Friday 21 December 2012

My non-competition winning Haiku


Two old ladies chat
“After he died", she whispered
“I had gas put in”. 
 
In August I entered the Writing Magazine Haiku contest http://theonlyconsequence.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/haiku-competition.html

In the January edition of Writing Magazine (www.writers-online.co.uk ) Judge Alison Chisholm writes attempts at humour are not always successful in a haiku, but as my content did not include a traditional Zen moment and nature reference I can see why my Haiku did not even make the shortlist!

That really doesn't matter in the long run.  Fellow poets liked it when I asked for feedback on the Pimento Poets forum and, as its based on a real conversation I overhead one day while shopping, it always makes me smile.

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