Hello everybody! Today we have a lot to go through so let's start with the most important and most fun part: Features!

As you might know the haiku club ended it's second competition some time ago (there's a new now) and the winners would get featured here and in other deviants journals. First place even got a one month subscription from the generous =rlkirkland The catch this time was that the haiku must be written in one line, just like it is traditionally in Japanese.

So here we go. *drumroll*


In first place: with the scenic Picking Time. Not hindered by the restrictions but instead using them to enhance the imagery she is clearly a worthy winner.

Georgia cotton field blossoms with snow


Now this might come as a surprise to you, but haiku is only a newcomer in this woman's repertoire. Just take a look in her gallery [link] and you'll see what I mean. I would personally like to recommend
Steven as well as her writing guides.



In second place: with the ridiculous Bath-time one-liner. I honestly have a hard time believing that this amateur could have won by any fair means. Just look at it:

sound of rain... my legs too long for the bathtub

Ridiculous I say! But what else could you expect from a man that dresses like this? I rest my case. Lets move on.



In third place: with the celestial Aldebaran. Read it and if you don't get it, read the comments for a quick lesson in astronomy. It really helps you to appreciate the depth of this haiku all the more.

Aldebaran shining above a torero

So many nice things to find in this deviants gallery that it's hard to know where to start. But I suggest you take a look at his very ambitious July Haikuthon 2009. He wrote no less than one haiku and a tanka a day!


These were the three finalists, but let's not forget the two honorable mentions:

with oneliner

whole moon pushes through broken leaves below


with plaintive hum
plaintive hum, the season's last cicada



Now I hope you really will take your time and take a look in these talented deviants galleries. Add some faves, add some watches, leave some comments, write some critiques.
In short: give them some , not just



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I announced in my last journal that I would be giving something to whomever could give me a screenshot of my front screen when the page view counter ticked over to 10000. Since this caused close to no reaction whatsoever I guess it's only fair that the one who ended up winning (without competition) was the long time DA lurker and wife of yours truly: ~Lawofreflection The price has been agreed on and we hope you will be able to see it here some day later.
Congrats to you darling!


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I've more or less settled in in the new apartment in Uppsala now. As much as I can settle in without ~Lawofreflection I'll be starting my studies in little more than a week and there's still things to be done before that. Need to get the books, look for a part time job and choose new wallpaper for the living room. I'll be doing some writing in between of course. I always want to write more when I've got more "important" things to do.
I've moved Cygirl WIP preview to my scraps since it's not a finished poem. I would still like pointers on it though, all manners of critique is welcome. I've added 7 new verses, and there's more to come I'm sure.