Note: This edited contest journal includes updates to the prize list. Best of luck on our last day to submit! THIS CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED!  Please be patient while we tally results!

Introduction

You have doubtless rewritten a poem once before. Maybe even several times. But have you ever converted the ideas from one piece into another form entirely?
 
This month, you'll get the chance to do just that. Our September contest here at Multhaiku is for you to rewrite an original poem as a haiku.
 
Examples, courtesy of hopeburnsblue, contest originator:
 
Original poem:
 
To the MoonAs I sit in your silent company,
gazing up at your brilliant form,
I realize why wolves
incline their heads to you
in their own version of "Moonlight Sonata."
I can feel you reeling in
the tide of my restless soul,
and as the breeze tousles my hair,
I begin to glimpse a ray of hope.
Though I cannot see your wise old face,
I can sometimes make out your misty aura;
like a compass, you guide me by some miracle
as I tentatively start down the sidewalk.
You alone have seen many a night
when I and another silhouette
traversed that familiar path,
together,
smiling,
hand in hand.
And now, though I am as solitary as you,
it feels as though you are my own kind of Northern Star,
pointing toward my Bethlehem,
my Mecca,
a link to the past
that I can only hope will come full circle
to my future.
Then your soft but insistent glow
calls me back to the present,
and it's as if I'm seeing you for the first time.
I wish I could be as whole
and as bright as you.
 
Haiku version:
 
To the Moon (Haiku Version)Rare pearl in the sky,
you allure my soul tonight
as though I'm the tide.
 
So often, we write at length to say something, whereas haiku allows for the same 
complex idea to be conveyed in a simpler and more succinct, yet still powerful, way. We all do this here at Multhaiku, thinking in haiku and putting those thoughts on paper. But with the added layer of a poem-to-haiku conversion, this presents an extra challenge. Are you up for it?
 
 

Rules

 Your original poem must be at least eight lines in length and not of any Eastern poetic origin.

Be sure to include the original piece in your artist's description, as well a a link to this contest journal.
Submit your entry/entries to the Recycled Haiku Contest folder in our gallery.
You may enter up to two recycled haiku.
Deadline is Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at 11:59 P.M. CDT (GMT - 5:00).
This contest is open to group members only! But if you are new and would like to join, please do so and enter! We love this community, and we think you will, too.
Prize donors may enter, but judges may not (though we may answer the challenge).
 
 

Meet the Judges

hopeburnsblue would like to thank the three talented writers serving with her on the panel of judges.
 
haphazardmelody
 
JoyMay life whisper
joy through your veins
before lidding your eyes.
 
betwixtthepages
 
Moon MothMoon moth flutters
opalescent cloud antennae
across a dust-speckled sky.

Nichrysalis
 
Bitlets 143I know you know the words,
now set your life to music.
 
 

Prizes

Thanks to several generous individuals, we have a really great  selection of prizes. There's a little something here for everyone.
 

1st Place

600 points from hopeburnsblue
200 points from Nichrysalis
150 points from WinteroftheSoul
One of DreamingAutumn's beautiful Coptic Stitch Journals (donated by hopeburnsblue) and one set of @SilverInkbot's wonderful bookmarks!
First line/title poem from camelopardalisinblue
Three wishes granted by betwixtthepages
Features from Multhaiku, PoeticalCondition, Poets-and-Warriors, hopeburnsblue, haphazardmelody, RoamingShadow, TristanCody, LionesseRampant, haijinik, camelopardalisinblue
2 critiques from haijinik, 1 critique from TristanCody
Llamas from RoamingShadow, TristanCody, Crystal-Magic13, camelopardalisinblue
 
 

2nd Place

400 points from hopeburnsblue
200 points from Nichrysalis
One of DreamingAutumn's beautiful Coptic Stitch Journals (donated by hopeburnsblue) and one set of SilverInkblot's wonderful bookmarks!
First line/title poem from camelopardalisinblue
Two wishes granted by betwixtthepages
Features from Multhaiku, PoeticalCondition, Poets-and-Warriors, hopeburnsblue, haphazardmelody, RoamingShadow, TristanCody, LionesseRampant, haijinik, camelopardalisinblue
2 critiques from haijinik, 1 critique from TristanCody
Llamas from RoamingShadow, TristanCody, Crystal-Magic13, camelopardalisinblue
 

3rd Place

200 points from hopeburnsblue
200 points from Nichrysalis
One of DreamingAutumn's beautiful Coptic Stitch Journals (donated by hopeburnsblue) and one set of SilverInkblot's wonderful bookmarks!
First line/title poem from camelopardalisinblue
One wish granted by betwixtthepages
Features from Multhaiku, PoeticalCondition, Poets-and-Warriors, hopeburnsblue, haphazardmelody, RoamingShadow, TristanCody, LionesseRampant, haijinik
2 critiques from haijinik, 1 critique from TristanCody
Llamas from RoamingShadow, TristanCody, Crystal-Magic13, camelopardalisinblue
 

All Participants

Features from Multhaiku, PoeticalCondition, Poets-and-Warriors, hopeburnsblue, haphazardmelody, RoamingShadow, TristanCody, LionesseRampant, haijinik, camelopardalisinblue
Llamas from RoamingShadow, TristanCody, Crystal-Magic13, camelopardalisinblue
 
 

Enjoy!

Good luck, and thank you for participating in our September event! We're really excited to see what you all come up with!
 
 
Stay haikurious,
The Multhaiku team
 
 
Journal produced by:
hopeburnsblue
Nichrysalis
haphazardmelody
betwixtthepages‏