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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

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
11/29/2022	light a match	Senryu	community,loss,
11/22/2022	November Rain	Monoku	community,grief,violence,
9/7/2022	PSA Concussion First Aid	Narrative	community,health,
8/17/2022	Nightlife is Dead	Light Verse	environment,extended meta
6/5/2022	hamburger helper	Senryu	america,extended metaphor
5/19/2022	feminism is a rubber chicken - repost	Senryu	abortion,society,women,
5/18/2022	Two Bags Of Seed Redux	Rhyme	abortion,introspection,wo
5/16/2022	The End	Epigram	abuse,child abuse,death,f
5/7/2022	bleed like me	Free verse	jealousy,women,
5/6/2022	Make Rape Great Again	Rhyme	abortion,abuse,america,wo
5/6/2022	Trick Le Down	Epigram	corruption,political,reli
5/4/2022	Husbandry	Verse	abortion,history,women,wo
3/27/2022	a message from a messenger	Verse	earth,environment,ocean,w
2/16/2022	The Land Of The Law	Limerick	city,conflict,political,
2/5/2022	Pulse - Repost - Love Poem For Ottawa	Verse	love,passion,work,
2/3/2022	Manifesto Motorcade	Senryu	city,conflict,
12/17/2021	Ps	Monoku	adventure,community,confl
11/2/2021	I want to tell you	List	health,mental illness,mys
10/30/2021	pocketing life	Free verse	appreciation,life,
10/24/2021	sticky note	Limerick	appreciation,love,mom,
10/15/2021	a feast for the eyes	Haiku	bird,food,
10/12/2021	short shorts	Monoku	for her,funny,
10/8/2021	Open and Close	Rhyme	appreciation,introspectio
10/7/2021	DO NOT READ	Limerick	fun,me,poetry,
9/16/2021	two pounds worth	Epigram	introspection,
9/14/2021	Cross Fire	Verse	abortion,religion,science
9/13/2021	funny bone	Senryu	eve,women,
9/7/2021	The World Is Your Apple	Rhyme	religion,universe,
9/6/2021	Her Turn	Monoku	power,women,
9/6/2021	Listing	Verse	religion,
9/3/2021	a can of worm holes	Monorhyme	abortion,america,money,wo
9/2/2021	toast	Verse	abortion,
8/25/2021	drinking the ink	Monoku	muse,poetry,
8/24/2021	The New Roar	Haibun	earth,religion,society,wa
8/21/2021	plucking the fringe	Light Verse	bird,crazy,
8/18/2021	Sleeple Chaser	Epigram	conflict,
8/13/2021	A Legend Without A Map	Verse	life,memory,
8/13/2021	Walkies	Rhyme	anxiety,dog,work,
8/12/2021	man block	Light Verse	men,metaphor,women,
8/5/2021	zip	Haiku	bird,sound,
7/22/2021	return to sender	Verse	abuse,discrimination,gend
7/14/2021	Panpsyche	Other	god,religion,universe,
7/10/2021	the picture	Monoku	conflict,relationship,
7/7/2021	windstorm	Monoku	symbolism,
7/6/2021	cockadoodles do	Light Verse	extended metaphor,
6/28/2021	summer - heron	Haiku	bird,sky,summer,sunset,
6/24/2021	Half and Half	Light Verse	family,introspection,
6/21/2021	Valid, The Impaler	Light Verse	political,race,
5/19/2021	on a felled muse	Senryu	muse,
5/11/2021	of ego and ether	Epigram	introspection,
4/25/2021	a swell contract	Monoku	appreciation,death,life,w
4/15/2021	Core Attributes	Light Verse	religion,women,
4/12/2021	bonkers	Senryu	crazy,earth,environment,
4/5/2021	a draft	Epigram	atheist,
4/5/2021	the unopened gift	Senryu	political,religion,
4/4/2021	spitting out apples	Senryu	atheist,god,nature,
4/1/2021	wing nuts	Senryu	political,society,
3/31/2021	limited vocabulary	Epigram	change,gender,words,
3/27/2021	flip flop	Light Verse	allegory,word play,
3/27/2021	knocking	Verse	analogy,friendship,
3/9/2021	playing footsies	Haiku	appreciation,spring,sunsh
3/7/2021	grinding	Light Verse	sexy,silly,
3/6/2021	rev elation	Senryu	appreciation,death,life,t
3/2/2021	odds on favourite	Senryu	horse,race,racism,
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,
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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,
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8/28/2020	If I Am A Super Grover	Monoku	giving,
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8/27/2020	dont blink	Verse	life,
8/23/2020	periwinkle wink	Haiku	color,flower,
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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Funny as a Heart Attack	Blank verse	heart,sick,
Wood Wide Web	Rhyme	tree,
My Head is a Monster	Couplet	confusion,crazy,suicide,s
Whatever	Couplet	life,satire,
Camera Woman	Haiku	irony,life,
Wrapped in Pleasure	Triolet	life,satire,
I DANCE	Prose Poetry	abuse,dance,music,pain,
Witty Darkness	Free verse	africa,power,satire,
Nail Polish	Rhyme	kids,giggle,humor,humorou
I'm Disabled, Not Stupid	Rhyme	discrimination,
A Talking Door - Mental Hospital 1	Narrative	allusion,anxiety,mental i
Scene From A Bike Ride	Prose Poetry	analogy,animal,beauty,env
GLACIER LINES	Free verse	abuse,angst,anxiety,hurt,
A Crow's Command	Rhyme	adventure,courage,history
Friendship Is No One Way Street - For Tim	Free verse	friendship,men,
PAS MUET	Free verse	depression,i am,mental il
Clanging Echoes	Prose Poetry	allegory,analogy,death,ho
21st Century Indian	Free verse	culture,discrimination,ho
OBSERVATION - 2017	Free verse	corruption,
a woman of substance	Blank verse	best friend,
Weed and War	Couplet	anger,drug,political,pris
A Chicago Pearl	Free verse	life,
A RED NECK LOVE POEM	Quatrain	valentines day,
Outside the lines	Free verse	love,poetry,
American Rainbow	Blank verse	racism,
Under The Influence	Political Verse	culture,health,humor,
Noise in her Mind	Free verse	love,
The Battle Of The Words	Free verse	analogy,beautiful,words,
I love a good plot	Free verse	destiny,funeral,humor,ima
God Among the Clouds	Free verse	longing,
A Kitschy Keepsake	Kimo	heartbreak,success,
life with Trump XVII	Limerick	allegory,anger,perspectiv
rules for having a side chick	Free verse	feelings,funny,funny love
Make The pen bleed	Free verse	deep,feelings,meaningful,
There Lies Art	Free verse	art,death,drink,lonely,ph
jealous moon	Rhyme	beauty,jealousy,romance,s
THE CONDITION	Verse	lost love,love hurts,
I write poems	Free verse	allusion,education,poems,
Dance The Day Away - Collaboration with Chris Green	Rhyme	beautiful,fun,happy,
CLOWNING AROUND	Limerick	body,humorous,
An open poem sans punctuation	Free verse	poetry,war,
Psychopathy, Nature's Anti Depressant	Rhyme	depression,
On Tour	Sonnet	adventure,nature,travel,v
He Doesn't Shhhh Me Anymore	Rhyme	eulogy,
The Philosopher's Sonnet	Sonnet	death,depression,hope,jud
The Great Ordeal	Free verse	africa,conflict,courage,d
DESTINY AND THE STARS	Couplet	destiny,men,stars,
Haiku - Between Rose Petals	Haiku	nature,
Never Stop Dancing	Free verse	beautiful,dance,inspirati
If Your Mountains Should Crumble	Rhyme	appreciation,courage,dedi
Reverie	Free verse	absence,adventure,beautif
House of Mirrors	Monoku	art,conflict,fear,imagery
To Me This Matters	Rhyme	evil,fear,freedom,power,w
Boys Don't Cry	Free verse	cry,
STOP RIGHT THERE	Free verse	appreciation,hope,poetry,
Rain from the head	Free verse	metaphor,wisdom,
JUST A TOOTHPICK	Blank verse	imagery,
Message To My Jewish Brother	Free verse	africa,bible,birthday,bla
Granpa	Free verse	africa,
Rocky Road	Dramatic Verse	angst,
Let's Eat Grandma	Limerick	fun,
Never Shame a Woman	Quatrain	passion,women,
Numb by Beauty	Nonet	moon,stars,
Silent Sounds	Limerick	earth,
Waterfowler's Delight	Rhyme	adventure,beautiful,bird,
Rainbows of Balloons	Lyric	friendship,song,spring,
Outside My Window - Collaboration with Chris Green	Rhyme	beauty,nature,tree,
My Paper Boat	Light Verse	adventure,appreciation,bl
November rain	Free verse	death,deep,sad,
Angels	Free verse	angel,children,daughter,
Holding hands with the devil	Quatrain	horror,lost love,
Of Small Things	Free verse	beautiful,feelings,love,s
Eclipse	Rhyme	earth,hate,moon,nature,su
Dark Wings	Free verse	dance,metaphor,passion,se
Wine bottle full of wisdom	Free verse	satire,wine,wisdom,
Advice to those who plan to love the broken: Don't	Free verse	abuse,break up,cry,deep,f
A Gesture of Gratefulness	Sonnet	animal,emotions,
Veras first poem	Narrative	anger,angst,change,war,dr
Eidolon	Rhyme	introspection,metaphor,sp
Hope	Monoku	children,conflict,future,
Footle - Fabulous Fun Footles	Footle	funny,
My Granddaddy Said	Rhyme	grandfather,life,
perfect	Free verse	introspection,
summer's apple	Prose Poetry	memory,
The Treasure Of Giving	Free verse	care,caregiving,feelings,
My Winter	Free verse	inspirational,lost love,
Random Thoughts	Free verse	allegory,allusion,
Tell the Night to Hold Me	Lyric	forgiveness,heartbreak,he
Captain 'effing' Flint	Rhyme	bird,humorous,language,pe
If	Verse	feelings,love,romantic,
Nation's Damnable Blight	Didactic	abuse,america,angst,corru
I Love You, Old Man	Rhyme	age,dad,emotions,grandchi
Well Laid Plans And It's Demands	Rhyme	life,
BEACH	Free verse	abuse,dream,night,pain,
Peter Panish	Rhyme	fantasy,inspirational,lif
Ripples Fade	Tanka	fate,longing,nature,
Scratches On The Wall	Rhyme	prison,
A SPECK	Narrative	analogy,feelings,
Fluttering Vocal Chords	Rhyme	funny,health,self,spoken
Forever Young	Couplet	age,

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Poet	Country
Spica Toska	China (PRC)	Read
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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 SieteSantos	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 Richard 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
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