Haiku Contest #1 // The winners

It's that moment you all have been waiting a week for. It's time for...

Silly me, I had thought judging this contest would be easy, but it wasn't. There were so many good entries! I'd like to reward all of you with a nice upvote, but alas! I am not a whale (yet).

I have been thinking on this for a long time, but I finally I picked 3 winners and two runners-up.

Let's see who won!

Runner-Up

@whoshim, with his amusing entry:

haiku contest
thinking so hard
nothing

Runner-Up

@pamela-paul, painting a winter scene that too many of us are dealing with right now:

The winds howled
sweeping across my face
with stings of cold

Third Prize

@edouard, with an image all of us crypto traders will surely recognize:

Wind blowing
Bull chases bear
Heartbeat

Second Prize

@lakshmi, with this delightful scene:

My path
glazed by frost
the ocean

First Prize

@haikufictiondju, with this heartfelt -ku. As a father of two young children, I know this exact moment:

cold night
my son says "star"
for the first time

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Congratulations to all winners! I will be sending your prize money shortly.

To everyone who entered, thank you very much. I really enjoyed reading all of your haiku. Let's keep it coming! I enjoyed this so much I am going to do it again, so please look for the next contest soon: tonight, tomorrow, or whenever I have a chance to write it up.

Thank you again. You guys rock!