8/10/2020	observation	Epigram	beauty,introspection,miss
8/9/2020	words with a bird	Haiku	bird,
8/9/2020	a wrinkle in time	Monoku	age,appreciation,beauty,
8/9/2020	in a too too	Senryu	suicide,
8/8/2020	it too	Senryu	life,
8/6/2020	need a new vacuum	Senryu	motivation,
8/6/2020	August 6th 2020 in Ottawa	Haiku	remember,war,
8/4/2020	cut	Senryu	abuse,pain,
8/3/2020	haiku - sunflower	Haiku	bird,flower,summer,
8/1/2020	genderational	Senryu	grandmother,mother daught
7/27/2020	Unremarked Grave	Verse	death,memory,
7/23/2020	off putting	Shape	america,conflict,for her,
7/23/2020	price tag	Senryu	america,conflict,
7/22/2020	effervescence	Senryu	addiction,sad love,
7/17/2020	poly tic	Senryu	political,society,
7/15/2020	oh my god	Haiku	earth,god,
7/9/2020	Memory in Black and White	Haibun	grandmother,memory,racism
7/5/2020	justice just is	Senryu	political,society,
7/2/2020	The Astronomical Mighty Maybe	Personification	life,miracle,star,
6/27/2020	In Search Of Peace	Free verse	appreciation,bird,change,
6/25/2020	opinion	Senryu	extended metaphor,word pl
6/23/2020	Toxic Femininity	Senryu	abuse,women,
6/23/2020	POTD	Senryu	conflict,extended metapho
6/22/2020	tunnel vision	Verse	introspection,pain,
6/16/2020	silence	Senryu	appreciation,poems,poets,
6/12/2020	Days of Ore	Light Verse	death,humor,science,
6/10/2020	Estranged Brew	Carpe Diem	addiction,mental illness,
6/4/2020	Repost - Low Hanging Fruit - One Year Later Still Waiting	Free verse	missing,murder,women,
6/2/2020	Stanford Says	Couplet	corruption,history,power,
5/31/2020	The Apple Diet	Couplet	for her,
5/31/2020	Standup Hugs	Free verse	break up,funny love,
5/30/2020	Launching A Neutral Line	Light Verse	color,
5/30/2020	Hot Crock	Senryu	america,extended metaphor
5/30/2020	VIDEO AD VERSE	Verse	black african american,ca
5/28/2020	motherly	Epigram	love,mother,
5/27/2020	Winning Trick	Epigram	allusion,magic,political,
5/26/2020	change in the till	Epigram	health,money,society,
5/25/2020	Un Sustain Able	Senryu	america,anxiety,
5/24/2020	vengeful vogon kitchen ku	Vogon	anger,
5/23/2020	tense senryu	Senryu	extended metaphor,introsp
5/23/2020	pigeon launcher	Verse	bird,memory,poetry,
5/23/2020	dog days	Senryu	extended metaphor,
5/21/2020	May 20th 2020	Haiku	butterfly,sound,
5/21/2020	on calling it what it is	Senryu	child abuse,
5/19/2020	May 19th 2020	Haiku	bird,
5/19/2020	beyond the great blue wonder	Senryu	color,introspection,race,
5/18/2020	The Day The Sky Fell	Haiku	bird,conflict,rights,
5/16/2020	Wisdom	Epigram	introspection,wisdom,
5/16/2020	calculating volume and weight	Senryu	anxiety,fish,food,power,
5/15/2020	bedtime ku	Senryu	funny love,sleep,
5/15/2020	May 10th 2020	Haiku	appreciation,spring,
5/14/2020	On The Level	Light Verse	introspection,word play,
5/13/2020	Chicken Soup For The Nose	Monoku	appreciation,food,senses,
5/12/2020	Mother Knows - Repost for Indiana	Free verse	earth,humanity,nature,
5/12/2020	I Am	List	i am,
5/11/2020	Fart Flack	Senryu	anti bullying,care,commun
5/9/2020	family secrets	Senryu	abuse,faith,family,
5/9/2020	Baby May I	Verse	birthday,mother,mothers d
5/9/2020	blue jay pitch	Haiku	bird,sound,
5/8/2020	kicks for hicks	Verse	me,poetry,
5/7/2020	population plummet	Monoku	bird,sad,sports,word play
5/7/2020	unsweetened sugarbush	Haiku	bird,sad,spring,tree,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
OBSERVATION - 2017	Free verse	corruption,
Camera Woman	Haiku	irony,life,
Friendship Is No One Way Street - For Tim	Free verse	friendship,men,
Wood Wide Web	Rhyme	tree,
Witty Darkness	Free verse	africa,power,satire,
A RED NECK LOVE POEM	Quatrain	valentines day,
Outside the lines	Free verse	love,poetry,
I DANCE	Prose Poetry	abuse,dance,music,pain,
Scene From A Bike Ride	Prose Poetry	analogy,animal,beauty,env
Clanging Echoes	Prose Poetry	allegory,analogy,death,ho
A Crow's Command	Rhyme	adventure,courage,history
A Kitschy Keepsake	Kimo	heartbreak,success,
GLACIER LINES	Free verse	abuse,angst,anxiety,hurt,
Mysteries of Life - a collaboration with Chris Green	Free verse	art,life,mystery,
Weed and War	Couplet	anger,drug,political,pris
Dance With the Devil	Terza Rima	depression,grief,horror,p
rules for having a side chick	Free verse	feelings,funny,funny love
PAS MUET	Free verse	depression,i am,mental il
a woman of substance	Blank verse	best friend,
A Talking Door - Mental Hospital 1	Narrative	allusion,anxiety,mental i
I'm Disabled, Not Stupid	Rhyme	discrimination,
Noise in her Mind	Free verse	love,
Under The Influence	Political Verse	culture,health,humor,
21st Century Indian	Free verse	culture,discrimination,ho
Haiku - Between Rose Petals	Haiku	nature,
I write poems	Free verse	allusion,education,poems,
A Chicago Pearl	Free verse	life,
Still July	Free verse	summer,
jealous-moon	Rhyme	beauty,jealousy,romance,s
He Doesn't Shhhh Me Anymore	Rhyme	eulogy,
Boys Don't Cry	Free verse	cry,
The Battle Of The Words	Free verse	analogy,beautiful,words,
Backwardness	Triolet	change,satire,
Dance The Day Away - Collaboration with Chris Green	Rhyme	beautiful,fun,happy,
Veracious To Lay	Rhyme	truth,
Funny as a Heart Attack	Blank verse	heart,sick,
life with Trump XVII	Limerick	allegory,anger,perspectiv
American Rainbow	Blank verse	racism,
God Among the Clouds	Free verse	longing,
A Screened-In Porch	Rhyme	home,
My Head is a Monster	Couplet	confusion,crazy,suicide,s
PeoplExpress	Free verse	anxiety,
On Tour	Sonnet	adventure,nature,travel,v
Naked Clowns Demented Brother - a rant	Political Verse	bullying,confusion,humor,
Eclipse	Rhyme	earth,hate,moon,nature,su
I am Poetry	Personification	beauty,nature,poetry,
Make The pen bleed	Free verse	deep,feelings,meaningful,
Nail Polish	Rhyme	kids,giggle,humor,humorou
Angels	Free verse	angel,children,daughter,
An open poem sans punctuation	Free verse	poetry,war,
Santa's Bad Day	Couplet	christmas,holiday,horror,
The Great Ordeal	Free verse	africa,conflict,courage,d
Reverie	Free verse	absence,adventure,beautif
Granpa	Free verse	africa,
Psychopathy, Nature's Anti Depressant	Rhyme	depression,
House of Mirrors	Monoku	art,conflict,fear,imagery
STOP RIGHT THERE	Free verse	appreciation,hope,poetry,
Eidolon	Rhyme	introspection,metaphor,sp
Two Sides of a Coin	Rhyme	grandmother,image,
The Lonely Book	Free verse	allusion,appreciation,boo
Let's Eat Grandma	Limerick	fun,
whose bliss is this	Free verse	earth,heart,wisdom,
Me Myself And I	Quatrain	analogy,appreciation,char
legs of women	Free verse	absence,appreciation,endu
What Poets Do	Rhyme	poetry,poets,
Rainbows of Balloons	Lyric	friendship,song,spring,
November rain	Free verse	death,deep,sad,
perfect	Free verse	introspection,
JUST A TOOTHPICK	Blank verse	imagery,
CLOWNING AROUND	Limerick	body,humorous,
lifted	Free verse	anti bullying,bird,
Of Small Things	Free verse	beautiful,feelings,love,s
Footle - Fabulous Fun Footles	Footle	funny,
DESTINY AND THE STARS	Couplet	destiny,men,stars,
A Gesture of Gratefulness	Sonnet	animal,emotions,
There Lies Art	Free verse	art,death,drink,lonely,ph
Dark Wings	Free verse	dance,metaphor,passion,se
I Love You, Old Man	Rhyme	age,dad,emotions,grandchi
If Your Mountains Should Crumble	Rhyme	appreciation,courage,dedi
Jimerick: Racing Certainty	Limerick	animal,horse,humor,succes
Hope	Monoku	children,conflict,future,
An Insect on Trial	Rhyme	animal,fate,insect,irony,
Rain from the head	Free verse	metaphor,wisdom,
Fate	Free verse	love,
The Treasure Of Giving	Free verse	care,caregiving,feelings,
Silent Sounds	Limerick	earth,
Wine bottle full of wisdom	Free verse	satire,wine,wisdom,
Bubble Dweller	Free verse	relationship,
Waterfowler's Delight	Rhyme	adventure,beautiful,bird,
Smokescreen	Lyric	deep,depression,sad,
BELOW ZERO	Verse	weather,
Coma	Free verse	emotions,feelings,memory,
Rocky Road	Dramatic Verse	angst,
The Philosopher's Sonnet	Sonnet	death,depression,hope,jud
My Granddaddy Said	Rhyme	grandfather,life,
Beauty and beast	I do not know?	analogy,identity,meaningf
Break My Bones	Free verse	language,people,poetry,wi
LOVE LETTER	Rhyme	animal,cute love,humorous
Ink bleeds only for you	Free verse	death,i love you,love,
Another gold	Couplet	satire,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Spica Toska	China (PRC)	Read
Rico Leffanta	United States	Read
Roy Jerden	United States	Read
Freddie Robinson Jr.	United States	Read
Darlene Smith	United States	Read
Richard Olson	United States	Read
lim'rik flats	US Minor Outlying Islands	Read
Mike Hauser	United States	Read
JAN ALLISON	Isle Of Man	Read
Victoria Payne	United Kingdom	Read
Emmanuel Brian Oule	Uganda	Read
Jenny Linsel	United Kingdom	Read
KHADIJA TAYABALI	United States	Read
Anna Nomaly	United States	Read
Donal Mahoney	United States	Read
Solomon Ochwo-Oburu	Uganda	Read
Pandita Sanchez	United States	Read
Anthony Ozenne	United States	Read
Fatima Ammar	United Kingdom	Read
Alex Duffy	United Kingdom	Read
Eiza Evangelista	Philippines	Read
John Hamilton	Canada	Read
Duke Beaufort	United States	Read
B. Joseph Fitzsimons	United States	Read
Ike Boat	Ghana	Read
John Herlihy	United States	Read
Gary Onderisin	Canada	Read
Liam Alepta	United States	Read
Gail Foster	United Kingdom	Read
Gregory R Barden	United States	Read
Jack Ellison	Canada	Read
John Hanson	Canada	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Etienne Lariviere	France	Read
Mbizo Chirasha	Zimbabwe	Read
Charlie Smith	United States	Read
Aniruddha Pathak	India	Read
Iris Blade	United States	Read
Armani ArmaniA	Canada	Read
Running Wolves	United States	Read
Phillip Garcia	United States	Read
millard lowe	United States	Read
PoetPrentice Dupins	United States	Read
Choene Alley Semenya	South Africa	Read
Deadd Accountt	United States	Read
Anne-Marie Coreggia	United States	Read
Kim Rodrigues	United States	Read
Stephe Watson	United States	Read
John Anderson	Australia	Read
Darren White	Netherlands	Read
Zara Bosman	United Kingdom	Read
David G. Moore	United States	Read
Jaquay Atkins	United States	Read
John Floyd	United States	Read
James Swartz	United States	Read
Dominic Amezimi	Nigeria	Read
Dale Gregory Cozart	United States	Read
Agnes Krampe	United States	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
PATRICIA CRESSWELL	Canada	Read
Faraz Ajmal	Pakistan	Read
Justin Clason	United States	Read
Robert Warlov	United States	Read
Michael Vacek	United States	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read
James Edward Lee Sr.	United States	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Vijay Pandit	United States	Read
Silent One	United Kingdom	Read
Vickie Hurtt - Thayer	United States	Read
Kara Gru	United Kingdom	Read
Sherifat Aduku	Nigeria	Read
Becca Teagan	United States	Read
The End Commune	Sweden	Read
Sara Ella	United States	Read
Christopher Flaherty	United Kingdom	Read
Canny Amah	Nigeria	Read
PAT Adams	United States	Read
Joseph Kimbugwe	Uganda	Read
Swathi Mohan	India	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Anna Hopper	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Declan Molloy	Ireland	Read
Marc Acrich	United States	Read
Sunlite Wanter	United States	Read
John lawless	United States	Read
HGarvey Daniel Esquire	United States	Read
Maureen McGreavy	Canada	Read
Anil Deo	United States	Read