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<h1>STEEMIT HAIKU CONTEST *Make Haikus Great Again!*</h1>
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<h3>**In Japanese Style...**</h3>*Created by **Moonlee** & Dedicated To All Haiku Fans...*
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<center><h1>Judging</h1></center>
<center>*I and @verbal-d have judged all the entries based on originality, creativity, and clever-wittiness*</center>
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<center><h1>Announcing The Winners!</h1></center>
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<center><h1>Honourable Mention # 1:</h1></center> 
<center>***@Badluckmiles***</center>
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<center>**"Inner Peace"**</center>

<center>*Search for inner peace,
In cracks between the flagstones,
Find nothing but weeds.*</center>

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<center>**Everyone should seek their inner peace, though it may not be so easy to find. We enjoyed this very spiritual Haiku... Congrats**</center>
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<center><h1>Honourable Mention # 2:</h1></center> 
<center>***@Sgt-dan***</center>
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<center>**"Loyalty"**</center>
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<center>*Loyalty is good.
Is sometimes misunderstood,
Stick around one should.*</center>

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<center>**If we don’t have loyalty, the bridge is easily burned. Nice poem with a great message. Congrats**</center>
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<center><h1>3rd Place:</h1> ***2 STEEM***</center>
<center>***@Steemitgraven29's***</center>
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<center>**Proud**</center>
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<center>*Strong Virginia Oak
Punished by the elements
Add another ring.*</center>

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<center>**Trees are such a testament to the force of Mother Nature and her beauty. You did it justice with this haiku... Congrats.**</center>
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<center><h1>2nd Place:</h1> ***3 STEEM***</center>
<center>***@Pamela-paul's***</center>
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<center>**Wishes**</center>
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<center>*Rain drops cling to her
skin so tender. All I want,
is to be the rain*</center>

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<center>**This a very spiritual Haiku intertwined with the water element and human emotions. 
We enjoyed this one alot... Congrats.**</center>
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<h1>This week we had the most amount of entries and there were so many high quality haiku poems, that I had to pick Two Winners to share the 1st place position.</h1>
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<center><h1>1st Place:</h1> ***3 STEEM***</center>
<center>***@Pjay96's***</center>
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<center>**His Love**</center>

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<center>*The sun lights the day
then sets. But he, lights my world
always......he sets not.*</center>

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<center>**This is a very spiritual and poetic poem that really shows your reverence and writing skills. We enjoyed it. Congrats.**</center>
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<center><h1>1st Place:</h1> ***3 STEEM***</center>
<center>***@Jonknight’s***</center>
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<center>**Freestyling**</center>
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<center>*Fish, dolphin and whale
freestyling in our ocean
we rise within steem.*</center>

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<center>**The best way to ride the waves is by freestyling and becoming one with the waters. Great poem and Steem on! Congrats.**</center>
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<center>**Thank you to all the participants who made this contest a success. This week, we had so many amazing entries and it was very hard for me to judge. I had a lot of fun reading them all and deciding the winners with @verbal-d. Everyone gave their best and they were all great poems.**

**There were two poets, @gamsam and @diebitch, who gave very good haikus but they had too many syllables which prevented them from winning.**

**I will be posting the next contest "Week 12" in the very next post today. If you didn't win this week, then you have another chance to take the top 3 spots in Week 12. Best of luck to you all, and thanks again in making Haikus Great Again.**</center>
<center><h1>This contest is now sponsored by @verbal-d and the lovely and kind @soldier, and they support good projects, want to strengthen our community, and give back to our poets. We are grateful for their contribution and commitment to us.</h1></center>
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<center>*Would you also like to support this contest as a sponsor so that the winning prizes can be more rewarding for our participants? Please contact @moonleesteem on steemit.chat or reach me in the comments section below for more info.*</center>
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<center>Thank you all again and I'll see you in the next post.
All Gifs used from Giphy.com  
Peace and greetings... from @Moonleesteem
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Steem us up... Scotty


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