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Welcome to the VDUX Haiku Contest About Teenagers!!!
Have you ever been 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, or 19 years old? Are you now?
Great! Write a haiku about it and you might win 1.5 SBDs and have fun.
Read below for more about the contest instructions, how to participate, awards, and how I'll select a winner. As always, every haiku you write could get you the 1.5 SBD winner's prize.
NOTE I will announce winners of the most recent haiku contest soon.
Contest Instructions
Write a haiku about teenagers (you, your friends, or young people in general).
This must be a one-stanza, traditional 5-7-5 haiku like the ones described here: http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm . Here’s an example:
You may submit multiple haikus, but PLEASE make each haiku its own reply. Each one will be considered a separate entry.
This theme comes from @shawnsporter, who's getting .005 SBDs from me just for the idea. Next contest theme will come from @poyim but I'm not telling anybody until after this contest closes.
How to Participate
- Reply below with your haiku. Deadine: 11:59 pm UTC, January 18, 2019.
- Upvote this post. Deadline: 11:59 pm UTC, January 18, 2019.
That's it! But...
You should also resteem this post to increase the winner's prize and give yourself some free exposure! You can participate without resteeming -- I don't give preference -- but if you do resteem, it helps all of us.
Also, post your entry on your own blog! Mention @vdux and I'll give you an upvote and resteem your post.
And, collect a bonus point for each person you tag in your contest entry. More players, more prizes, more fun!
Awards
Winner gets:
- 1.5 SBD
- One free resteem from me for any post. (You choose the post. There's no time limit but I reserve the right to refuse resteem any post I consider offensive or indecent -- I'll simply ask you for a different, non-offensive post.)
One runner-up gets:
- One free resteem from me for any post. (You choose the post. There's no time limit but I reserve the right to refuse to resteem any post I consider offensive or indecent -- I'll simply ask you for a different, non-offensive post.)
How I Will Select the Winner
Within 2 days after the deadline, I will read all entries and choose a winner and runner-up. While I'll take upvotes into consideration, my selection will reflect my personal preference based on the entries you submit.
Feel free to reuse a haiku from the past and write as many as you want!
Also, give congrats to all who've participated in my previous contests -- the list keeps growing!
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FEEL THE HAIKU!!!
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Hi @vdux here is my entry for this one:
Greetings.
Salgo al paso
pensando por mí mismo.
irreverencia
I'll count irreverencia as 5 syllables, I assume Venezuelan accent.
Gracias mi compañero escritor
Hello this is my participation: Mi Haiku Adolescente
Read it. Liked it. Hello!
Thanks @vdux! Here's my entry:
Their raging hormones
Lead to dire consequences
Teenage pregnancy.
Oh my. Yes, this happens, too often.
https://steemit.com/haikucontest/@tristancarax/moths-and-teens
Tsk tsk. What would you mother say about that?
I was mad at my mother one night and took off. Somehow, I ended up with this really hot girl in a laundry mat. I was too afraid to kiss her, but she banged he hand on a lip and got a cut. I don't remember if I did anything or not. I do know I wanted to get naked!
We never got together after that.
I do remember seeing my mother drive past.
Oh my! What would your mother say if she knew???
OK, I got one. You won't like it :)
Reincarnation?
No, please, never more a teen.
Once was quite enough.
Of course I love it. BRACES TWICE?!?!?!?!? I'm so in.
😁
Totes!!!!!
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my haiku entry to @vdux haiku competition
no money, just joy
lots of energy, less time
sudden idol, dope
Word. Now money, no joy?
Aqui dejo mi entrada, espero esté a la altura de los participantes.
Adrenalina a tirar
Sentir y probar
Hablo algo de español pero no entiendo muy bien. Que es "Adrenalina a tirar" -- como tirar la basura?
Teenager
Adrenaline (to throw away?)
Feel and try it.
La adrenalina es una hormona que te acelera o te activa y los adolescentes las tienen al mil porciento, y necesitan sacar o drenar. por eso la expresión.
ok, tirar = perder
I know everything.
But can you pick me up please?
I am teenager.
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I remember those days! Not too long ago.
home-schooled teenager
education liberty
independent mind
Rock on! True story?
I was homeschooled, and it was largely self-directed from about 6th grade on. I skipped 12th grade to go straight to the local community college. I suspect that influenced my continuing independent lifelong education drive.
Free-spirited me
Like leaves falling from a tree
Pulled by gravity
Hey I love the imagery. Cool haiku!
First love and kisses
Moment I was seventeen
Stolen by my man
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What happened to this man?
Meet at Bob's Big Boy,
me, hot tea; her, cherry Coke.
And still we're close friends.
Written for my closest childhood friend, Rocky, whom I've known from age six, and we were best friends by age seven.
For those unfamiliar, Bob's Big Boy was a chain restaurant in Southern California, where I grew up, and was also the name of their signature burger. Which, as teens, we both dearly loved.
There was one close to our high school, and to her apartment, and it became one of our favorite hangouts after school, sometimes just the two of us, and often with additional friends.
She had an unnatural devotion to cherry Coke. And, of course, I'm still a lover of hot tea, though usually green rather than black. I actually have two full kitchen drawers devoted to different traditional and herbal teas, with still more in the cabinets. ;-)
And we are indeed still close friends, all these years later. I need to call her. Thanks for the reminder.
Haiku contests, bringing people together online and in real world!
Love this Cres
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Thanks, @riverflows!
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Started summer job
Earning money for parent
Made them so happy
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You made them proud I'm sure!
Teenagers explore
the differences among
good choices and bad
Yes I remember those days. Sometimes I wonder which choices were the good ones and which were the bad ones...!
Gaming, girls and gym
You think you'll always be teen
Then life has moved on
For some, not all!
Hello @vdux my entry.
Image source
Another good one!
Teenagers, today
Internet savvy, just sit
Problem, overweight!
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Buy this:
Future is now.
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Wake up early on morning
We dont need no education
Rebel angels on the city
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Fun, but not a traditional 5-7-5 haiku, meaning five syllables, then seven, then five again.
Good luck!
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No problem no cry
Life goes teen today fun
Let it be coming
Maybe someting like above, thanks for your commentary, making haikus is very fun, i am new to this :)
Nice try. "A" for effort!
(Inglés no es fácil...)
What a waste youth can be to the older ones;-) Here it goes:
not yet arrived in limbs
beautiful
yet awkwardly unconscious
Thank you. Can you make this into a haiku? Traditional haiku with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.
and because it's so much fun, here another one:
like a hummingbirds fluttering wings
what a juvenile innocent error
HaHa! What a great picture pick, those dancing boys are hilarious!
Ha, yes, funny gif. Can you make this into a haiku, too? Traditional haiku with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.
I just stopped by to read and enjoy the great haikus!! Keep up the good work everyone!! (^_^)
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