Woo-hoo! Now that it’s all personalized and starting to really feel like home, it’s time for me to throw a contest. I actually had a hard time picking a contest, because Jeanne came up with quite a brilliant one that I think I’ll save for Chaos’ Birthday Party Contest next month. So, in lieu of a brilliant contest, I present to you the Chaotic Haiku Contest. Um, yeah, so maybe I was inspired by the Amazing Lace Poetry Challenge. 🙂 But I actually have written a haiku about Chaos on this very blog (which I’ll reproduce below), so some sort of precedent has been established, right?!
The details: Leave a comment below with a haiku about Chaos. At its most basic, a haiku is a three line, nonrhyming poem that should paint a picture in the reader’s mind. The lines are five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. Would a few examples be helpful? Here’s the one I wrote last November about Chaos:
Pointy ears twitching, watching
Dreams stalking snowflakes
And a non-Chaos knitting one that I wrote a few years ago:
as I sit by the window
knitting, watching, still
Yeah, there’s obviously something about snow that inspires me to write haiku. Maybe this contest will have a cooling effect on the weather… Anyway! Leave your haiku below before 6 pm CDT Tuesday, August 15. At that point, I will use my favorite random number generator to select a winner. If the winner is a knitter, the prize will be that skein of hot pink and black yarn (the skein on the far right in the linked picture) I recently dyed, along with a few other goodies. If the winner is not a knitter, the prize will be unrelated to knitting and a second (hopefully knitting!) winner will be drawn.
Hiding in the box,
He pretends he can’t see me.
Chaos makes me smile.
I, Chaos, black cat,
Unwilling bib-model. Mom!
I am so ashamed…
Blacker than the night
The cat that rules this knit blog
We all adore him
Chaos o Chaos
Aside from my catchenage
You I love muchly
My catnip mouse toy.
Purple dye in my water.
So goes a cat’s life.
raven-haired cat is
invisible in the night.
i trip and fall down.
Tail arched, so regal
Sleek silk fur of ebony
Emerald jeweled eyes
silently watching
waiting for a piece of yarn
Chaos wants to play!
Black paws stretch out for
Sparlking catnip mousie;
No flash can distract.
Silly Chaotic
In his box of solitude
Luring SRM
Like the night he comes
Quick! he quietly decends
Pouncing on the yarn
Wide awake is cat
Nose sniffing; for ultimate
Joy – tuna, and love!
(oh gawd…) 🙂
Jet-black feline friend
Sleeping softly near knitter
Hopes it’s not a bib
Here I sit, alone
Or so I think, with this yarn,
Friend and enemy
His coat, black as coal
Eyes as green as emeralds
Bib wearing feline
Summer of Chaos
Master of all he surveys
Black furry fury
I need time to formulate one that doesn’t sound stupid. 🙂
black cat in a box
invisible, so he thinks
betrayed by his tail
A black cat walking
Wearing a bib in summer
Plotting Chris demise
Nimble black cat paws
chase knitted mouse toys all around
where is SRM?
watching, waiting, still
claws out, ears back, quick motion
feet succumb to teeth
Golden eyes squinting
Bright cotton against black fur
Take that damn bib off!
Sleek black cat hidden
Tent of cardboard is his choice
A poor one, perhaps
Oh, I just love Chaos!
And your blog looks great!
Here’s my haiku
Chaos Cute feline
A model for baby bibs
Embarrassed but sweet
oh sparkly red mouse
teasing and taunting me so
i plan your demise
Silky black kitty
You amuse me constantly
Oh Chaos, you rougue
very very cool banner!!
Ooh I love poems. Here’s mine:
Even hiding in a box
I am the green-eyed
master here.
i’m not very good at the whole poem thing but here goes,
Stalking Prey
Pounce! Chewing,Clawing,Poor Old,
Sparkly Red Mouse!
Jade eyes narrowing
Knitting is for chewing on
Now I’ll break something
That picture is excellent! Great angle. It illuminates his large green eyes beautifully.
I love contests! Here goes nuttin’
Chaos incarnate.
Sprung from the feet of a cat.
Rainbow mice beware!
Crazy cat lady
Takes pictures of me each day
but I still love her
Chaos and his mom
Remind me of what matters
Live life, be kind, simply
Quietly lounging,
an unsuspecting napper.
Not another bib!
Green-eyed house panther,
Watching over the yarn stash.
Lying on the fridge.
The cat Chaotic
Sleek playful mousie slayer
Green-eyed handsome boy
Traipsing down the internet highway
Then Stumbling Over Chaos
Rubbing my bruised knee and giggling
Chris, this is to say
I have lost your e-mail but
You so freaking rock.
(ahem. Yes, I have an MFA in poetry. But hey, it’s a thank you note…whaddya want 🙂 )
Chaos cat of black
Runs chasing sparkly red mouse
Caught with a quick pounce
(I hope you say it “spark-ly” and not “spark-el-y” 😉
Hi Chris, my Jaywalker is made with Lorna’s Lace in Mineshaft. More pictures here http://knittinginpink.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/07/17/jaywalker-number-1.html and here http://knittinginpink.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/06/index.html.
I am so glad you like it!
Small, red, sparkley mouse
You have been missing for so long
Check under the stove
First, I love TB’s haiku.
Second, great new look to the blog. Jealous, I am, yes!
Third, a haiku:
Isis, my catchen
cannot deny her crush, on
your handsome Chaos
Needles I chew
When no one watches me
Sly I am
The new banner is great — love that Chaos eye!
Crouching in a box,
Disconsolate, Chaos cries.
“Come back, SRM!”
There once was a cat so black
He loved to hide in a hat
But it didn’t fit
Poor Chaos. He’s invisible! And my haiku will come when I’m not Grumpy, Sleepy and ……
Hey, nice new look – shows up on firefox under Ubuntu linux running on a mac 🙂
I avenge myself
Mom left me for the weekend
I eat her tampons
Where is SRM?
SPM is not enough
Find it for me Mom!
Not another bib!
I duck and twist to freedom!
Take that evil bib
Master of Chaos,
Wielder of the Phantom Paw,
Sleek Black Photo Ham.
Black panther Chaos,
Vanquisher of SRM,
Most famous blog cat.
What fun!
There are so many wonderful poems here! Great reading…
SRM hiding
Never to be found again
Smug mouse beneath bibs