Haiku Contest – Come and Join In!
Back in the days of my old blog (three & a half years ago!) I held a little contest where I asked people to write a Haiku about a rabbit. It was so much fun – I couldn’t believe how beautiful & inspiring everyone’s poems were! I thought it was high time I held another Haiku challenge, & the inspiration this time is another one of my favourite animals – the fox.
The prize for this contest is from my new jewellery range, the Folk Like Us bracelet you see pictured above, which is inspired by folk art & beautiful endpaper patterns of the 1930s & 40s (& also happens to feature a little fox too). It’s valued at $95 USD, & if you win, you will be the very first person in the whole world to own one, because they don’t go on sale until October when I open my new online shop.
To enter, you must be a subscriber to my mailing list, so if you haven’t signed up already, you can do so via the subscription form over to the right on my sidebar, or there’s another form down at the foot of the blog, or a checkbox you can tick when you leave a comment.
If you’d like to join in, please post your foxy Haiku in the comments – how easy is that?! I’ll pick my favourite poem on Monday the 19th of September – so you have a week & a half to dust off your feather quill, put on your Haiku thinking cap & enter. I am so looking forward to reading everyone’s beautiful poems!
At winter’s end,
the little fox explores anew
and eats a bird.
fox sits on the shore
as a splishy duck splashes
in parsnip white pond
Oh my, it´s not easy to write a haiku in english when you´re from Sweden,
but I will give it a try:)
The sad fox runs fast
Happily ever after
In the great wild woods
In The Vintage Fairy Tales we have a “bad” fox, I will send you a pic!
ooh, great topic! I’ve been watching a mother and young this past summer, taking pictures of them and watching them play as they grow.
fox and her babes
play in the spring sunlight growing
bold territorial
The small fox sneakily runs with a dash and an angry glare
Ok may be dodgy haiku ….. I actually saw a cat and a fox in my garden they looked like they were taking a little stroll together Here goes.
sleek red fox moonlight
flanked by a large coal black cat
there in my dark garden
Autumn nights grow cold
A fox comes to the city
A strange cry is heard
Little orange fox
sitting by the garden gate
giggled as I passed
from a woody fox snug
earthy smells abound
twitch swish stare smile
A reddish fur flash
in the early morning mist.
Fox is on the run.
What wonderfully evocative poems! Man o man this is going to be a tough call!
I thought I’d do one too, just for fun…
Quiver and bristle
Instincts hum like a taut wire
Rippling grass, red fur
This is gorgeous! And what a fun way to enter too:)
When a fox is seen
In fall draped forests running free
A rabbit curls up underground
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cracking leaves lay
under padded trixter paws
cool breezes blowing
I haven’t written a haiku in years! That was fun. I was thrilled to get your newsletter this morning!
“The quick brown fox jumps
Over the lazy dog.” Ha!
Now I choose a font.
As I had to refresh my mind what a haiku consisted of, seems there are differing idea of what that is in English… I love what people have written so far. All so different.
russet leaps deftly
light curls red autumn leaves
black paws dancing
fox is in the box
Refusing to eat those damn
Green eggs and ham, Sam.
oh I love it Kiwi!
Wow guys, wonderful poems! I love this!
I thought about a fox I loved so much as a boy, Smirre from the swedish book “Nils Holgersson’s adventures”:
beware o wild geese
dreaming on the ice at night
red hunter is close
Noar
okay, this has become a sickness…
red fox, your tall ears
and pointy snout dwarfed by your
magnificent tail
red fox in the snow
hiding place betrayed by your
magnificent tail
red fox, your crafty
shenanigans outshine your
magnificent tail
red fox in your den
tiny pups snuggled ‘neath your
magnificent tail
red fox, early morn
conduct the sunrise with your
magnificent tail
red fox so quiet
and shy, always chased by your
magnificent tail