{"id":2386,"date":"2008-12-19T12:48:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T12:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2008-12-19T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T12:49:07","slug":"haiku-challenge-2-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/19\/haiku-challenge-2-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiku Challenge #2 &#8211; WINNER!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wayofthewest.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zorgamazoo.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3221\/2846159226_91f24e89e7.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/wayofthewest.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Robert P. Weston<\/strong><\/a> (Nara-ken, 2002-04), author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zorgamazoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zorgamazoo<\/strong><\/a>, has reviewed all haiku submissions containing the designated word <strong>\u201cprose\u201c<\/strong> for <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/haiku-challenge-2-prose-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Haiku Challenge #2<\/strong><\/a> and has selected a winner to receive a free copy of his book. Read on for his decision and rationale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Following in the footsteps of <a href=\"http:\/\/jameskennedy.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>James Kennedy<\/strong><\/a> (Nara-ken, 2004-06), I feel obliged to assemble a short-list of honourable mentions.\u00a0 I make no claims, however, as to having any insightfulness when it comes to properly appreciating haiku&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Second runner-up<\/strong><\/span>, for its tenderness and topicality (&#8217;tis the season, after all), we have <strong>Justin Tedaldi&#8217;s<\/strong> entry:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The gift was thoughtful<br \/>\nThe letter&#8217;s prose delightful<br \/>\nHappy holidays<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Justin Tedaldi<\/strong> (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>First runner-up<\/strong><\/span>, for it&#8217;s gritty natural realism, is <strong>Alexei Esikoff&#8217;s<\/strong> ode to the grim weather of the Midwest:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The temperature drops<br \/>\nBuried under slushy prose<br \/>\nMinneapolis<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/jobs\/profiles\/writers\/\"><strong>Alexei Esikoff<\/strong><\/a> (Fukushima-ken, 2001-02)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Finally, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>the winner this week<\/strong><\/span> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/darthmermer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Meredith Hodges-Boos<\/strong><\/a> (who had an honourable mention in the previous contest, incidentally). Her haiku appeals to my love of word play &#8212; and even manages a nifty metaphor in the meantime. Congrats, Meredith!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Take roses with &#8216;P&#8217;s<br \/>\nMix in the ordinary<br \/>\nWatch word gardens grow<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/darthmermer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Meredith Hodges-Boos<\/strong><\/a> (Ehime-ken, 2003-05)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Click &#8220;Read More&#8221; to see the other haiku submitted.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I  don&#8217;t have to rhyme<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>My everyday words are fine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Oops, oh well, that&#8217;s prose.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Meredith Hodges-Boos<\/strong> (Ehime-ken, 2003-05)<\/p>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Prose?\u00a0 Quick to Google<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Remembering old English<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Terms is way too hard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Meredith Hodges-Boos<\/strong> (Ehime-ken, 2003-05)<\/p>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Christmas season songs<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Ringaling ting tingaling<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The worst kind of prose<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Alexei Esikoff<\/strong> (Fukushima-ken, 2001-02)<\/p>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>My student opined<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Eat Kurisumasu keki<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Such beautiful prose<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Alexei Esikoff <\/strong>(Fukushima-ken, 2001-02)<\/p>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The temperature drops<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Buried under slushy prose<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Minneapolis<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Alexei Esikoff<\/strong> (Fukushima-ken, 2001-02)<\/p>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The cars make snow gray<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Full of grit and city grime<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>My prose fails me so<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8212;<strong>Alexei Esikoff<\/strong> (Fukushima-ken, 2001-02)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert P. 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