UKIAH CHALLENGE #2 + Winners Announcement for Challenge #1 - Renaming the Challenge

japhofin8or (57)in #ukiahhaiku • 7 years ago (edited)

When I created this challenge I had no idea there was already
a form of poetry named 'UKIAH'. Both that and this are variations
of Haiku, the notable differences being that the original Ukiah inverts
the syllable count (7-5-7) while this challenge changes the syllable
counts from week to week while still staying with the Haiku form
of lines 1 and 3 being the same and line 2 being different. All that
being said I have decided to add a prefix and rename this the
'Freestyle Ukiah Challenge'. Our rules, our challenge, our expression.

The Freestyle Ukiah challenge is simple. I will choose the syllable count and a broad subject for the Ukiah. You write a poem that follows those rules. Like I said - SIMPLE. I want to see if the community is open to breaking the rules a bit in their quest to express themselves. The winner of this challenge will receive the UKIAH MASTER trophy.

Prompts for this Challenge:
8-5-8 syllable count
BIRDS

Your Ukiah must follow the prompts for this challenge.
Create a post using the tag #ukiahhaiku and link your post here.
Deadline will be next Thursday at midnight EST.

NEW! You may include in your post a color
choice for your trophy if you should win!

Let's see what you got and Good Luck!!

Winner of Challenge #1
@bluerinse

More volcano's and earthquakes are happening.
Nature is so vulnerable.
Earth pushed too far and now retaliating.

These lines just blew me away!
I read in this a comparison to bullying.

DOWNLOAD @bluerinse
At post payout for this post I will remove this image from my imgur page and the trophy will become the sole property of @bluerinse to use as he sees fit. Congratulations on the win!!

I you would like to use this trophy on any of your future posts and are having trouble I have written a post detailing how to do it HERE.

#poetry #contest #writing #onehumanbasket

7 years ago in #ukiahhaiku by japhofin8or (57)

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emdesan (57) 7 years ago

Hello, here is my entry: Hope you like it!

https://steemit.com/ukiahhaiku/@emdesan/ukiah-challenge-2-the-owl

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tawasi (63) 7 years ago

I just shared your post onto Facebook, trying to lure a friend onto this platform, your post is exactly her type of thing.

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japhofin8or (57) 7 years ago

Thank You! I appreciate the support.

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girlbeforemirror (66) 7 years ago (edited)

Oh my goodness she is going to lose her mind.
Blessed blue rinse, this is the first steemit contest she has entered and the first poem she has written.
It is 3am, I will wait to tell her lol. @bluerinse is a newly recruited steemian, and my mother.
She is the person driving me to appointments and helping with my kids.
Driving me crazy.
I started her of on steemit with the encouragement of contests. A haiku I thought was a great way to start writing as it is not too daunting.

She filled a book!

Funny part is she misunderstood my instruction and wrote word counts instead of syllables.
That stuff is gold. I will make sure she does a post about it and be sure to include the word count version of this poem 😂.
Stay awesome @japhofin8or

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japhofin8or (57) 7 years ago

I thought she was a he! WHOOPS!! I'm going to edit the post real quick to change my gender ignorance. Congratulations to her and thank you for bringing her to the community! You stay awesome and positive too!!

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ecoinstant (68) 7 years ago

I have resteemed this post! I have been posting a bit too much the last few days (I feel) to write one up for an #ukiahhaiku, but I absolutely love this idea! I do like breaking the rules, and it is my intention to break your rule about making a post! Thus, here is my entry:

Colored creatures living close by
eating and singing,
hiding under leaves to stay dry.

_{Photo © Ledis Arango V. @ecoinstante}
The birds show my color choice ;p