2025 New Year's Haiku Contest

[WavyGaby]

I heard twigs cracking
Mammals like to eat bonsai
Just the leaves falling

 

[souvik1811]

Emaciated
Frozen roots and branches bare
Winter's first victim :'(

 

[Faisal Ahmad]

Time for another Haiku "Contest"!

In honor of the New Year, let's have a haiku contest / tool give-away! The rules will be the same as last time - in order to enter you just have to post a new year's-themed haiku. Haikus will not be judged for quality. You can post more than one haiku, but you can only have one chance in the final drawing (ie posting more haikus do not improve your chance of winning). Entries have to be posted by midnight, January 1 (the night AFTER New Year's Eve), in whatever time zone you live in.

The winner will be chosen by random drawing from all entries. The winner will receive a Wazakura Stainless Yasugi Steel Twig Bonsai Scissors 8.27" (value $69.99). I will contact the winner via PM for name and shipping address.

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Thank you to Wazakura Japan for the contest tools!
(Don't forget - if you order tools from Wazakura, use one of the links from this web site and we will receive a referral bonus for the site!). Also, any order over $100 will receive a free 150g roll of wire (just contact them after you place the order, notify them you are a Bonsai Nut member, and they will add it to your order).

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If you don't know how to write a haiku, click here for easy instructions:
To write a haiku
is not hard once you practice.
And it's super fun!

this my 1st time, wish me luck guys.
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No soul remain here
Maple grows in equator
Still, it tries to thrive

 

[Charlo]

Living for today
Lovely trees call out to me
Wish I had more time

 

[SouthernMaple]

Smoke weed everyday.
All of the days feel the same,
smoke weed everyday.

 

[Dabbler]

Uncouth am I
Bonsai is harmony
Zen Have I become

 

[Sansokuu]

Dreams of white snow melt
As a warm winter descends
Frost wilts early blooms.

 

[Sansokuu]

Are the trees dormant?
They dance between sleep or death
Schrödinger’s bonsai

 

[vp999]

Trees were purchased
Funds deducted
Divorce lawyer contacted

 

[palafr01]

My turn I guess:

Calm whispering wind
fills winter's frozen air with
thoughts, feelings, silence.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Is this shit rigged
Could I really win the prize
New year, new scissors

 

[RobGA]

Black eyed peas for luck
The Tournament of Roses
And football games, yes!

 

[RoadManDenDron]

I can't write haiku
Try hard but always failing
Better luck next time?

 

[MonicaKakkar]

*****

break the piggy bank . . .
not New Year preparations
my new eyeglasses

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Mid-winter season word, kigo 季語: New Year preparations, preparations for the New Year, toshi yooi 年用意 (としようい)

Seasonless topic, muki 無季: piggy bank, savings box, money box, chokinbako 貯金箱 (ちょきんばこ)

Seasonless topic, muki 無季: eyeglasses, glasses, spectacles, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight, megane 眼鏡 (めがね) or (メガネ)

 

[eugenev2]

Tiny branches bend,
Whispers of seasons' old song,
Roots hold fast to time

 

[RobGA]

Trees are fast asleep
Dreaming of a brand new pot
Can’t wait until spring

 

[RoadManDenDron]

Counting syllables
Do you swap your hands each line
Or is that just me?

 

[misfit11]

Shortest day today.
The year is closing once more.
I want some free stuff

 

[mj_barb]

Frozen breath of sky,
Silent limbs withstand the cold,
Nature's dormant art.

 

[Dav4]

Icicles shimmer
Swaying bird feeders emptied
More blankets tonight.