Here are the results of Colleen Lindsay‘s query haiku contest!
The Winning Query:
Cross-dressing rent boy
wants man to love and girl’s voice
in head to shut up.
(tcastleb)
Honorable Mentions:
Geek boy, surfer girl
Cosmic Freaky Friday tale
Nightmares turn to dreams
(laura)Girl turns into frog
Must kiss princess to transform
Dissection is near
(teennovelist)Sole teen character
Desolate wild Alaska
His quest to survive
(pablo)
Chicago mayor
hurts a child, K. breaks the news
mayor wants her dead
(thea miller ryan)Knights of Roundtable
Reborn as New Jersey teens
Learn past, save future
(melissa)
The Funniest Queries:
Damn it, Jim, I’m a
Novelist not a poet,
Letter I will write.
(dina)“It’s about Love! O-
vercoming all obstacles.”
Wait, that’s Moulin Rouge.
(anonymous)Will you buy my book?
It’s Epic in Proportion,
Fraught with Great Peril.
(finch)After near-drowning
Woman gives birth to mermaid
Spouse finds it fishy
(serenissima)
And if you haven’t done so already, don’t forget to check out the original series of comment submissions for all the rest of the entries. Lots of great haiku queries here. Maybe we should make it an industry trend?
I see that smile.