First Place

WinteroftheSoul challenges artists--not to push themselves farther, necessarily, but to understand and face with head held high the daunting feeling that accompanies an artistic blockage. Being an artist is scary at times--wild ideas hit out of nowhere, your fingers itch for a pencil at the MOST inconvenient times, and the mess--don't EVEN think about the mess! But being an artist means getting past this, knowing art is your passion, and going for it...and that means, as this haiku by WinteroftheSoul so astutely deduces, being an artist even when it's difficult. Face the blockage head-on! You'll get through it.

Second Place

In my mind, everystupidstar has a serious knack for two things: imagery and speaking to the human condition. Both of these are most definitely accomplished in her recycled haiku. I think the best way to describe this piece are in her own words: "I think that people are a bit like magpies in that they hold onto things when they can no longer hold onto each other." If you have never checked out her work, please do so! You will get lost in the imagery, get lost in the observations on human nature, and you most definitely will not be disappointed.

Third Place

This haiku beautifully and aptly captures, through snapshot-like imagery, the nostalgia for times of innocence and wonder expressed in its parent poem and is one that, doubtless, many will relate to..</blockquote-- hopeburnsblue 

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