Coming up with a haiku to caption a photo with can be a lot of fun.
But pitting a bunch of people against each other to see who can come up with the best haiku caption for a photo is even more fun!
During the last stream, we had the first photo haiku-caption challenge.
We had three photos that we’d taken in Japan, and it was up to us and chat to caption them with the best haikus possible. After each photo we had a vote for which ones we liked best, and in the end we tallied the votes to find the winner. The grand prize was the winner getting a haiku written about them!
Watch the hilarity here,
or scroll down for some haiku highlights!
Photo #1: My wife Abbey blooming
Here’s some of the haiku highlights for this photo:
The pink rose garden
Is louder than usual
Oh! A girl has bloomed
-Me
Beautiful roses
As pink as a blushing bride
Bloom in the sunlight.
-Buttermilks
The lovely roses
Inspire me to sing a song
I am a Disney princess
-Abbey
Though she sees the rose,
On the wood, behind her grows
One green-shadowed vine
-Gameon123321
STUPID PLANTS RISE
I AM YOUR MASTER BOW NOW
YOU WILL OBEY WORMS
-RealSaiyakaMaizono
The wind was bracing
Smelling of sweet pink roses
Sunshine warmed my skin
-Countysquare
Photo #2: Me judging the Japanese Harry Potter covers
Here’s some of the haiku highlights for this photo:
The other books all
Used to be jealous of them
Now they just pity
-Me
A new edition
This one worse than the last
What’s lost in translation?
-Abbey
A face of disgust,
“You is the wizord Hair-boi”
Scott wants to die now
-Buttermilks
Sensitive young man
Poses with ugly black books
To boost confidence
-RealSaiyakaMaizono
A frightened complexion
Covers changed from memory
Trepidation swells
-Countysquare
Paid 10 million yen
The artist had just one job
WTF happened?
-U. X. Adam
Photo #3: An Engrish sign at a train station
Here’s some of the haiku highlights for this photo:
Translating this sign,
Time to use what I have learned
From Abbey-sensei
-Scott
Signs of confusion
Brains melt with the falling rain
If only they knew
-Countysquare
Among the raindrops,
Squinting, I have discovered
I will need some help
-Buttermilks
Sudden rain is wet
A mysterious sign screams
A word to the wise
-MookieMC
Cruel vending machine
Denies me a dry walk for
Just five hundred yen
-Gameon123321
Those were some great poems! But in the end the winner was…
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…me! Ahh, it feels good to win your won contest. Thanks so much for everyone who voted, I’m glad you liked my haiku.
As a prize, Abbey wrote a haiku for me, and I also wrote a haiku for Countysquare who came in 2nd place.
Here are the victory haiku:
ABBEY’S POEM FOR ME:
Beautiful grey eyes
Your logic is impeccable
Oh! You smell like butt!
MY POEM FOR COUNTYSQUARE:
It’s where everyone
Runs when the fair comes to town
To the county square!
After that chat voted that we write this prompt created by bmoney831: At 18, everyone gets tested to determine how morally good they are. You have never hurt a fly and have always gone out of your way to help people. You score a 0. Nobody in history has scored that low.
If you want to join us and help write a story by trolling in chat, or share your own writing for feedback, then we’d love to have you. We stream on Twitch every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 7:30pm-11:30pm (U.S. Eastern Standard Time).
And you missed the stream, you can still watch Rubbish to Published, the writing exercises, or the writing prompts on YouTube, or watch the full stream reruns.
Hope to see you next time, friend!