Thursday, August 13, 2009
Fun and Games 5-7-5 Isn't Just the Area Code for Las Cruces
Posted by Chris Chamberlain on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
It's also the syllable structure of that most honorable and venerated fork of Japanese poetry, the haiku. We informed you last month about the Second Annual Hot Tomato Haiku Contest sponsored by BookFool.com as a part of the East Nashville Tomato Art Festival.
It's our pleasure to present the ripest tomatoes from the over 400 entries:
Melissa Duke's Best in Show named in honor of last year's organizer Melissa Duke Mooney, who passed away earlier this year.
by Gregory O'Loughlin
I trained vines for you
Cages could not hold your wild
Cherokee purple
Juicy Red Honorable Mention
by Libby Neutrino
Red moon over the silent hill
tonight I dream
of a Better Boy
Basho's Beefsteak Winner for the entry deemed most sincere, ardent, traditional . . . reminiscent of haiku genius Bashō
by Julie Greenberg
Brandywine fever
finds me circling the garden,
hoping I missed one.
Plum Humorous Winner
by Amy E. Hall
Pastor Bruce Shetta
to marry Tobas Coe and
Miss Mary Nara
Stinky Tomato Winner for the worst, most stinky haiku
by John Cooper
Distant Tomato
You can run but you can't hide
Time to play ketchup
Fried Green Winner
by Allie McGilberry, 9 years old who was delighted and squealed out loud when she was surprised by the announcement even though her mean mom kept it a secret.
Orange, red and yellow,
Thou art a fruit I must eat.
I want to eat thee.
Finally, the Formal Champion for innovation in form was won by some no-account hack.
To make sure you're on the notification list for next year's contest, go to the 2010 Hot Tomato Haiku information site.
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