haiga contest

[mir]

well, this is sort of an offshoot of the poetry contest thread in the forum, but a bit more specialized.

haiga is a form of haiku that combines artwork and painting with haiku-writing. So i thought it might be fun to try that here - either the same way as things are in the poetry contest thread, where one picture is posted and everybody writes poems about that; or everybody could post their own picture and the poems and pictures could be judged each week by the winner of the last contest - or it doesn't evn have to be a contest, if people would rather just write poems without having to worry about competition.

anyways, here's my first one. and the picture is:



by computerlight
watch the pixelled natives bob
banana dancing

[Riesa]

Yay! Mirry. That's excellent. Personally, I'd prefer if it were more like the Google Image game, and one person posts a picture and then the next writes a haiku about it, and then that person posts a new picture. But it's your thread! I'll do whatever.

[mir]

actually that would be great! but hey - where's your haiku on my bananaguy then?

[Riesa]

Exuberant guy,
can’t contain the dance inside...
in fact, let’s all dance!!

[mir]

ears knowingly pricked
what hides beneath the cut frame?
llama lingerie

chinchilla.jpg

[Riesa]

llama lingerie...



If chinchillas fly
above the shrubs, framed in sky
One thinks: Why can't I?

[ShoutGrace]

The one occurrence
Where "four eyes" claims ovation
Caught in a photo.

[RJbibliophil]

Cut reputation
Scissor ruined my credit
Void plastic card

[mir]

a) AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry i am an absolutely insane cat lover ) (Riesa yours was really cute too!)

Four looted candy jars
I don't mind the lost sugar -
The thieves are sweeter!



hint - it's a coffee mug!

and hi, RJ! haven't seen you around in a while.

[Bookworm89]

Death of Titanic,
Wow, what a big chunk of ice!
Really, really cold.

[Bookworm89]

It's a picture of an iceberg, but it won't come up. Sorry!

[mir]

okay - we'll imagine it! but actually, you're supposed to write a poem on the picture the person above you posted. and then post your own picture for the next person to write about.

[mir]

here's one about the iceberg anyways:

What's white all over
And has detachable parts?
Polar bears on ice!

[Riesa]

here's one for your coffee pic:

dream clouded, stumbling.
steaming coffee, suddenly!
Could conquer the world!

and one for the fractal:

Crashed my bike, into
a tree, explosions of light.
I'll do it again.

[mir]

woot woot! It is pink!
Happy, bright - if only I
Wasn't colorblind . . .



i googled Riesa! i think you're a place in Germany . . .