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Sunrise or Sunset Haiku with a color Poetry Contest

Haiku poetry form only.
Poetry Contest Deadline: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
35 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin | Send Soup Mail

Contest Description

What to Submit?

1. One NEW haiku poem about a sunrise or sunset including a color. Example:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/magenta_sunrise_1752892

2. Title is the color plus the word sunrise or sunset. Depending on the subject of your poem. 

3.  Syllable counts: 5 7 5 only and in that order. Please use howmanysyllables.com to check your poems.

4. No capital letters in your poems or title. Please read that again.

5. You may add pics/illustrations but I am not able to see them while judging.

6. No AI or plagiarism.

Prizes

There will be multiple placements.

Preparing Your Entry

Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts. 

English Language

Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.

A Note to Poetry Contestants

You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.



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