Photo Haiku Wednesday 2.17.10

February 17, 2010 in Staff Posts, Writing and Publishing with 12 Comments

I love me some Cowboy Poetry and in my opinion there isn’t enough of it! My cowboy and I went to see the SuperBull Series in Grand Rapids last weekend where this cowboy was talking to God a bit before trying for his 8 second ride.

Photo courtesy of Michelle Pendergrass.

Directions:

1. Write a haiku inspired by the photo and post it in the comments.

For extra chances to win:

2. Follow @reliefjournal on Twitter

3. Follow @Quo Vadis on Twitter

4. Twitter @reliefjournal with your haiku and #PHW (Photo Haiku Wednesday)

* * *

The good people over at Quo Vadis have generously donated some prizes!!

The weekly winner will receive a Quo Vadis Habana Journal and a bottle of J. Herbin ink!!

Every week Relief will choose a random winner! So play along and tell your friends. See the information below for extra chances to win.

* * *

Winner will be announced via Twitter Thursday afternoons.

We can only ship to U.S. addresses right now.

You may only win once every three months, but you may play along every week for Twitter Super Bonus Points.

* * *

Would you like to have your photo featured on Photo Haiku Wednesday?

Email your photos to Michelle: photohaiku@reliefjournal.com

You’ll get a photo credit link here on the main blog and you’ll also be entered in the drawing for the Quo Vadis Habana journal and bottle of J. Herbin ink the week your photo appears on the blog!

12 Responses to “Photo Haiku Wednesday 2.17.10”

  1. Michelle Pendergrass February 17, 2010 at 8:27 am #

    Dirt, dust, spit, snot, sweat, and blood
    Knee bent and humbled
    He knows where his help comes from.

  2. Michelle Pendergrass February 17, 2010 at 2:08 pm #

    Forgive me haiku-ists.

    I did 7/5/7 instead of 5/7/5. I’m so terribly embarrassed!

    (it’s the Nyquil.)

  3. Travis Griffith February 17, 2010 at 2:16 pm #

    If you let me win
    I promise to stop swearing
    At least for winter

  4. Brad Fruhauff February 17, 2010 at 3:56 pm #

    What am I holding
    Except this pulsing quiet –
    This exploding life?

  5. Michelle Pendergrass February 17, 2010 at 4:16 pm #

    And of course, the poetry editor stops by. On this day. The day I decide to try this haiku thing. The day I royally screw it up while he laughs from his comfy chair sipping coffee. ;)

  6. Travis Griffith February 17, 2010 at 4:54 pm #

    Michelle, you rock. Simple as that. :)

  7. Chris Mikesell February 17, 2010 at 6:38 pm #

    He wore a checked shirt,
    A striped feather in his hat.
    Tacky, buckaroo.

  8. Geoff M. Pope February 17, 2010 at 10:44 pm #

    He could bind up more
    with an eight-second prayer than
    all our bullshit faith

  9. Ian David Philpot February 17, 2010 at 11:58 pm #

    Somewhere in the dirt
    What was lost cannot be found
    –My lucky contact

  10. ann foshee February 18, 2010 at 8:16 am #

    shirt – clean and crisp
    hat – tall and broad
    soul – empty and waiting
    after – soiled and wrinkled and flattened and rumpled and filled to the brim with joy

Trackbacks/Pingbacks:

  1. Photography, Photojournalism and Newborn photography - February 17, 2010

    [...] Photo Haiku Wednesday 2.17.10 « Relief: A Christian Literary … [...]
  2. uberVU - social comments - February 17, 2010

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by ReliefJournal: RT @michpendergrass: Break out your best Cowboy Haiku! Photo Haiku Wednesday is up @reliefjournal (with prizes!) http://bit.ly/czIn72...

Leave a Reply:

Gravatar Image