For the sixth year in a row, WYDaily readers showed off their creativity for writing Holiday Haiku.
This year garnered submissions from many Holiday Haiku regulars, but also from a new crop of participants who helped make 2014 the most successful year for entries in the competition.
Reading all the submissions has become a favorite tradition at our offices, so we thank you all for taking the time to participate.
And now onto our 2014 winner ….
Congratulations to Vickie Noel! Her haiku invoked both humor and nostalgia, garnering the most votes from the staff in our WYDaily/Tide Radio office. Noel’s first-place finish wins her a gift basket from Yankee Candle.
Oh ugly sweater
A Christmas wonder of wow
Beautiful on you
Our second-place prize, a Yankee Candle, goes to Donna Gettings Apperson for her humorous take on what happens to gingerbread men who find their way to the eggnog.
Gingerbread men ran
And got into the eggnog
Lampshade hat men now
Our staff members enjoyed so many of the submissions, which ranged from silly to sweet to serious, as some readers found inspiration in current events. Here are some of the haiku that received votes. Enjoy!
No room at the Inn
But nothing could stop God’s plan
A Savior is born!
— Bob Thompson
Santa has reindeer
He calls them by name each year
One named venison
— Donna Gettings Apperson
Do without the news?
You have to be kidding me
Season’s best to all
— Deb Snyder
Rip off the wrapping
Break the toy in a minute
Then play with the box!
— Sheila Majka
A quandary of sorts
Hustle and bustle for weeks
Home or Aruba
— Priscilla Culkowski
foreign born person
no work permit, tough love
illegal ole’ elf
— Teri Collins
boxes everywhere
the few, the proud, the Marines
toys for tots, oorah!
— Teri Collins
Good hot buttered rum
No Holiday hum-bug here
Ghost of eggnog past
— Vickie Noel
Practice every day:
Peace on earth, goodwill to men!
(Not just Christmas time!)
— Kathryn Patterson
Happy Holidays?
I don’t care what words you use!
Just share Christmas cheer!
— Kathryn Patterson
Find the perfect tree.
Drag it home through waist-high snow.
A country Christmas.
— Sharon Dorsey
Window panes glisten.
Carols fill the silent night.
Wish peace would linger.
— Sharon Dorsey
You better be good.
Elf on the shelf is watching.
Let’s blindfold that guy!
— Sharon Dorsey
A nip in the air.
Shopping, baking and wrapping,
Christmas once again
— Julia Hillegass
Snowflakes kiss tree tops.
Firelight toasts the air through
Frosted window panes.
— Connie Bland
Camp out in the cold
Run over grandma with cart
Got the day’s best deal
— Rachel Dyke
Spend money. Get things.
Eat too much. Rush here and there.
Stop! Choose joy and peace.
— Walter Latham
Tinsel and bright lights,
New kitten beneath the tree,
Sway, crash, glass balls roll!
— Nancy Carter
So New
Oh baby so new
Touching grandma’s loving heart
Your first Christmas day
— Dr. Glenda Feldt
Sparkling Smile
Small bright sparkling smile
From a happy little child
True joy of Christmas.
— Dr. Glenda Feldt
Santa just may be
Detained or deported but,
Not shot, ‘cause he’s white.
— Gary Williams
The spirits go down
To lift up our demeanor
Hangover or blessed
— James Noel Jr.
